IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events - Summer 1999

Dave Michelson (dmichelson@ieee.org) Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:49:19 -0700 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:49:19 -0700
From: Dave Michelson <dmichelson@ieee.org>
Subject: IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events - Summer 1999



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Please pass this electronic newsletter on to any interested individuals.

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                IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events 
                       Vol. 1, No. 2 - Summer 1999
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                http://members.home.net/comsoc-vancouver/

     All ComSoc (Vancouver) events are open to the entire community.

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1.  ComSoc (Vancouver) Summer Evening Lecture Series
2.  ComSoc (Vancouver) Fall Evening Lecture Series
3.  Free Half-Year ComSoc Membership Offer
4.  Report on ICC'99 
5.  ComSoc (Vancouver) Announcements List
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1.  ComSoc Summer Evening Lecture Series

Here's what we have lined up for the ComSoc evening lecture series over
the summer:

Mon, 21 Jun - The Evolution of Fax Standards and Technologies 
              (George Pajari - Faximum Software) 

Mon, 12 Jul - Indoor Wireless Communication System Design
              (Kevin Sowerby - University of Auckland)
      
Mon, 16 Aug - Hybrid Fibre Coax Networks
              (Dean Patterson - Rogers Cablesystems) 

All presentations will be held from 7:30 - 9:00 pm.  Most, if not all,
will be held at BCIT in the IBM Technology Building (SE 6), BC Tel
Theatre (pending confirmation of room bookings).

Please see http://members.home.net/comsoc-vancouver/ for more
information.


2.  ComSoc Fall Evening Lecture Series

During the coming year, we plan to alternate university and industry
presentations, give equal billing to wireless, wireline, and standards,
and take maximum advantage of visitors.

If you would like to volunteer to give a presentation, want to suggest a
topic that you would like to see covered, or would like to help out in
some other way, please let me know!


3.  Free Half-Year ComSoc Membership Offer

For those current IEEE members who are not yet members of ComSoc, an 
offer of a FREE half-year membership has been extended.  New members 
will get Communications Magazine as well as other society benefits 
-- at no charge -- for the remainder of 1999.  Just go to 
http://www.comsoc.org/bin/freeoffer/tgmail.htm and fill out
the form before 16 August 1999. 


4.  Report on ICC'99

As many of you are already aware, ICC'99 was a great success.  For the
wireline people, the major topic seemed to be Next Generation Networks
and the move from SS7 to ATM and IP-based systems.  For the wireless
people, the major topic seemed to be the growing need for wireless data
and/or IP connectivity and the development of Third Generation (3G)
wireless systems.

The Vancouver Chapter of ComSoc recruited 15 volunteers to help with
registration and the business centre/internet cafe and to act as room
monitors for the mini-conferences and business applications sessions. 
Student volunteers from SFU, UVic, and UBC acted as room monitors for
the technical sessions and tutorials.  The Conference Organizing
Committee passes on their thanks for a job well done!

At the local members reception on Mon, Jun 7, ComSoc President Tom
Plevyak and Vice President Ron Horn offered their support for local
chapter activities.  In addition to offering several generous rebate
schemes, ComSoc will help to pay for the travel expenses of ComSoc
distinguished lecturers provided that we arrange for the lecturer to
visit other chapters in our general area (BC, Washington, Oregon,
Alberta) at the same time.  We'll be looking into this during the fall
and spring.  See http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/dlprog/index.html for
details.


5.  ComSoc (Vancouver) Announcements List

The ComSoc (Vancouver) Announcements List has grown from 150 to nearly
200 subscribers during the past few weeks.  In order to ensure that we
have a reasonable turnout for our speakers, I would greatly appreciate
your help in encouraging other members of the communications community
in Vancouver to subscribe to this low volume, announcements-only mailing
list.

Thanks!

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Dave Michelson
dmichelson@ieee.org