Our next business meeting will be held at 7 PM on Monday, August 9^th, in room MEC 307 on the Boise State University campus, with the following agenda:

• Planning for annual picnic in September
• Audit (included in Treasurer’s report)
• Next newsletter
• Election process for 2011 Opcomm officer positions
  • The four positions that require an election are Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.  It’s time to form a nominations committee so we can have the ballot finalized in October, election in November, and next year’s officers announced in December.
• Speaker search for next year’s EWeek Banquet
• Update on PE/IA Chapter

Meet your fellow IEEE members for FREE pizza and soda on May 24^th at 6:00 PM in room MEC309 of the Micron Engineering Center building on the Boise State University campus.  IEEE Boise PACE Chair Joe Rekiere will give a talk entitled, “Improving Engineering Economic Outlook.”  To be sure enough pizza and soda are available for all attending, please RSVP by selecting the “Click Here to Register” link from the following page:

http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2339

Join us for an insightful evening about Test Driven Development (TDD), on Thursday, May 20^th, at 6:30 PM at Microsoft’s downtown Boise office, located at 401 W Front St, Suite 400 (4^thfloor).  The Boise .Net User Group and the IEEE Boise Computer Society have joined together to host a panel discussion on the real world experiences with TDD.  On Thursday evening, experts from leading companies in the Treasure Valley will share their experience with TDD.  You will hear about the techniques and tools that worked or didn’t work!  You’ll also hear about its impact on the development and resultant quality of software. Whether you are experienced with TDD, considering it, or just curious, this will be an event for you.  Mark your calendar for Thursday, May 20^th at 6:30 PM for a great evening about TDD.

Our April 2010 Section Newsletter is available here:

IEEE Boise April 2010 Newsletter

The IEEE EDS Boise Chapter will feature Prof. Alex Ignatiev from the University of Houston at 4 p.m. March 5, 2010, at Boise State University. Prof. Ignatiev will present the following talk,

“Resistance change materials: A new development in random access memory”.

Venue: Room# MEC 114, Micron Engineering Center (MEC), BSU

Schedule: 4pm to 5:30pm (5th March, 2010)

Host: IEEE-EDS Boise Chapter & Boise State University

Open to IEEE Members and BSU Students, Staff and Faculty Members

Contact:  Prof. Maria Mitkova (EE Department, BSU, Ph: 208-426-1319, email: mariamitkova@boisestate.edu); Jaydip Guha (EDS Boise Chapter, Ph: 208-371-5826, email: jguha@ieee.org)

For those familiar with LinkedIn, there is an official IEEE group, “The Official IEEE Group”. To join, one must be an active IEEE member. Approval is immediate if one has an ieee.org e-mail alias.