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In 1977, Mr.Soonthorn Chengpiphat initiated of the setting
up the IEEE Thailand Section by gathering the signatures from
IEEE members in Thailand and forwarded to IEEE Headoffice for
approval. IEEE approved the petition in November 1977.
In 1978, Dr.Ivan Getting contacted
Mr.Jack Bailhe and Mr.Sanay Sridaranop to follow up the formation
of the IEEE Thailand Section, and they have got in touch with
Mr.Kamthon Sindhavananda who is a senior member to proceed the
establishment of IEEE Thailand Section. In the same year, Mr.Paul
Carroll, the Director of IEEE, visited Bangkok to assist the
formation of the Section. The informal meeting was held between
Mr.Jack Bailhe, Mr.Kamthon Sindhvananda, Mr.Surasak Senawong,
Mr.Sanay Sridaranop, Mr.Soonthorn Chengpiphat and Mr.Charmon
Suthiphongchai.
In April 1979, the eighteen
persons from thirteen different organizations adn institutes
attended the meeting at Erawan Hotel, and Mr.Kamthon Sindhvananda
expressed his intention to promote the membership in order to
support the activities of IEEE Thailand Section when it is set
up.
On 26 November 1979, the first
General Meeting of IEEE Thailand Section was held and Mr.Kamthon
Sindhvananda was elected as the Chairman, Mr.Prayong Ansusinha-Vice
Chairman, and Mr.Charmon Suthiphongchai-Secretary/Treasurer
to be Section Officers for the year 1980.
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Thailand Section By-laws were
prepared by the Executive Committee and approved by the Region
10 Director in 1980.
On May 16,1980, the IEEE Thailand
Section's library was set up at the Faculty of Engineering,
Chulalongkorn University.
Region-10 Committee meeting was held
on September 19-20, 1981 in Bangkok. The IEEE President, Dr.Richard
W. Damon and Executive Directtor, Mr.Eric Herz and Dr.James
Owens attended this meeting. About thirty members from India,
Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan joined the Committee Meeting.
So far, the Section is trying
to promote the number of members and it is gradually increasing.
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