IEEE Columbus Section ExCom Meeting
January 20, 2010
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM.

DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH

1. Welcome by the Vice Chair

2. Treasurer's Report and progress on the L50 report for 2009

Treasurer to comment on shared expenses with the Dayton Section to have Grayson Randall to travel from North Carolina and give successive presentations to the Dayton and Columbus IEEE Computer Societies on the DARPA 2005 Grand Challenge.

Treasurer to advise if we need to enlist the services of an Auditor/CPA to review the L50 report prior to submitting to IEEE. The L50 is typically due to IEEE by the third Friday of February, which is Friday, February 19th. All L31 entries for calendar year 2009 must be typically entered by January 31 (and may be January 29 since January 31 is on a Sunday)

3. Secretary's Report and approval of minutes for the December 17, 2009 Holiday Meeting. Chair and Sol Black to assist Secretary with these minutes prior to Wednesday's meeting. Minutes to include motion, second, and approval to fund Ohio University's robotics project.

4. Membership Chair's report

5. Region 2 Representative's Report

6. PACE (IEEE USA) Report, Section attendance at the 2010 PACE Conference.

7. GOLD & Society Reports (Howard to explain annual CPD hours awarded for being an IEEE volunteer officer)

8. Student Branch Reports including progress on re-establishing a student branch at CSCC (Lead member on this effort is Joshua Herald, jher...@aep.com.)

9. Section By-laws to be submitted for review by the Chair before the next ExCom meeting.

10. Chair requests Vice Chair serve as Chair for the 2010 Spring Banquet. Chair will provide assistance, particularly with arrangements to return to the Confluence Restaurant once a date and the speaker have been pinned down. Vice Chair to request additional volunteers for the Banquet Committee.

11. Selection of date and location of next ExCom meeting followed by adjournment.