VACETS BOARD ELECTION (1997-1998)

Dear VACETS members,

The following candidates were officially running for the election of the Executive Committee for the term of 1996-1997 and the election results are as follows:

1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Le, Nicole T.

2. Pha'i / Gender: Female

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position: Software Engineer

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1994

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS:Having over 7 years of work experience in software development - Currently, serving as a software engineer at Motorola Inc. - Worked at Alcatel Inc., NC and NEC America, TX as a software engineer - Serving as an AdComm member since 1994: Recruiting Officer (94-95), Public Relations Officer (95-96). Vice-Chair of Budget Committee (96-present).

7. Ho.c va^'n / Education: BSCS

8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n / Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature *** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:

I would like:

1) To promote women's issues and ideas in VACETS;

2) To contribute to VACETS success in support of Vietnamese professionals everywhere;

3) To promote VACETS to a stronger professional technical society for the future young generations; and

4) To create and support activities that keep VACETS growing.

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1. Te^^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Vu~ Quo^^'c Hu+ng

2. Pha'i / Gender: Nam

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected] 4. Nghe^^` nghie^^.p / Professional position:

Advisory Systems Engineer 5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1995

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^^` nghie^^.p va` hoa.t ddo^^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS:

7. Ho.c va^^'n / Education: MS 8. Te^^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^^.i vie^^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^^n / Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature *** KHO^^NG CA^^`N THIE^^'T/ OPTIONAL ***

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:

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1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle with all diacritical accents): Nguye^~n Hu+ng

2. Pha'i / Gender: Male

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position: President, Mountain Technology Inc, Miami, Florida. This is a start-up small business company specializing in computing and telecommunications technical services. Mountain Technology is currently supporting the integration and installation of the communication infrastructure of US SouthCom as it is relocated from Panama. The company expertise includes communications, signal processing, system development and integration.

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: May 1996

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS:

Prior to my present position, I spent a short period of time with Booz-Allen & Hamilton in the Telecommunications and C3I group, which provides technical services to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its operational, research, and development needs. Before BAH, I was with ORINCON Corporation, Arlington, VA for two years designing and developing state of the art sonar signal processing system. The technology used is commercial off the shelf using customized spectral analysis, spatial filtering and operator display processing. While at ORINCON, I was appointed as Visiting Research Scientist for a year at the Center of Excellence in C3I, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. In this capacity, I was performing basic and applied research in Array Signal Processing. Before ORINCON, I was with E-Systems Inc, Melpar Division, Falls Church, VA for nine years helping to build airborne reconnaissance systems for the Department of Defense. Before E-Systems, I spent five years at Combustion Engineering Inc., Windsor, CT developing computerized data collection and monitoring systems for pressurized nuclear reactor. Before Combustion Engineering, I was at ENSCO Inc., Springfield, VA performing statistical analysis for rail transportation safety purposes.

Currently, I am the chair person of the Promotion and Public Relation Committee which is responsible for promoting VACETS and dealing with public, including providing and supporting technical columns on Vietnamese newspapers and TV technical shows. I was also involved in the development of the VACETS membership survey, which is intended for soliciting feedback from the general membership concerning various issues.

7. Ho.c va^'n / Education: B.S.E.E., University of Maryland, 1980. M.S.C.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1983. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering., George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1994.

8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n / Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature: Thao M. Le ([email protected]).

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:

Having served in VACETS Adcom and participated in other VACETS activities such as VTIC'96, I am very impressed with the quality and the professionalism of its members. I believe VACETS has a lot to offer the Vietnamese technical community.

Being a member of Adcom, I had a chance to observe the different ideas being exchanged through the Internet medium. As diverse as these ideas seemed to be, there are always good ideas coming out of these discussions. Somehow the differences were being resolved by effective communications, and I feel this is what professionalism is all about.

I believe VACETS is on the right track when it strives to reach out the world using the all-effective Internet medium. Within the past year, I see out Web page becoming as beautiful and resourceful as any other Web pages. A graduate student from me as far as New Zealand has also contacted me to inquire about my paper published in the VTIC-96 proceeding because it was related to her thesis work. I'm sure that similar contacts have resulted by the same means. To this end, I think VACETS has achieved its goal of providing an effective medium of technical interchange and to foster new friendship.

Despite this positive feedback, recent correspondence through different VACETS forum has indicated that VACETS still has an image problem in that it is an exclusive group serving the Vietnamese technical elite. This is certainly not true and if misrepresented can be detrimental to the future of VACETS. I really think that VACETS should be reaching out to and catering to the need of every technical professional. To some extend, I think fostering or providing projects that everybody can participate can alleviate this problem.

