In Attendance:
Joe Juisai
George McClure
Jorge Medina
Debi Prince
Kalpathy Sundaram
Ravi Todi
Tom Wandeloski
Thomas X. Wu
Quoc Truong
Yi Guo
Chair’s Report ( Joe Juisai )
Chair informed that Officers’ report was submitted and will follow up on confirmation of receipt.
Chair reported that he and George went to E-week banquet Saturday Feb. 26.
Vice Chair’s Report (T. Wandeloski) – Tom reported that the banquet place was selected.
The banquet was first scheduled on Mar 4, 2005. Due to the unavailability of award plaques, the banquet was re-scheduled to March 25. It has been posted on web site. The cost is $30 for
IEEE members, spouses, and guests, $20 for IEEE student members, free for IEEE
Fellows. No tickets will be issued. There will be a limited access elevator. Head count is needed. Those who wish to go should notify Joe or Tom by email. The menu is buffet style. Tom Wu proposed that IEEE fellows’ spouses should also be free. After discussions, it was agreed that one guest of IEEE fellow is free, and it will not be advertised. Also the awardees and their guests (one each) are free. Joe also suggested to add $40 for non IEEE member.
Tom reported that banquet speakers are TBD. The mayor and several candidates were proposed including a senator, two congressmen, the Dean of College of Engineering in
UCF, and ECE Chairman of UCF. After discussions, a short list was generated as: the
President of DeVry University Orlando, ECE Chairman of UCF—Issa Batarseh. Joe and
Tom Wu will contact to see who is available.
Tom handed out a budget spreadsheet including a summary of 2004 budget and 2005 proposed budget. It was voted and approved.

Treasurer’s Report (D. Prince
)
Debi reported that her job is moving and suggested to find an alternative for the
Treasurer’s position. The decision of her job moving will be made between mid May and
June 1. The move will happen in October if it’s decided.
Secretary’s Report ( Y. Guo )
Yi reported that she is also going to move due to change of jobs, and suggested to find a new secretary. She will continue to serve as long as she can. She expected to move in June.
Chapter Chair’s Report ( Vacant ) –No report.
Chapter Chair Reports
AES – (Aerospace and Electronics Systems) ( Quoc Truong ) –No report.
AP/MTT – (Antennas and Propagation / Microwave Theory and Techniques) ( Parveen Wahid ) –
No report/Not present
C – (Computer) ( Vacant ) –No report/Not present
COM/SP/VT – (Communications / Signal Processing / Vehicular Technology) ( Thomas M.
Wandeloski ) – Tom reported that he is recently in contact with several potential speakers.
Meetings will be arranged.
CS/RA/SMC – (Control Systems / Robotics and Automation / Systems, Man, and Cybernetics)
( Yi Guo ) – Yi reported that The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation (ICRA 2006) will be held in Orlando from May 15 to May 19, 2006. The General
Chair, Norman Caplan, will be in Orlando area on March 14 and 15. He would like to visit UCF and meet faculty at UCF and seek help with local arrangement support. Yi is currently helping on local arrangement issues.
ED/CPMT – (Electron Devices / Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology) ( Ravi
Todi ) – Ravi reported that one meeting was done, and 2 meetings are coming. Information of the meetings has been posted on web site.
LEOS ( Shin-Tson Wu ) – No report/Not present
PE/IA/PEL ( Aaron Staley ) – Debi reported that a technical meeting was held. Guest speakers from FECC, regulation group talked about electric grids and other topics. Technical meetings were planned every Tuesday for three weeks continuously, and speakers have been contacted.
UFFC ( Vacant ) – No report.
Committee Chair Reports

Awards ( Thomas X. Wu ) – Tom Wu reported the award plaques will be available on March 14.
Tom Wu appreciated Tom
Wandeloski’s help on banquet restaurant. 7 awardees were selected and were approved.
By-laws ( Jorge Medina ) – No report
Conference ( Steve Karlovic ) – No report/Not present
Education ( Kalpathy Sundaram ) – No report
Finance ( Tom Wandeloski ) – Tom reported that L31 and meeting reports were submitted. The chapter that did not meet the requirement is the UFFC of which the chair position is vacant. Tom said that we are going for extra bonus in section rebate. Tom gave budget files to the audit committee, which was formed in February’s meeting and includes Tom Wu, Kalpathy Sundaram, and Ravi Todi.
Historian ( K. B. Sundaram ) – No report
Membership – Chair proposed that we need a new Membership Development chair. Chair suggested to promote as many senior members as we can. Tom Wu reported that he nominated 3 senior members at UCF.
PACE ( Jorge Medina ) – Pace meeting will be held is March, Tucson. Ravi Todi will represent the section to go.
Programs ( Tom Wandeloski ) – Joe proposed a senior member drive around back school time.
Eligible members will be invited and free food will be provided. Senior members will be around.
Tom also proposed a summer or fall picnic. Tom suggested to have the UCF student chapter to organize it. Debbie suggested student contests during picnic. Tom asked if we need an end-ofyear dinner?
Public Relations ( Joe Juisai ) – No report
Web Site ( Jorge Medina ) – Jorge reported that newsletters were sent out by emails. Banquet information was sent by both email and hardcopy.
Strategic planning ( George McClure ) – George handed out Strategic Planning Committee Report and explained the items therein.
UCF student chapter (Justin Key) – No report/Not present
Old Business
No report.
New Business
Next meeting is on April 5, 2005. Place will be selected and broadcasted. Chair suggested to form a nomination committee to select a new treasurer and secretary, as well as to find a Chapter Chair,

and a new Membership Development Chair. Chair nominated Robert Pirela to be the Chair, and
Jorge Medina and K. B. Sundaram to be members of the Nomination committee.
Meeting adjourned @ 2050.