IEEE Region 2 Winter Meeting; Feb 22-23,2003

1. This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation • In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button • Select “Meeting Minder” • Select the “Action Items” tab • Type in action items as they come up • Click OK to dismiss this box • This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. IEEE Region 2 Winter Meeting; Feb 22-23,2003 Report on Maryland Area Status Baltimore Section Delaware Bay Section Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

2. Baltimore Section Entities Annapolis Sub-section Aerospace and Electronic Systems Antenna Propagation / Microwave Techniques Theory Communications Computer Electron Devices / Solid State Circuits Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering in Medicine and Biology Industry Applications Power Engineering Reliability Delegates to Women in Engineering (WIE), Engineering Society or Baltimore / Engineers Council of Maryland, MD Board for Professional Engineers Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

3. Baltimore Section Achievements • Chair 2002 - Virgilio Arafiles, vparafiles@ieee.com • Vice Chair 2002, chair 2003 - Jeffrey Friedhoffer, jafried@ieee.org • Saw a record growth of membership, • Set a new standard in section financial stability, • Met IEEE HQ report deadlines for the second year in a row, • Transitioned WATT’s new into a web-based publication. • Helped 18 new members get elevated to IEEE Senior Member status • John Dentler developed a Treasurer’s Shell that is now being beta tested for IEEE-wide usage, and • Neville guided the Robot Project to a fourth successful year! Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

4. Baltimore Section Activities • Section meetings • Chapter meetings • ExCom meetings • Special Area meetings (PE, WIE) • SubSection • Robot Challenge Project • Looking for Gold Chairman Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

5. Delaware Bay Section Entities and Activities Section meetings Computer Industrial Applications/Power Electronics Looking for Officers, Chair, ViceChair Looking for PACE Chair Joint meetings and activities with University of Delaware Student Chapter Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

6. Delaware Bay Wish List Leaders and Leadership Development More activity centered around the U of D student and faculty Recognition and support of local IEEE activities by area enterprises. Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

7. Deliveries • List main critical deliverables • Yours to client • Yours to outside services • Outside services to you • Other departments to you • Understand your confidence rating to each deliverable • Indicate confidence level on slides if appropriate Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

8. Costs • List new projections of costs • Include original estimates • Understand source of differences in these numbers -- be ready for questions • If there are cost overruns • summarize why • list corrective or preventative action you’ve taken • set realistic expectations for future expenditures Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

9. Technology • List technical problems that have been solved • List outstanding technical issues that need to be solved • Summarize their impact on the project • List any dubious technological dependencies for project • Indicate source of doubt • Summarize action being taken or backup plan Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

10. Resources • Summarize project resources • Dedicated (full-time) resources • Part-time resources • If project is constrained by lack of resources, suggest alternatives • Understand that customers may want to be assured that all possible resources are being used, but in such a way that costs will be properly managed Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing

11. Goals for Next Review • Date of next status update • List goals for next review • Specific items that will be done • Issues that will be resolved • Make sure anyone involved in project understands action plan Maryland Area; Doug Tipton representing