Second Symposium

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Second Symposium Executive Committee
Meeting 700 a.m. 1000 p.m. Sept. 18, 2005
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Agenda

• Status
• Event Overview
• Event Schedule
• Organization
• Next Steps

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Status

• Budget
• HH Contract
• Site Visit
• Graphics
• Website
• Publicity
• Local Arrangements
• Volunteers

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MTT Wireless 2006 Conference Exhibition
Wireless Systems Technologies, 15-20 Jan 2006,
San Diego CA
Participating events
IEEE Topical Workshop on Power Amplifiers
for Wireless Communications
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Participating Conference Status

• RWS successor to RAWCON
• Centerpiece of MTT Wireless
• SiRF
• Definitely participating in 2006
• Possibly a permanent fixture
• PA Workshop
• Agreed to always participate in San Diego
• IMS TPC
• 2006 agreed to participate, scope may be
  reduced
• 2007 agreed to participate in LA area
• AdCom schedule needs to be confirmed

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Governance

• Executive Committee
• Oversight
• Multi-year Planning
• Site selection
• Steering Committee
• Operation
• Responsible for a single (1 year) event

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Executive Committee Membership

• Chair - RWS General Chair
• Members
• Past Chair
• TP Chair
• Finance Chair
• Local Arrangements Chair
• 1 year past Local Arrangements
• 1 year future Local Arrangement
• Same year IMS rep
• Next year IMS rep
• SiRF Rep
• PA Workshop Rep
• WAMI Rep

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Steering Committee

• General Chair by succession (from RWS TP Chair)
• Past Chair one year term
• TP Chairs by succession from another Steering
  Committee position
• Finance Chair by appointment
• Preference for multi-year term
• Local Arrangements Chair local to site, by
  appointment
• Other positions by appointment

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additional governance

• Executive Committee selects Steering Committee
  members if succession fails
• Present Executive Committee is operates until Jan
  1 2005
• Falls under Meetings Symposia Committee
• recommend report to AdCom at least 2 times per
  year
• Present Executive Committee selected
• 2006 General Chair Fred Schindler
• 2006 Technical Program Chair Mohammed Madihian

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Important Actions

• Steering Committee Meeting
• Publicity
• Press Release
• Call For Papers
• Something for RAWCON attendees
• Site Visit
• Fill out Steering Committee
• Local arrangements contracts
• Create SOW
• Budget