Please fill out the survey below by clicking on the following URL.  This survey includes the Annual Boise Section Officer Election for 2010, which will close on January 10th.  Results will be posted shortly after they are processed.

Mark Bussert

IEEE Boise Section Chair

IEEE Boise Section Election for 2010

URL:

http://www.surveybob.com/surveybob/s/0081d1ad-690e-4a77-8451-5e18ad72bcca.html

IEEE Boise Section Member Meeting Itinerary
12/8/2009

7:15 – OPCOM Meeting
Discussion on Engineering Week Banquet
speaker (Gordon Day) – check
room reservation – check
Price – ____
Advertising – _____
Affiliated activities – ______
Logistics of Gordon’s travel – ______
Discussion on Google Groups
7:30 – Member Meeting Starts
Sign-in
Introductions
7:45 – Elections

Current Officers – Boise Section
Chair: Mark Bussert
Vice-Chair: Elisa Barney Smith
Secretary: Chris Gunning
Treasurer: Randy Wolff
Membership Chair: Nader Rafla
GOLD Activities Chair: Greg Gatlin
PACE Chair: Dorian Kiri
Newsletter: Joe Rekiere
Web page: Kevin Turner

Candidates:
Shyam Surthi: Section Vice Chair, Section Membership Development Chair
Kristen Hopper: Any position other than GOLD or Webmaster
Current Officers?

8:30 – Member Meeting Ends

The newsletter for October is Here.

Seminar based on IEEE Expert Now Course

Seminar Title: “Challenges Near the Limit of CMOS Scaling” by Yuan Taur
Seminar Moderator: Kunal Parekh, Micron Technology, Inc.

When: December 2, 2009, 2:40pm-4:10pm
Where: Room 106, MEC (Micron Engineering Center) at Boise State University
Fee: None (sponsored by IEEE EDS Boise Chapter)

As a part of the EDS Boise Chapter initiative to promote technical activities in Treasure Valley, we invite you to attend the seminar (short course) prepared by Dr. Yuan Taur for IEEE Expert Now.  You will have an opportunity to learn about new materials/devices required for continued CMOS scaling to 10-nm regime and participate in discussions led and moderated by an area expert.

IEEE Expert Now Courses are based on the best IEEE educational tutorials and workshops (http://www.ieee.org/web/education/Expert_Now_IEEE/index.html).  Attendees will have the option of receiving Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending the event (through The International Association of Continuing Education and Training, IACET).

We hope to provide quality educational materials via the IEEE Program to enhance local educational activities and further support the value of IEEE Membership for members in Boise area.

Thanks,
Shyam Surthi – EDS Membership Chair
Steven Groothuis – EDS Chapter Chair

“The IEEE has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).  In obtaining this approval, the IEEE has demonstrated that it complies with the IACET Standards which are widely recognized as standards of good practice internationally.  As a result of their Authorized Provider membership status, IEEE is authorized to offer IACET CEUS for its programs that qualify under the IACET Standards.”
IEEE IACET CEU Provider #1001255

There will be an IEEE member meeting at 7:30 PM, Tuesday, December 8th at Fuddruckers in Boise, located at 1666 Entertainment Ave, in Boise.  The agenda of this member meeting will include Boise section officer elections, member discussion on frequency of member meetings, review & development of section bylaws, and future membership activities.

While all officer positions are currently filled, it is important for members to understand that all officer positions are available for nominations to serve in the year 2010.  There have been no nominations for 2010 candidates and anyone who is interested must submit their candidacy by notifying any current officer, before or at the beginning of the member meeting on Tuesday, December 8th.  Member votes may be submitted without attending the meeting by sending the desired candidate name & position, with your name, and your IEEE member number to the Boise Section Chair (mbussert@ieee.org) or any other Boise section IEEE officer via email.

The current list of candidates will be updated on the IEEE Boise Section Website (www.ieeeboise.org) as they are available.

Section Officer position job descriptions and qualifications can be found at the URLs below:
http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-desc.html

http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/volunteer/qualify.html

Available Officer Positions & Current Boise Section Officers:
Section Chair: Mark Bussert
Section Vice Chair: Elisa Barney Smith
Section Secretary: Chris Gunning
Section Treasurer: Randy Wolff
Section Membership Development Chair: Nader Rafla
Section Professional/Activities Committees (PACE) Chair: Dorian Kiri
Section Graduates of the Last Decades (GOLD) Chair: Greg Gatlin
Newsletter Editor: Joe Rikiere
Webmaster: Kevin Turner

This is just a quick notice to all member societies to remind them to check that they have met their minimum meeting requirements for the year.  Please document your society meetings to ensure that the society meeting requirements are met.

Thank you,

Mark Bussert

Boise Section Chair

The IEEE Boise Annual Picnic will be held at the Boise
Municipal Park (Municipal Shelter) on Friday, September
18th. Please bring a healthy appetite and be prepared to
have a good time. We will have burgers, salad, volleyball.
See you there!

Friday, September 18  – IEEE Boise Annual Picnic
Date/Time:  September 18th, 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:    Boise Municipal Park
Cost: No Charge

Mark Bussert
IEEE Boise Section Chair

The Boise EDS Chapter took on an initiative to elevate eligible members to the grade of Senior Member. We were able to encourage some of the most senior member in the local IEEE community to apply for the elevation and succeed in attaining this very prestigious ranking within the IEEE society. The Sr. Member Elevation Campaign was kicked off in mid-2008. As of today, 15 additional members have been promoted to Senior Member status. Please join us in congratulating them for this special honor.  Their names and the month in which their application was approved are listed below:

October 2008
1. Vishwanath Bhat, 2. Pai-Hung Pan
November 2009
1. Jim Browning, 2. Jaydeb Goswami, 3. Douglas Hackler, 4. William Knowlton, 5. Randy Koval, 6. Inna Patrick
January 2009
1. David Butler, 2. Roy Meade
June 2009
1. Jaydip Guha, 2. William Kueber, 3. Prashant Raghu, 4. Nirmal Ramaswamy, 5. John Zahurak

Senior Member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.  To be eligible for application, candidates must:
a) be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields;
b) have experience reflecting professional maturity;
c) have been in professional practice for at least ten years (your educational experience is credited as:- BS: 3 years; BS and MS: 4 years; PhD: 5 years);

d) show “significant performance” over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice.

If you are interested in a Senior Member nomination, the IEEE Boise Section and the Chapter officers (http://ieeeboise.org/) will help you with the online application and reference processes.

For more information of the IEEE Senior Member Grade, please visit the following site: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/index.html

Thank you to all who participated in the Resume Workshop.  We would like to give special thanks to the reviewers, Gary Ashton, Bob Hay, and Denise Korman.  The results of the resume workshop surveys are provided below.  Please watch the calendar for future events.

Resume_Workshop_Survey_Results

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