IEEE ACT Section ExCom Meeting

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The first of the series of Excom meetings of the IEEE Australian Capital Territory Section was held on 18 February 2021.

The next meetings planned for every second Tuesday or Wednesday every second month starting from April 2021.


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  • Indian Accent Restuarant
  • 24 W Row
  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Australia 2601
  • Building: Melbourne Building
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  • Starts 23 January 2021 12:12 AM UTC
  • Ends 05 February 2021 12:12 AM UTC
  • No Admission Charge




Agenda

  1. Welcome/Apologies/Announcements/Agenda items

Apologies: Ashley, Fangbao Tian, David Powell, Sharon Lim

Ambarish – looking to do more f2f meetings/activities this year. Kathryn will look into using ADFA campus for next meeting. Ambarish encouraging industry visits to restart.

Ambarish looking to recognise the contributions of members and officers this year. Some awards to be handed out.

Note to make sure you have a physical address in the ACT to get emails from the ACT Section (eg work address).

  1. Region 10 Meeting:

2021 IEEE Region 10 Virtual Meet

Date: 6 March 2021 and 7 March 2021 (Saturday and Sunday)

Time: Tentatively 7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. (UTC +5.30 / India Standard Time)

  1. Australia Council Update

New coordinators appointed as requested by R10. Life member coordinator (Dale Siver). Education activities coordinator – schools and universities (Fouad). Student activities coordinator (Atiqul Islam).

  1. Treasurer's Report and Section Budget

Russell Gentle / Financial report

$16K in main account and $10K in term deposit. We get a significant rebate when our financial reporting is done early, based on membership numbers, which will bring our balance approx. 33K. Other awards for being an active section have also contributed.

With covid restrictions relaxing, we are looking to use these funds for the benefit of members.

  1. Membership development Update : Ross Summerfield

481 members in the ACT, a few more including local areas. Low student member numbers (15). An opportunity for recruitment. Jeta to add details to the Section website.

  1. Professional Activities Update : Sharon Lim

  2. Life Member Co-ordinator Appointment: Dale Siver Nomination Received . Dale is a life member.

  3. Student Activities Co-ordinator Appointment: Atiqul Islam Nomination Received

  4. ANU Student Representative: Aswani Gopakumar

  5. Chapter Chairs Reports

Reminder: Minimum two activities per Chapter or group is required to maintain “Active Status”. 10 events per year significantly increases the financial rebate. Must be advertised to section members and free to attend.

  1. Antennas and Propagation: David Powell

  2. Computer: Anthony Jones. 4 events planned for the year + O-week representation + social media presence

  3. Joint Photos and EDS : Ziyuan Li – DL presentation planned in May. Student membership drive planned. Please submit a budget first for approval.

  4. Joint Signal Processing and Communications : Fei Ma – Working in acoustics; intending to do some interviews of 1st year PhD students

  5. Geoscience and Remote Sensing: Xiuping Jia – Small chapter, need to promote membership and/or work with other chapters. Usually aim for August and November activities, may aim earlier this year.

  6. Nanotechnology Council : Hoe Tan – ARC Centre of Excellence awarded at ANU in the area of nano-tech. 7 years, involving 5 universities. Needs to include outreach. Will tap into this for the chapter.

  7. Systems, Man and Cybernetics : Fangbao Tian

  8. Computational Intelligence: Hemant Singh – Aiming to assemble a team again and meet more regularly. Organised AJCAI, SSCI last year. Working on CEC this year.

  9. WIE Affinity Group: Jihui Zhang -

  10. Young Professionals Affinity Group: Chathurika Mediwaththe – will work with WIE

  11. GRSS Student Chapter Update: Jue Zhang – Seminars the likely events.

  12. TISP Co-ordinator : Fouad Karouta – STEM activities at Telopia primary school planned. CMA conference should run – will attend. Ross interested in approaching minister.

  13. Student Representatives and Co-ordinators

    1. UNSW Canberra Lily Quio – looking to do seminars

    2. ANU

  1. Website / Newsletter: Jeta Vedi

Website now has new excom members (individual details can be added), section history. Ambarish suggested to look at Australia Council Website as well. Can post AGM photos. Have an IEEE ACT gmail account. Can be used as a file repository. 2 newsletters per year.

  1. AOB

Meetings every 2 months, 2nd week of the month on a Wed or Thurs. This is before Australia Council meeting which happens every 3rd week of every second month. Need to send a report to that meeting, so this gives time to prepare a report.