1. President’s Report Vienna, Austria October 28, 2004 Thomas Freud Wiener, Sc.D., LSMIEEE

2. October 28, 2004 2 Council Achievements u Established IEEE Sensors Journal u Established IEEE SENSORS Conference u Initiated IEEE Committee on Earth Observation

3. October 28, 2004 3 Plans u Strengthen the Administrative Committee by personal liaison with Presidents of Member Societies u Develop cooperative projects with groups of Societies

4. October 28, 2004 4 TAB Society Review u Intended to encourage Societies and Councils to conduct detailed examination u Sensors Council reviewed February 2004 u Sensors Journal also reviewed

5. October 28, 2004 5 Suggestions for the Sensors Council (1) u Advise all 26 sponsoring Societies that their participation is required in order for Sensors to be viable u Direct involvement in development of chapters and technical activities u Select conference treasurers that have experience and are aware of past problems u Sensors Journal administration should work closely with Laura Pohl on desired pricing and page count

6. October 28, 2004 6 Suggestions for the Sensors Council (2) u Involvement by the Council in related Standards groups is urged u Is the Sensors Council on-line tutorial program sufficient educational activity? u What other means of recognition beyond the “Best Student Paper” exist or are planned?

7. October 28, 2004 7 How Shall We Respond? u Activities with Member Societies v Chapter involvement u Standards activities u Education u Awards

8. October 28, 2004 8 What Else Should We Do? u More volunteers are the key to improved and expanded activities to serve society, our profession, and our community u How shall we change?

9. October 28, 2004 9 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 1 u Student fellowships v Committee v Threshold v Connection with Conference Student Paper Contest (Publicity)

10. October 28, 2004 10 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 2 u Increase Web presence u Develop relationship with major sensor research groups v Source of papers v Source of AdCom members v Source of cooperative project ideas v Opportunities to be technical co- sponsor

11. October 28, 2004 11 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 3 u VP-M needs to write conference guidelines and get them approved (guidelines are not laws) u We need to review all conferences and understand where we can contribute

12. October 28, 2004 12 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 4 u Review S04 contractor bids u Progression of conference site selection: v Promising venue v Site visits? v Detailed proposal v Accepted conference

13. October 28, 2004 13 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 5 u Discuss shape of Distinguished Lecturer program, develop detailed guidelines v Gather information on Society practice s Active or passive approach s Single or multiple lecturers in the visit s Look for industry sponsor u Standards Committee could v Review activities of member societies v Coordinate as appropriate v Initiate Standards activity where needed

14. October 28, 2004 14 Ideas From AdCom Meeting 6 u?u?