WIE Japan

• Date: 2005 July 8 (Friday)
• Time: 18:00 - 22:30
• Place: Room #212 in West Bldg. #9,
  Tokyo Institute of Technology,
  2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, JAPAN
• Presiding Officer: Carole C. Carey (Interim Chair)
• Secretary: Masumi Shibata (Interim Secretary)
• Attendees: 18 members and non-members as listed below
  Nadia Berthouze, Carole Carey, Nirmala Devaraja, Miwako Doi, Jui-Pang Hsu (Kyo), Kayoko Ito, Tomoko Izumita, Xiaowei Kan, Andrea Kleinsmith, Hideko Kunii, Hisayo Momose, Keiko Nakatani, Akinori Nishihara, Jiho Sargent, Masumi Shibata, Masataka Tatsuuma, Hideki Ujihara, Dishna Wanasinghe
• Summary:
  1. Call to Order and Introduction of Members
     Interim Chair Carey called the meeting to order at 18:00.
     All the attendees introduced themselves while we enjoyed our Obentos.
  2. Approval of Agenda
     The following agenda of the meeting was approved.
     1. Introduction of WIE
     2. Election of new officers
     3. Discussion about future activities
  3. Introduction of WIE
     Interim Chair Carey introduced the background and objectives of WIE activities.
  4. Election of Officers
     The following new officers were elected:
     • Chair: Michiko Kuroda (Tokyo U. of Tech.) (absent)
     • Vice Chair: Hideko Kunii (Ricoh)
     • Secretary: Masumi Shibata (Renesas)
     • Treasurer: Nadia Berthouze (U. of Aizu)
     • Student Activities: Tomoko Izumita (U. of Aizu)
     • Membership Development: Miwako Doi (Toshiba)
     • Webmaster/Adviser: Akinori Nishihara (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
     • International Liaison: Xiaowei Kan (Ricoh)
     • Directors for Sections
       • Sendai: Janie Robinson (absent)
       • Tokyo: Nirmala Devaraja (GE Consumer Finance)
       • Kansai: Keiko Nakatani (Osaka Prefectural College of Tech.)
       • Shikoku: Mayumi Matsunaga (Ehime U.)
       • Kyushu and Hiroshima: Matsunaga (TEMPORARY)
     Interim Chair's Notes:
     The new chair (Kuroda) was on travel outside the country and was elected in absentia. However, she had previously submitted her self-nomination with her background, position statement expressing a very strong interest in the position for Chair of JC WIE affinity group.
     The position of Director was suggested by Interim Chair to allow a better flow of information among WIE section members in various prefectures (separated by large distances in some cases) with the JC WIE affinity group and their Section. Directors were either elected (if present during the meeting) or appointed by the Interim Chair based on their expressed interest as a volunteer. The main role of a Director (ideally for each member Section of the Japan Council) is to be a liaison between the Section and the JC WIE Affinity Group. The Director is responsible for reporting to the Section as well as the JC WIE Affinity Group regarding WIE activities and related issues. A Director may also organize WIE activities in their respective areas or coordinate with other areas with consultations from both the Section and the JC WIE AG.
     Please be reminded again that all WIE officers must become WIE members (if not yet a member) and must be IEEE members (if not yet one). It is easy to update/add new service online.
     You can go to Join IEEE membership
     Select whatever is appropriate for you, -- renew, add services, update profile. I suppose you want to add services if you are already a member of WIE You must have an IEEE Web Account username and password in order to access this service.
     Begin Add services Application. You can follow the directions from that page, self explanatory -- yes, it is that simple. You should not have any problem. 
  5. Future Activities
     The following plan was approved:
     
     • Create a website for JC WIE affinity group (responsibility: Nishihara, M. Shibata)
     • Setting a board meeting with new officers (responsibility: Kuroda, M.Shibata)
  6. Adjournment
     Meeting adjourned at 20:30
  7. NEXT MEETING DATE- to be determined (a follow up meeting to install the new officers is to be scheduled with the new Chair presiding)