BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171012T212117Z UID:6F315252-F399-11E6-A7C6-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20171014T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20171014T160000 DESCRIPTION:Fall Area meeting for IEEE Section and Student Branch Training\ n\nPlease register below so we have an accurate headcount for planning!\n\ nThe meeting will be held at the Micron Engineering Center building at Boi se State University.\n\nFor your lodging\, we have arranged a courtesy blo ck of rooms at The Holiday Inn Express Boise University\, 475 West Parkcen ter Blvd\, Boise. The rooms are subject to availability so you're encourag ed to book as early as possible. The group discount rate of $129/night is available until two weeks prior to the day of arrival.\n\nIf you're flying in\, you shouldn't need to rent a car. The hotel has an airport shuttle s ervice. We will also arrange shuttles between the hotel and the BSU campus .\n\nYou can call the hotel at phone (208) 345-2002 or use this link to bo ok your room: [IEEE Discounted group booking link](https://www.hiexpress.c om/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=ex&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=BOID T&_PMID=99801505&GPC=IEE&viewfullsite=true)\n\nWe will finish the meeting by 4pm so most folks that are flying can catch flights home Saturday eveni ng. There is an air show at the Boise airport the same weekend (http://gow enthunder.org/) \, so you may want to factor that into your plans.\n\nAgen da: \nPreliminary agenda\nRegion Director remarks (Kathleen) **\nRegion Tr easurer update (Scott)\nSection reports (1 slide per section\, < 5 minutes per section)\nRegion 6 conferences\, Rising Stars\, Online Career and Tal ent Expo\nSections Congress follow-up\nSection vitality (Elisa)\nArea Key Initiatives and Metrics (break out into separate areas)\nPACE\nYP (Young P rofessional)\nRegion website update\nVR/AR Technical Talk (see below) **\n \nStudent Track\n**starred topics from above list plus:\nStudent Training\ nStudent branch reports\nOptional cybersecurity puzzle competition (see be low)\n\nRoom Locations\nThe meeting will start in MEC 106 for both student s and higher grade members. After the completion of the joint topics\, the higher grade member meeting will be held in MEC 307 and the student train ing will be held in MEC 309. We have MEC 301 available as needed for addit ional meetings. The VR talk at 11:00 will be held in MEC 106.\n\nTechnical talk guest speaker (11:00-12:00) (MEC 106):\nDuane Mathes\, Senior VP of Game Development\, Black Box VR\, https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanemathes/ \nJoint technical event with Boise Computer Society chapter\n\nStudent com petition\nCybersecurity puzzle solvable in <1 hour\nOnly require general p rogramming skills\nContestants need a laptop with capability to run favori te programming language.\nWe'll also allow remote participation\; register by noon Oct 14th\nVisit https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47615 for more d etails and to sign up\n\nRoom: 106 \, 307\, 309\, Bldg: Micron Engineering Building (MEC)\, 1020 S. Manitou Ave\, Boise State University\, Boise\, I daho\, United States\, 83706 LOCATION:Room: 106 \, 307\, 309\, Bldg: Micron Engineering Building (MEC)\, 1020 S. Manitou Ave\, Boise State University\, Boise\, Idaho\, United Sta tes\, 83706 ORGANIZER:cgunning@ieee.org SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:Region 6 Northeast/Southwest Area Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/43918 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Fall Area meeting for IEEE Section and Student Branch Training</strong></p>\n<p>Please register below so we have an accurate headcount for planning!</p>\n<p>The meeting will be held at the Micron Engineering Center building at Boise State University.</p>\n <p>For your lodging\, we have arranged a courtesy block of rooms at The Ho liday Inn Express Boise University\, 475 West Parkcenter Blvd\, Boise. The rooms are subject to availability so you're encouraged to book as early a s possible. The group discount rate of $129/night is available until two w eeks prior to the day of arrival.</p>\n<p>If you're flying in\, you should n't need to rent a car. The hotel has an airport shuttle service. We will also arrange shuttles between the hotel and the BSU campus.</p>\n<p>You ca n call the hotel at phone (208) 345-2002 or use this link to book your roo m:&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.hiexpress.com/redirect?path=hd&amp\;brandCod e=ex&amp\;localeCode=en&amp\;regionCode=1&amp\;hotelCode=BOIDT&amp\;_PMID= 99801505&amp\;GPC=IEE&amp\;viewfullsite=true">IEEE Discounted group bookin g link</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>We will finish the meeting by 4pm so most folks that are flying can catch flights home Saturday evening. There is an air s how at the Boise airport the same weekend (<a href="http://gowenthunder.or g/">http://gowenthunder.org/</a>) \, so you may want to factor that into y our plans.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div>\n<div class= "gmail_extra">\n<div><strong>Preliminary agenda</strong><br />Region Direc tor remarks (Kathleen) **<br />Region Treasurer update (Scott)<br />Sectio n reports (1 slide per section\, &lt\; 5 minutes per section)<br />Region 6 conferences\, Rising Stars\, Online Career and Talent Expo<br />Sections Congress follow-up<br />Section vitality (Elisa)<br />Area Key Initiative s and Metrics (break out into separate areas)</div>\n<div>PACE</div>\n<div >YP (Young Professional)</div>\n<div>Region website update<br />VR/AR Tech nical Talk (see below) **<br /><br /></div>\n<strong>Student Track</strong ></div>\n<div class="gmail_extra">**starred topics from above list plus:<b r />Student Training<br />Student branch reports<br />Optional cybersecuri ty puzzle competition (see below)</div>\n</div>\n<div>\n<div class="gmail_ extra">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="gmail_extra">\n<div><strong>Room Locatio ns</strong></div>\n<div>The meeting will start in MEC 106 for both student s and higher grade members. After the completion of the joint topics\, the higher grade member meeting will be held in MEC 307 and the student train ing will be held in MEC 309. We have MEC 301 available as needed for addit ional meetings. The VR talk at 11:00 will be held in MEC 106.</div>\n<div> &nbsp\;</div>\n<strong>Technical talk guest speaker (11:00-12:00) (MEC 106 ):</strong><br />Duane Mathes\, Senior VP of Game Development\, Black Box VR\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanemathes/" target="_bla nk" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en& amp\;q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanemathes/&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust =1504753819720000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNGgI94dowrMhrcELSPsPh_jt-0-OA">https://www .linkedin.com/i<wbr />n/duanemathes/</a>&nbsp\;<br />Joint technical event with Boise Computer Society chapter</div>\n<div class="gmail_extra"><br / >\n<div class="gmail_quote"><strong>Student competition</strong><br />Cybe rsecurity puzzle solvable in &lt\;1 hour<br />Only require general program ming skills<br />Contestants need a laptop with capability to run favorite programming language.&nbsp\;<br />We'll also allow remote participation\; register by noon Oct 14th</div>\n<div class="gmail_quote">Visit&nbsp\;<a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47615">https://events.vtools.ieee.o rg/m/47615</a> for more details and to sign up</div>\n</div>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR