EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
IEEE FORT HUACHUCA SECTION
Minutes for 4 Apr 2014
MEMBERSHIP:
Fredy Arevalo
Ann Hartfiel*
Charles Rutherford*
Tom Watiti
Kelly Straub
Randy Britto*
Richard Morse*
Walter Vidinski*
Levi Moore*
Keith Moore*
Bob Reiner*
Carolyn McLain*
Carl Poe*
VISITOR: Betsy Swartz
PROCEEDINGS: Call to Order by
Richard Morse at
11:50
.
1.
Review Minutes of Last Meeting: Approved ( ) / Amended ()
2.
Secretary’s Report: (Carolyn McLain) – Nothing to report.
3.
Treasurer’s Report: (Fredy) – Finances in Good Standing. Paid Katchner Caverns.
Paid for Engineer week venue and luncheon.
4.
Program Report: (Richard) –Will talk it up at the Section meeting at the beginning of
next month. Will mention that we need lower cost engineering college or continuing
education courses that could count as college courses. STEM students need more “fun”
classes at the lower level in college. Will call other section chairs to get a good
attendance. Get standards at a lower cost. Need ideas for section congress which will be
held in Amsterdam. Ideas need to be in by May.
5.
Publicity Report: (Bob) – By 21 April, first one and 15 May the second flyers should go
out to Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque and Los Alamos for Katchner Caverns event.
6.
Membership Report: (Randy) – Two new members. One regular and one student.
April 7 is engineering night at Cochise College. April 23 is Cochise Industry Advisory
board at Cochise College. Richard was submitted for Senior membership. Getting ready
to submit Tom Watiti and Carl Poe.
7.
PACE Report: (Randy)
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Engineer’s week funds of $400 was received and deposited.
Sent report for Katchner Caverns to get $500. Levi will be replacement for PACE in
Warwick, RI.
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.
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4 Apr 2014
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8.
Pre-College Education Report: (Ann) – Future city was represented at YES fair. We
opened a bank account at Wells Fargo.
9.
Women in Engineering (Carolyn) – Have registration, hotel and airfare for WIE
conference. Receive information from local girl scouts for a STEM event that they are
planning during Fall break in October.
10.
Fellows and Awards Report: (Richard) – No fellows at the present time. No awards.
11.
Strategic Planning Report: (Richard) – In progress.
12.
Webmaster’s Report: (Levi Moore) – Updated items from an email but did not update
YES fair. Need to upload flyer for Katchner Caverns. He will add a link to the Katchner
Caverns so people can purchase tour tickets. Need to put information for WIE
conference. Add link for WIE conference. Carolyn will send the link to Levi.
13.
Old Business: One item open:
 Richard attended area meeting for the southwest area
 [08-09] Project Lead the Way support – In Progress
14.
New Business:
 Trying to start a Reliability Society Chapter for Phoenix, Tucson and Fort Huachuca.
15.
Next Meeting: projected as April 30, 2014
16.
Adjournment: Motion to Adjourn by
Richard Morse
at
12:30
.
Membership Roster
Name
Fredy Arevalo
Randy Britto
Ann Hartfiel
Carolyn McLain
Keith Moore
Richard Morse
Carl Poe
Rob Reiner
Charles Rutherford
Walter Vidinski
Tom Watiti
Kelly Straub
Betsy Schwartz
Email
fredy.arevalo.civ@mail.mil
rbritto@ieee.org
annh33@cox.net
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.schwarts@cox.net
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