Virtual ExCom for August Agenda: 1. Attendance Quorum check -- David Casper 2. approval of agenda including consent agenda Consent to approval of outstanding 2023 minutes (in the appropriate month's ExCom directory area) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10bSrj8mZMapJLPlc__rIC5zgkpe22-h4?usp=share_link Consent to approval of outstanding 2023 treasurer reports https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10bSrj8mZMapJLPlc__rIC5zgkpe22-h4?usp=share_link 3. Chairs Comments R1/2 - OWL device -- Perhpas for Sept Meeting? (360 display/mic for hybrid meetings) Forming an SSIT chapter, and possible AI panel Parking lot: Review of how we handle budget, and possible guidelines on spending (target March meeting) Sections Congress Feedback - Barbara 4. Action Item Report - Jim/et al -- elevation committee -- actively soliciting participation - Newsletter distribution (eNotice in general or??) - Section sponosored "IEEE for Humanity" workshop - SWAG coordination (collaboration with other sections) - pending feedback from other sections 5. Chapter/Affiliate Group Activity & coordination Key action: identify one or two topics in your chapter/affiliate group area of interest and plan on which month you will try to organize an activity based on that. 6. Standing Committee Activities: Fall PACE/WIE/YP elevation interview event... 7 Old Business Section & Chapter Election Cycle for 2024/5 --Status: Raj. 8 New Business Wicked STEM --- Sept Event 23rd Taking advantage of Mentors IEEE/CS key strategies 9 Next Meeting -- Wed. Sept ?? Dinner?? 10. For the good of the order -- 11 Adjourn to forum 12 Forum topics (upcoming events, etc) Discussion of budget/reimbursement processes ========================== Our Leadership Team: Communications and Signal Processing Chair: Open Computer Society Chair: Wei Lu Vice Chair: Sridhar Raghavan Treasurer: Baris Kazar Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Chair: Open Secretary: J Michael O'Connor Microwave T&T/Antennas and Propagation Chair: Elizabeth H. Schenk Vice Chair: Ian Armstrong Power and Energy Society Chair: Tom Mongeon Reliability Society Chair: Michael W. Bannan Robotics and Automation Society Chair: Sridhar Raghavan Affiliate Groups Consultants Network Chair: Raj Vayyavur Life Members Chair: Alan Schecter Secretary: J Michael O'Connor Women In Engineering/Young Professionals Chair: Barbara Bancroft Education Chair/Community Qiayon Yu Student Activities May Wan History Committee Jason Hui PACE Henry Axtmayer Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369267

Electric underground distribution system is generally more reliable than overhead because it is not exposed to the severe weather events round the year. However, it is still prone to failures from corrosion, mechanical issues, animal intrusion to name a few. While the number of failures is typically much less the duration of outages are much longer when compared to that for overhead. What is the best approach to minimize impact of an outage? Automate and implement FLISR system wide or retrofit monitoring or do both? In this presentation we will examine the various approaches. Co-sponsored by: Sentient Energy Speaker(s): Bidesh Kar Agenda: 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM - IEEE PES Baltimore chapter introduction of the Speaker 12:05 PM - 12:40 PM - Presentation by Speaker 12:40 PM to 12:55 PM - Questions and Answers (Q&A) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369673