SIOUXLAND SIGNAL

Volume 8, Number 8 IEEE SIOUXLAND SECTION NEWSLETTER May, 1997

OFFICER ELECTIONS

TOUR OF ALUMAX EXTRUSIONS

WHEN: Thursday evening, May 15.

WHERE: JoDean’s Steakhouse and Lounge
Highway 81 North, Yankton, South Dakota

Alumax processes and extrudes aluminum into a variety of shapes and products. They have an automated painting process and ship out over 1 million pounds of aluminum per month. Aumax is one of Northwestern Public Service’s largest customers with a peak load of over 4 megawatts.

SUMMER SOCIAL AT LEWIS & CLARK PARK

AWARD WINNERS

Three IEEE Siouxland section members were honored at the April meeting held in Brookings.

David Galipeau of South Dakota State University (SDSU) was named the "Engineer of the Year". This award is presented by the Siouxland Section of the IEEE in recognition of exemplary accomplishment within the Siouxland section. Other nominees for the award were Alfred Andrawis, and Lewis Brown, both of SDSU, and Scott Nagel of Sencore Electronics.

Monte Klinkenborg, a senior student at SDSU, and Kristopher Tukker, a senior student at Dordt College, were each given "Senior Student of the Year" awards, presented by the Siouxland section for contributions to their schools and their student branches of the IEEE. Each student was presented with a plaque and a briefcase.

On behalf of the whole section, Madeleine Andrawis, the Siouxland Section Awards Chairperson, would like to congratulate all the winners and all the nominees.

VOTE AT THE MAY MEETING!

OFFICER NOMINATIONS

The following nominations for executive committee officers are announced by the nominating committee. Names with an asterisk are incumbents.

Past Chair Jayme Huber
Chair Darrick Moe, Jayme Huber*
Vice Chair Murat Tanyel, Darrick Moe* Steve Hietpas
Secretary-Treasurer Steve Hietpas, Murat Tanyel*
Educational Activities David Galipeau*
Student Activities Alfred Andrawis*
Membership Lewis Brown*
Newsletter Douglas De Boer*
Awards Madeleine Andrawis*
Power Engineering Dallas Olson*
PACE Vacant

Normally, the nominee for Past Chair is the present Chair, the nominee for Chair is the present Vice Chair, the nominee for Vice Chair is the present Secretary-Treasurer, and a new person is nominated for Secretary Treasurer. The second persons nominated to these offices are the current officers who could be elected for another term .

TODAY’S ENGINEER

IEEE-USA ANNOUNCES NEW MAGAZINE

Coming soon from the IEEE-USA is a new quarterly magazine titled "Today’s Engineer," for the practicing professional. The goals of this magazine include linking the membership with non-technical competencies, preparing members for management, sharpening leadership skills, and expanding possibilities. For more information contact Gus Gaynor, editor-in-chief at 612-332-8822. To subscribe (12.95/yr, member), call 1-800-678-IEEE and ask for product number UH2969-0-0-10.

IEEE-USA’s LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

IEEE-USA will pursue the following legislative goals during the 105th congress in support of the objectives and positions adopted by our members:

• Passage of retirement-security legislation to improve portability of pension-plan benefits and expanded savings opportunities available under tax-deferred Individual Retirement Accounts
• Support tax incentives, regulatory reforms, and public investments that will help promote new enterprise and create well-paid, value-added jobs for Americans, particularly in the high-technology and manufacturing sectors.
• Passage of budget authorization and appropriations bills that sustain and strengthen federal investment in research and development, especially in applied research, engineering and precompetitive technology areas.
• Permanent extension and expansion of the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit.
• Permanent extension of the Section 127 (Internal Revenue Code) tax exclusion for Employer-Provided Educational Assistance and restoration of eligibility for graduate education expenses for the tax exclusion.
• Introduction and passage of legislation to provide protection against unauthorized copying of original useful articles.
• Adoption of legislation, executive orders, and/or regulation relaxing U.S. export controls and other regulations on encryption technologies to the maximum extent possible
• Repeal of Section 1706 of the Internal Revenue Code and restoration of the Section 530 safe harbor to ensue fair and equitable tax treatment of all engineering service providers.

IEEE-USA’s NATIONAL JOB LISTING SERVICE

Travel the information super highway to your next job! IEEE-USA has developed an electronic job-listing service that gives IEEE members free information on job postings in every region of the country. To obtain current job listings, set your web browser to URL
http://www.ieee.org/jobs.html

CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE SEEKS MEMBER INPUT

The Continuing Education Committee of the IEEE Educational Activities Board constantly strives to provide the latest and most effective programs to help IEEE members stay technically competent. Have you used any of the IEEE's educational products? Did you even know they existed? Do the products cover the technical areas that are of interest to you? Are there other topics, technical or non-technical, that you would like to see presented? Too hard to identify the specific material you need, or can't find anything suitable?

Your Continuing Education Committee would be most interested in hearing from you on any aspect of member education. Member feedback is essential to the effectiveness of any IEEE activity. Remember, your dues are paying for the committee's activities. Maximize the effectiveness of your dues by passing along YOUR suggestions to the Continuing Education Committee. Just slide over to your keyboard and dash off a message NOW, to Gale Latzko (Educational Outreach Coordinator at HQ) at g.latzko@ieee.org, or Ted Moody, Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee, at t.moody@ieee.org. Let them know what YOU need from YOUR IEEE to keep technically current.

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