The IEEE Houston Section EXCOM is looking for volunteers that are interested in attending the IEEE-USA Career and Workforce Policy Committee May 2006 Careers Workforce Congressional “Fly-In” May 2-3 in Washington D.C. Last year Polo Gutierrez attended this workshop and stated that he had the opportunity to visit with many of the staff of several congressmen and that the overall exchange was very positive.

Other IEEE events in March, Ransom Siler and Justin McCaskill — Houston Section Consultants Network Chair and Houston Section Secretary attended the IEEE PACE (The Professional Activities Committees for Engineers)

2006 Leadership Workshop in St. Louis, MO March 3-5. Ransom and Justin attended many seminars on IEEE leadership, programs and other assorted topics.

In addition, April also brings the Region 5 Technical and Leadership Conference which will be in San Antonio April 7-9. I have always found this conference to be a very enjoyable experience and I expect this year to be no different. This meeting is a great opportunity to learn and to network with other colleagues. I am looking forward to meeting as many colleagues from other Sections as possible as well as Region 5 Committee leaders. I will report to you the results of the R5 Conference in May.

As a reminder to all of you, the Houston Section will be manning a booth at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) May 1 -4, 2006 promoting IEEE. We have had a couple of people volunteer to help us man these booths and promote IEEE. This is a great opportunity to meet engineers from other companies and network. We still need more volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, contact one of your EXCOM members. As always, the Executive Committee and I look forward to your feedback and comments. If you have suggestions and/or are interested in becoming active within the section or a local society chapter, contact one of us. The IEEE is a volunteer organization and without the active participation and feedback from you the members, the programs and content of the IEEE would be reduced.