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Dec 2014 The ICF Board held a 2 hour teleconference on December 10 to:
  • Approve the addition of Anader Benyamin-Seeyar to the Grants Committee
  • Approve appointment of John Mowbray as Acting Chair Nominations and Governance Committee
  • Award fourteen Special Grants
  • Approve creation and awards for two new McNaughton Learning Resource Centres
    • Université de Moncton
    • Simon Fraser University
  • Approve eleven McNaughton Learning Resource Centre Grants for upgrades
  • Approve many small updates to the Operations Manual
Sept 2014 The ICF Board held a 1.5-hour teleconference on September 10 to;
  • Focus on current priorities.
  • No Grant applications were received for consideration at this meeting.
  • The Board also received the Treasurer's reports and discussed activity by all directors.
  • Ray Findlay, who has stepped down from the ICF, was unanimously elected Emeritus Member and gratefully acknowledged for his support and guidance to the ICF since 1996.
April 2014 The Annual Membership meeting is held on April 16 and;
  • ICF AGM attendance: 9 in person + 9 by teleconference + Proxies
  • receives the President's annual report
  • re-elects directors for 3 years term
    • Bob Alden
    • Ray Findlay
    • David Whyte
  • receives the report of the Grants committee summarizing that in 2013, the IEEE Canadian Foundation awarded Scholarships, Learning Centre Upgrade Grants, Special Grants, Women in Engineering Prize, Vehicular Technology Travel Grant, Power Quality Scholarship, IEEE Canadian Foundation Québec Science Fair Prizes and funded IEEE Canada medals - totaling $53,150.
  • receives the audited financial statement and investment report for 2013
  • approves the 2014 operating budget and appoints the auditors for 2014
The Board of Directors meeting is held on April 16, after the Annual Membership meeting and;
  • reappoints the current officers for a further one-year term
  • elects members to the operating committees
  • receives the treasurer 2014 preliminary budget
  • awards five IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarships at $5,000 each;
    • Sri Selva University of Ontario Institute of Technology (RTH Alden Scholarship)
    • Francis Nguyen, University of Alberta
    • Emily Miao, University of Toronto
    • Karen Innes, University of Saskatchewan
    • Amente Bekele, Carleton University
  • awards four IEEE Canadian Foundation Special Grants;
    • McGill University Student Branch Robotics
    • IHTC 2014 Conference
    • University of Waterloo Microbotics
    • Concordia 2014 Field Trip
  • awards two Endowed Awards:
    • Women in Engineering award to Lydia Chioukh
    • IEEE Canada Power Quality scholarship to Shafi Khan
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