Co-sponsored by: Winnfort Myles Meeting to form a quorum and agreement on administrative actions Agenda: IEEE Mississippi Section EXCOM Meeting Agenda Mat 4, 2016   Type of Meeting: Mississippi Section EXCOM Meeting Facilitator: Winnfort J. Myles, Chair Invitees: 2016 IEEE MS Section Officers and Special Guests Call to order Roll call Approval of minutes from February and March 2016 meetings Open issues Introduction and Welcome   Myles Budget – Changes, Updates, and New Items Robertson Membership Development Buchanan/Watson/Field Section Activities  - Planned PACE Activities - Section Meetings and Tours - SSCET 2016 Ogan All Robertson/Ogan/Field Jackson PES Chapter Activities Jones Young Professionals Affinity Group Activates Field Student Branch Activities - MSU (Website/Competitions and Meetings) - USM - JSU -MC Field Moorhead Buchanan/Zhou Skelton/Abed Maggio/Price Section Newsletter Stephen Section Website (http://r3.ieee.org/ms//) -          Region 3 website link to MS Section breakage Franco Myles  Region 3 SECon 2016, March 30 through April 3, 2016 in Norfolk, VA -          Chair Overview Discussion Link to Region 3 SECON Sessions http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/index.php?path=2016+SECON+Sessions/ -          Sessions Chair attended were IEEE Collabractec (Social Media Tool), MOVE Disaster Relief Vehicle, Section Communication, AL and MS Area Meeting, vTools Training, Membership Development, etc… Myles  Develop By-Law Review and Approval Process Myles   New business open     open   Location: Forest, MS, Mississippi 39074

Co-sponsored by: David Schoggen The Mississippi Section of the IEEE and Jackson State University present the Sixth Annual Engineering Professional Development Seminar on Friday May 20, 2016, on the JSU campus. Come enjoy a refreshing day of techincal education and networking and earn up to 7.5 professional development hours. Cost is $25.00 for IEEE members and $50.00 for non-members. The meeting will be held in the JSU Engineering Building, 1400 John R. Lynch St, Jackson, MS. Registration begins at 7:00 AM and the first session starts at 8:00 AM. The seminar will end by 4:30 PM. Lunch (and snacks!) are included. COME JOIN FELLOW ENGINEERS FOR A DAY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS EARN UP TO 7.5 PDH CREDITS Agenda: Time Session PDH 7:00  – 8:00 Registration   8:00  – 8:10 Introductory note David Schoggen, Seminar Chair 8:10  – 9:30 ELECTRONIC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DESIGN 1.5 Paul Watson 9:40  – 10:30 MODULAR SUBSTATIONS 1 Phil Horel, Eaton 10:40  – 11:30 PADMOUNTED REGULATORS AND RECLOSERS 1 Phil Horel, Eaton 11:30 - 12:10 LUNCH 12:15  – 1:05 MICRO TURBINE GENERATION 1 Diane Wood, Horizon Power Systems  / Capstone Turbine Corp 1:10  – 2:00 FACILITIES INSPECTION USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 1 Ron Ogan 2:05  – 2:55 PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY / RISK MANAGEMENT 1   Jimmy Newquist, SouthGroup Insurance Services Truitt Taylor, CRC Insurance Services 3:00  – 3:50 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 1 Neal Rich Location: Room: Auditorium Bldg: JSU Engineering Building 1400 John R Lynch Street Jackson, Mississippi 39217