Career & Workforce Policy Committee
 
 		  
Events Calendar & Meeting Agenda
04-06 March 2005
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Events Calendar
Friday, 04 March
1PM - 2 PM Meeting with Daryl Hatano (SIA) SIA Offices, San Jose CA
7PM - 9 PM Committee Dinner Tresca Restaurant, Westin Hotel
Saturday, 05 March
8AM – 9 AM Continental Breakfast Alameda Room, Westin Hotel
9AM – 12 PM CWPC Business Meeting Alameda Room, Westin Hotel
12 – 1:30 PM Lunch with John Templeton (CFE) & Natasha Humphries Tresca Restaurant, Westin Hotel
2 – 5 PM Business Meeting (cont'd) Alameda Room, Westin Hotel
9AM – 12 PM CWPC Bus Meeting (if necessary) Alameda Room, Westin Hotel
 

E-Agenda (To download a zipped file of agenda attachments, click here.)

 1.     Welcome, Introductions and Roster Corrections (Item 1)
 2.     Agenda Review, Modification and Acceptance (Item 2)

 3.     Committee Overview
3.1 IEEE-USA Committee Structure (Item 3)
3.2

Career & Workforce Policy Committee Charter (Item 4)
3.3 2005 CWPC Plan and Meetings Schedule (Item 5)

 4.     Priority Issues, Targets of Opportunity and Pending Legislation
4.1 Policy Priorities for the 109th Congress
4.2 CWPC Targets of Opportunity (Item 6)
4.3 Status of Pending Federal Legislation (Item 7)
 5.     Proposed CWPC Subcomittee Assignments [Discussion]
5.1 Professional Careers Subcommittee
5.2 Benefits (Health and Retirement) Subcommittee
5.3 Workforce (Education, Immigration and Offshoring) Subcommittee
 6.     Proposed Position - Pension Under-funding and PBGC Solvency Problems - McClure
6.1 Background on DB Pension Plans and the PBGC (Item 8)
6.2 Policy Issues Relating to the PBGC Insurance Program (Item 9)
6.3 Proposed Position Statement (Item 10)
 7.     Proposed Position - Social Security Reform Recommendations
7.1 Facts About Social Security
7.2 Major Reform Proposals (Item 11)
7.3 Proposed Position Statement (Item 12)

 8.     Committee Outreach
8.1 IEEE Sections and Societies – Bay Area Council and Santa Clara Sections
8.2 Employer Organizations – Semiconductor Industry Association
8.3 North Valley (NOVA) Job Training Consortium
 9.     Other Committee Business
9.1 Hutchins Article - Quality Digest (Mar 2005)
9.2 McClure Article (DRAFT) - IEEE-USA Today's Engineer (Apr 2005)
9.3  

 10.     Wrap-Up and Adjournment
10.1 Action Items Summary
10.2 Future Meeting Dates and Locations

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Last Updated:  01 March 2005
Staff Contact:  Vin O'Neill, v.oneill@ieee.org