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IEEE Communications Society LATIN AMERICA REGION. José David Cely Director. Membership Statistics LA 2011. Important Senior Membership growth and Members Very low number of Fellows. DLT. Arun Somani Monitoring the US Power Grid Using Wireless Sensor Networks
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IEEE CommunicationsSocietyLATIN AMERICA REGION José David Cely Director
MembershipStatistics LA 2011 ImportantSeniorMembershipgrowth and Members Verylownumber of Fellows
DLT • ArunSomani • Monitoring the US Power Grid Using Wireless Sensor Networks • LA DLT #1 - Region 9/Ecuador/Peru/Somani/1111 • Ecuador Chapter - Gabriel Astudillo - gastudillo@gmail.com • PeruChapter - Luis Montes Bazalar - lmontes@pucp.edu.pe
ChapterQuestionaires • JustfiveChapterssenttheQuestionaires • Chile • Ecuador • Morelos • Argentina • Colombia • Lowlevelfeedback and activitywasreported • Itisnecesarytomotivate more participation of chapters and invite themtoprovide more informationabouttheiractivities ( pictures, statistics, etc)
LA RCCC ATTENDEES • Jorge Calvo - Costa Rica • Gabriel Astudillo – Ecuador • Luis Monte Bazalar – Peru • RaulGomez Escamilla – Mexico • Rodrigo E. Garcia Osorio -Guadalajara • Pedro Aguilero - Chile • Jorge Hedderwick – Argentina • Thomas Hobbins – Uruguay • Carlos Eduardo Velasquez-V. – Colombia • Ignacio Z. Huerta – Puebla • Armando Rivera - Guatemala • César Vargas Rosales – Monterrey • Carlos Andrés Lozano Garzón - DLT Coord • Directors • ShriGoyal -MPD Director • Stan Moyer - Marketing & Industry Relations Dir. • Roberto Saracco -Sister & Related Societies Dir. • Vijay Bhargava - President-Elect • Roberto de Marca-Business Development Chair/Past President - • Khaled B. Letaief – VP Conferences • Jose David Cely - LA Director • Staff • Bruce Worthman – Dir Conferences, Finance & Administration • Carole Swaim – Executive &Volunteer Services • Carol Cronin • John Pape – Director Marketing/ WCET • Joel Basco – j.basco@comsoc.org
RCCC Discussion items inFeedback and follow up session • List of potential DL’s and Senior members candidates • Responding to Open call for leadership positions • Student programs – support needed • Collaboration among Chapters, joint events • MDSG grant for new initiatives • Young members participation and GOLD portal • Virtual Meetings- support from staff • Relations with Sections • Request for RCCC every two years • Potential Industry day- 2012
LA Director (currentactions) • Organizing DLT forBrazil, Mexico and Colombia • Reactivation of South BrazilChapter • Directcontactwith R9 SectionChairs and GOLD Volunteers in IEEE SectionsCongress . San Francisco • Interactionwith NA Region Meeting • LA AwardsComSoc open call. • Recruiting GOLD volunteersfrom LA • Planning Virtual Meeting withchapterchairsearlyoctober. • Planning 2011 LatinComparticipation, late october