Hello Everyone!!
On June 28, 2007, several members of the Section attended the banquet and participated in the presentation of the Huntsville Association of Technical Societies 2007 Professional of the Year (POY) award to the IEEE Huntsville Section recipient. I was personally delighted to participate in the recognition of Mr. Keith Jadus, 2005-2006 Past Section Chair, as our recipient of the HATS award and also presented Keith with the Section’s award for the 2007 POY. Keith has been highly active in the Section for several years and very deserving of this recognition. Please pass along your congratulatory remarks to Keith, if you haven’t had an opportunity to do so. Pictures from the HATS POY banquet are included in this edition of the LiveWire.
Mr. George McClure, our Region 3 Director recently sent me an e-mail regarding Volunteering in America – IEEE impact. He references several reports, prepared by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which are available at http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/role_impact/performance_research.asp. The reports address the volunteerism rates for the top 50 metropolitan cities in the United States and notes that the rates vary from about 14.4% (Las Vegas, NV) to 40.5% (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), Interestingly the Only IEEE Region 3 city to make the top ten was Charlotte, NC, coming in at number nine with a volunteerism rate of 34.3%. I also noticed that Atlanta came in at 26.1%. Thanks to all of you for your support in volunteerism and taking an active role in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