Where does VACETS go from here? This is a question that has probably been asked by several VACETS members but has not been answered, or more likely being worked around. Is the goal of being technical sufficient or should VACETS been involved with more social or even political issues? I'm sure that some parts of VACETS are ready to go either way. What will keep us together then if that's the case? These kinds of questions will have to be answered if we have to keep VACETS prospered. I feel that this is a very important issue facing VACETS today. or providing projects that everybody can participate in.

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1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Le VanTrung Tin

2. Pha'i / Gender: Male

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position: Internet Consultant

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1995

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS:

I was lucky enough to have joined VACETS in its early formative period. The opportunity gave me a chance to learn and help in setting up VACETS mailing list, web servers and ftp site. I have served mostly in the technical - systems and network - areas. For the past two years, I have served in VACETS Adcom and have grown fond of the friends and peers I met.

7. Ho.c va^'n / Education: B.S.C.S./Math

8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /

Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature: *** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:

I believe VACETS represent one of the shining examples for and of oversea Vietnamese. It is a technical organization that starts out with high principles and expectations, and has managed to grow through rough times. I see many opportunities for VACETS to serve our community and advance science in the youths of the future.

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1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Lu+.c Tie^'n Nguye^~n

2. Pha'i / Gender: Male

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position: Area Consulting Manager, Bay Networks Professional Services

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1995

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS: Chair VACETS Technical Affairs Committee,1996/1997 VACETS Adcom Member 1996/1997 Participated in VTIC'96 as presenter and session chair

7. Ho.c va^'n / Education: Ph.D. Operations Research

8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /Name e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature: *** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS: VACETS is a non-profit organization and I propose, as board member, to help the incoming president run it as a business. I don't mean financially but more organizationally and operationally. Of course any business will need some form of funding but more importantly, I would like to revisit and identify who are the customers of VACETS? what do these customers want? Are the goals of VACETS align with its customers' wishes? Do we have a plan to satisfy that needs? Do we have the appropriate funding to carry out that plan? Do we have an acceptable plan to communicate and get approval from our owners/members, and our customers?

It seems like most of VACETS problems from previous years has happened because we have not satisfactorily answered some of the above questions for the projects that we tried to do. All of VACETS members and Elected Officials are enthusiastic volunteers with limited time and resources. We have to choose the projects carefully to maximize the use of our time and resources. Each project has to pass a "business plan" test with clear answers to all of the above questions (and more). Each project also has to have a clear and measurable result/outcome in an acceptable time frame.

As board member, some of the activities I would like to see includes: (1) Involve more of our members in the various projects that we do; (2) Bring new and experienced professionals together to foster mentorship, learning, and guidance between the people in the same fields.

I believe that our members are all intelligent, educated, and resourceful. There is nothing that we cannot do if we work together toward the same goals. So let's put aside any difference we may have and start working toward our common goals.

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1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Nguyen Van Gioan

2. Pha'i / Gender: Male

3. Pha'i / Gender: [email protected]

4. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) & Attorney at Law 1996

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: CPA and Attorney.Supported Vacets sport activities and rendered legal advices to Mr.Thao Le on various concerns regarding the non-profit status application and others. Receiving many valuable E.mails from Vacets and read them daily.

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS: Graduated from: Chu Van An HS LL.B & LL.M:The University of Saigon,Law Sc MBA: Fairleigh Dickinson Unv.Business Sc MCJ:George Washington Law.Post-JD program. Virginia State CPA. Virginia State Attorney at Law.

7.Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /Name e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature: Mr.Thao Le, President

8. Position statement: VACETS should advertise to attract more members as the same time to let general public knows more about Vacets'goals and positions.VACETS may organize other chapters to include other professions such as Financial & Accounting, Medical & Pharmacy & Nurses, Business Executive, Law.... this expansion will double and triple the memberships of VACETS within a few years.This type of organization will not be limited by state or country, it will go worldwide by professional Vietnamese who can access to PC's. Modern technology will make this type of expansion possible.

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1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents): Nguyen Long Phi

2. Pha'i / Gender: Male

3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position: Engeneer in Telecommunications Post-graduate students in Moscow Technical University Of Telecom and Information Technology

5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1997

6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng trong VACETS / short biography and summary of activities in VACETS: None

7. Ho.c va^'n / Education: MS in Telecom Post-graduate student

8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n / Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed to endorse your candidature: *** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***

9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:

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