BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221009T000046Z UID:9BBB435D-3860-4C58-84D4-87604CB67978 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20221003T193000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20221003T203000 DESCRIPTION:This is a planning meeting for the Lehigh Valley WIE Affinity G roup. Interested Lehigh Valley Section WIE members are welcome to attend.\ n\nPlease register for the event\; on the day of the event\, the webex lin k will be sent to all registered members.\n\nAgenda: \nMinutes of Meeting: \n\n- Angelique Irvin’s talk\, November 10 at 7pm: Bonnie will contact Angelique on LinkedIn to ask her to provide a title and abstract for the t alk. Lifang has reserved room Packard 466 at Lehigh University.\n- Robert Tench’s talk\, September 22: Lifang reports that 17 people attended vir tually\, and 5 in person. Great turnout! The talk was well received\; Robe rt gave a great insight into fiber optical amplifiers and lasers. Robert w ill offer an internship position at Cybel\; he will email us with the requ irements.\n- Wilkes Engineering Restructuring: Carole’s role has change d\; she is now (simultaneously) the Associate Dean of the College of Busin ess and Engineering and also the interim Chairperson of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. There was no downsizing of the Engi neering programs. The engineering programs are now housed in the newly for med College of Business and Engineering. There are 5 engineering programs (Civil\, Environmental\, Electrical\, Mechanical and Engineering Managemen t).\n- Morton Contest\, April 14\, 2023: The contest is open to any under graduate student who is an IEEE student member\, in good standing\, at Laf ayette College\, Lehigh University\, University of Scranton\, and Wilkes U niversity\, and has been selected to represent their Student Branch.\n- I ncreasing Group membership: Bonnie asked for a list of the names of women members of the Section. Chris generated the list for Bonnie\; it lists abo ut 80 women\, but some are in arrears.\n- Ideas for activities:\n- Ice-cr eam social to be held at a college (TBD). Tentatively date of April\, with invites sent out in February. Possible topic: LinkedIn tutorial\n- Talk o n how to start an Engineering Consulting business. Robert Peruzzi as possi ble speaker?\n- Happy hour before technical talks.\n- IEEE volunteering at SRI.\n\n- PDH hours: future technical talks should be advertised as a Pr ofessional Development Hour\, if applicable. Talks should also be offered in Hybrid format and recorded\, so that they can be posted on IEEE-tv or Y ouTube.\n- Elections: Rules for Affinity Group elections are in the MGA M anual https://mga.ieee.org/board-committees/operations-manual\, page 113 ( D6). The Section appears to hold elections every 2 years\, with the new el ected officers starting in January 2024\; we should follow the same timeli ne. Normally\, one person should not have the same position for more than 4 consecutive years. We should talk about this at the November meeting.\n- Past activities\, Carole’s promotion\, and Chris’s Grace Hopper conf erence should be listed on the website.\n-\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtoo ls.ieee.org/m/324333 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324333 ORGANIZER:christine.gerveshi@live.com SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:Lehigh Valley WIE Planning Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324333 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>This is a planning meeting for the Lehigh Valley WIE Affinity Group. Interested Lehigh Valley Section WIE members ar e welcome to attend.</p>\n<p>Please register for the event\; on the day of the event\, the webex link will be sent to all registered members.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>Minutes of Meeting:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li><strong> </strong><strong>Angelique Irvin&rsquo\;s talk\, November 10 at 7pm: </strong>Bonnie will contact Angelique on LinkedIn to ask her to p rovide a title and abstract for the talk. Lifang has reserved room Packard 466 at Lehigh University.</li>\n<li><strong> </strong><strong>Robert Tenc h&rsquo\;s talk\, September 22:</strong> Lifang reports that 17 people att ended virtually\, and 5 in person. Great turnout! The talk was well receiv ed\; Robert gave a great insight into fiber optical amplifiers and lasers. Robert will offer an internship position at Cybel\; he will email us with the requirements.</li>\n<li><strong> </strong><strong>Wilkes Engineering Restructuring: </strong>Carole&rsquo\;s role has changed\; she is now (sim ultaneously) the Associate Dean of the College of Business and Engineering and also the interim Chairperson of the Department of Mechanical and Elec trical Engineering.&nbsp\;There was no downsizing of the Engineering progr ams. The engineering programs are now housed in the newly&nbsp\;formed Col lege of Business and Engineering. There are 5 engineering programs (Civil\ , Environmental\, Electrical\, Mechanical and Engineering Management).</li >\n<li><strong> </strong><strong>Morton Contest\, April 14\, 2023: </stron g>The contest is open to any undergraduate student who is an IEEE student member\, in good standing\, at Lafayette College\, Lehigh University\, Uni versity of Scranton\, and Wilkes University\, and has been selected to rep resent their Student Branch.</li>\n<li><strong> </strong><strong>Increasin g Group membership: </strong>Bonnie asked for a list of the names of women members of the Section. Chris generated the list for Bonnie\; it lists ab out 80 women\, but some are in arrears.</li>\n<li><strong> </strong><stron g>Ideas for activities:</strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Ice-cream social to be held at a college (TBD). Tentatively date of April\, with invites sent out in Feb ruary. Possible topic: LinkedIn tutorial</li>\n<li>Talk on how to start an Engineering Consulting business. Robert Peruzzi as possible speaker?</li> \n<li>Happy hour before technical talks.</li>\n<li>IEEE volunteering at SR I.</li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n<li><strong> </strong><strong>PDH hours</strong>: f uture technical talks should be advertised as a Professional Development H our\, if applicable. Talks should also be offered in Hybrid format and rec orded\, so that they can be posted on IEEE-tv or YouTube.</li>\n<li><stron g> </strong><strong>Elections</strong>: Rules for Affinity Group elections are in the MGA Manual <a href="https://mga.ieee.org/board-committees/oper ations-manual">https://mga.ieee.org/board-committees/operations-manual</a> \, page 113 (D6). The Section appears to hold elections every 2 years\, wi th the new elected officers starting in January 2024\; we should follow th e same timeline. Normally\, one person should not have the same position f or more than 4 consecutive years. We should talk about this at the Novembe r meeting.</li>\n<li><strong> </strong>Past activities\, Carole&rsquo\;s p romotion\, and Chris&rsquo\;s Grace Hopper conference should be listed on the website.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR