Calling IEEE Member volunteers for FIRST Robotics

Ellen McIsaac writes “Hi IEEE Los Angeles members! I am looking for judges for an upcoming FIRST Robotics competition.

Judging is a 2 day commitment on Saturday, February 29 and Sunday, March 1. The event will be held at Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks. Judges will be provided with training and meals.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

To volunteer, visit https://my.firstinspires.org/Dashboard// to login or create an account to access your FIRST Dashboard. Then, click on your notifications in your profile. This will bring you to the volunteer invitation with a link to the event application.

Hope to see you there!”

2020 Metro LA YP convened at Metro LA Section meeting 01/25

Minutes of Metro LA YP Chapter

On 1-25-20 two Metro Section sponsored meetings were held simultaneously at Cameron’s:

(1) the Webmaster’s 3 rd Tutorial and the other is the Young Professional Officers’ meeting.

(2) The purpose of this joint meeting with the Section was for the officers to plan their activities for 2020.

Location: Cameron’s Restaurant in Pasadena

Position Name Present/Absent

Chair Sharmila Bokka Present

Vice-Chair Dr. Shenyue Jia Present

Treasurer Gregorio Valdivia Present

Secretary Ashley Iu Present

YP Group founder Eremita Miranda Present

Discussion Topics Include

● YP Promotional materials: Received and to be shared at the next YP event.

● Brainstorming for YP event in the future: Since there is a limited budget, discussed using an IEEE distinguished speaker to cover costs. Event date TBD. Reach out to IEEE distinguished speaker.

● Metro LA YP website – HOME page has been updated by Gregorio with Job Alerts. BLOG page has job alerts. Forward new jobs to Gregorio for posting to the blog page. OFFICERS page, all members agreed to use LinkedIn for pictures on the officer page. If any other bio or links then forward to Gregorio.