EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
IEEE FORT HUACHUCA SECTION
Minutes for 9 May 2014
MEMBERSHIP: Fredy Arevalo Randy Britto*
Ann Hartfiel* Richard Morse*
Charles Rutherford Walter Vidinski
Tom Watiti Levi Moore*
Kelly Straub Betsy Schwartz*
VISITOR: Betsy Swartz
Keith Moore*
Bob Reiner*
Carolyn McLain*
Carl Poe
PROCEEDINGS: Call to Order by Richard Morse at 11:30 .
1. Review Minutes of Last Meeting: Approved (X) / Amended ()
2.
Secretary’s Report:
(Carolyn McLain) – Nothing to report.
3.
Treasurer’s Report:
(Fredy) – Finances in Good Standing. Reimbursement from regional for Richard for the conference.
4. Program Report: (Richard) –Gave list to section congress. Only one made cut was make lower level more fun and discount for publication didn’t make cut. Richard will email the 23 items from Congress
For Kartchner event, Richard can pick up food at Cosco. Need a list for what type of food. Richard will call Tucson, Lost Alamos and Albuquerque.
5. Publicity Report: (Bob) – 15 May the second flyers will go out to Phoenix, Tucson,
Albuquerque and Los Alamos for Katchner Caverns event. We will send flyers to chairs.
6. Membership Report: (Randy) – Richard and Randy attended April 23 for Cochise
Industry Advisory board event at Cochise College for a mechanical and electrical engineering degrees. Randy went to a CTE meeting at Buena High. Randy met with
DST about a conference for small and medium business government contracting and was wondering if we want a booth. We say no. Talked John Delia at U of A south for a student chapter and he sent it to the Dean and he is on board. Also trying to get Cochise
College on board.
7. PACE Report: (Randy)
 Engineer’s week funds of $400 was received and deposited.
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Sent report for Katchner Caverns to get $500. Levi will be replacement for PACE in
Warwick, RI.
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Talked with Celia coordinate of STEM at Cochise College about a student chapter at
Cochise College but it may be a problem since they don’t do four year degrees but maybe partnering up with U of A. Need 10 total to start.

8.
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Pre-College Education Report: (Ann) – Maybe bringing Benson into Future city competition. Elfreda may or may not participate next year as their science teacher is leaving. Wells Fargo sent a message saying they need signature again. They said our balance is quite a bit more than it really is.
9. Women in Engineering (Carolyn)
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Carolyn needs to send expense report to Russ
Kinner, Region 6 treasurer, Mike Andrews and chairperson of WIE Women.
Carolyn McLain attended the WIE conference in San Francisco. Got many ideas for holding event.
We lose students at transitions. These are Grammar to middle school, middle to high, high to college.
For failure, typically women blame on self and men blame professor.
First generation college students have the most challenge.
Only 3% of women who enter college get a STEM degree.
Programs in San Francisco and other large cities
Girls who code. It is for Middle and high school girls. Summer emersion program. Now there are 19 programs in 5 cities. Company hosts the program in their facility.
After school program. Bay, Seattle, Boston, New York.
Women who Code, started in San Francisco. 12 countries, 10,000 members
10. Fellows and Awards Report : (Richard) – No fellows at the present time. No awards.
11. Strategic Planning Report: (Richard) – Nothing to report.
12.
Webmaster’s Report:
(Levi Moore) – Updated all information that was sent to him..
13. Old Business: One item open:
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[08-09] Project Lead the Way support – In Progress
14. New Business:
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Trying to start a Reliability Society Chapter for Phoenix, Tucson and Fort Huachuca.
Nothing new.
15. Next Meeting: June 6, 2014
16. Adjournment: Motion to Adjourn by Richard Morse at 12:15 .
Membership Roster
Name Email Cell Phone Work
Fredy Arevalo
Randy Britto fredy.arevalo.civ@mail.mil
rbritto@ieee.org
520-895-9771 520-533-3403
623-332-6087 520-417-8079

Ann Hartfiel
Carolyn McLain
Keith Moore
Richard Morse
Carl Poe
Rob Reiner
Charles Rutherford
Walter Vidinski
Tom Watiti
Kelly Straub
Betsy Schwartz
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candle-lady@cox.net
keith.moore@us.army.mil
rmorse@computer.org
carl432@yahoo.com
rjreiner5@msn.com
crutherford@ieee.org
walter.j.vidinski.ci@mail.mil
watiti_tom@bah.com
Kelly.straub.az@gmail.com
betsy.schwartz@cox.net
520-803-7412
520-249-0674
520-678-3875 520-538-1351
520-248-9584 520-417-5693
520-895-9124
520-458-1818
520-227-0757
520-227-9349
254-702-1468 520-538-0719
520-266-2184