1. Dinner and Annual General Meeting 2014-Nov-15
2. Children's Painting/Drawing Contest
3. Wind Generation Scheme for High Voltage DC 2014-Dec-10
4. Oakville Hospital Biomedical Technology 2014-Dec-17

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1. Dinner and Annual General Meeting 2014-Nov-15

http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/2014events.htm#a20141115

We have already given the RBG the number of attendees, so you should
have already registered. A few spots are still available.

All Section members and guests are invited to our Annual General
Meeting which will be held on Saturday 2014-Nov-15 at

Royal Botanical Gardens, Café Annex
680 Plains Rd, Burlington, ON L7T 4H4

5:30 PM Reception (cash bar)
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Meeting & Speaker
Speaker: Lara Ghaddar, Senior Manager - Business Development, IMS
Topic: Telematics for Usage-Based Insurance

Cost: $20.00 Members (including students), $30.00 Guests
Free if you come after dinner for the meeting only.

Register and pay using credit card:
 https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/29381

Printable event notice
 http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/FallDinnerInvitaton2014.pdf

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2. Children's Painting/Drawing Contest

http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/2014events.htm#a20141130

This is an event sponsored by the "Women in Engineering" chapter of
the Hamilton Section, but all members' children and grandchildren are
encouraged to participate. Do not miss this fun opportunity to learn,
enjoy and create! All artworks will receive a gift for participating,
a $10.00 gift card from Chapters.

Artworks will be judged by IEEE Hamilton Section Executive committee
members. Paintings/colored drawings will be judged in two age groups:
under 7 and ages 8-11. The best artwork from each age group will
receive a bigger prize! A $25.00 gift card from Chapters.

Eligibility:
* Parent/grandparent should be an IEEE member of Hamilton Section (not
necessarily WIE member)
* Children aged 11 and under
* Paintings/colored drawings should be done on papers no larger than
Letter size (8.5in X 11in) and scanned for submission

Topics for Painting/Colored Drawing:
* Computers
* Robotics
* Cell phones

Deadline: Sunday 2014-Nov-30

Submit by email to wie.hamilton@ieee.org

Printable event notice
 http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/DrawingCompetition2014.pdf

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3. Wind Generation Scheme for High Voltage DC 2014-Dec-10

http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/2014events.htm#a20141210

Topic: A Proposed Wind Generation Scheme for High Voltage DC Generation,
 Interconnection and Transmission
Speaker: Omid Beik, PhD student at McMaster University
Date: Wednesday 2014-Dec-10
Time: 6:45 PM -9:00 PM
Cost: None
Location: Meeting Room 1D, McMaster Innovation Park, 175 Longwood Road,
 Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1

Please register here
 https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/29687

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4. Oakville Hospital Biomedical Technology 2014-Dec-17

http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/y2014/2014events.htm#a20141217

Our last regular meeting for 2014.

Topic: Medical Devices for the New Oakville Hospital
Speaker: Neal Dardaine, Manager of Biomedical at Halton Healthcare Services
Date: Wednesday 2014-Dec-17
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (45 minute talk followed by Q & A)
Cost: None (Paid parking is available on site $14.00)
Location: Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital,
  Auditorium (in the basement)
  327 Reynolds St.,
  Oakville, ON L6J 3L7

Please register here
 https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/29783

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IEEE Hamilton Section Executive for 2015 (Nominations)
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Chair: Krishanth Krishnan krishanth@ieee.org
Vice-Chair: Adhithya Ravichandran adhiravi@ieee.org
Treasurer: Abi Abirami thiruabirami@gmail.com
Secretary: Siva Sivakumaran athmi100@gmail.com
Member-At-Large: John van Loon johnjvanloon@gmail.com
Comm, Info, Signal Chapter: vacant
Power Engineering Chapter: Boguslaw Bochenski boguslaw@bochenski.ca
Life Chapter: Frank Barnard frank.barnard@sympatico.ca

Website:
 http://hamilton.ieee.ca
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