FY06 CHAPTER INITIATIVE PROPOSALS

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International Chapter Proposals:

To provide support for additional high school Information Technology (IT) Club Partnership programs at American High Schools. 

To support development of materials for a new Network Centric Warfare Symposium. (Click here for a view of the "Program in Action")

U.S. Chapter Proposals:

To support local high schools with a high percentage of disadvantaged students with funds to provide free calculator usage and augment website design and networking classes, thereby improving their science and technology curriculums.

To establish a scholarship for an injured Marine or Sailor connected to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund to further education in the fields of communications and electronics.

To support KIND (Kids In New Direction), an after-school program for disadvantaged children with transportation to tutoring sessions and after-school events, computer training and other necessities that encourage learning.  (Click here for a view of the "Program in Action")

To provide for ham radio equipment, antennas, computers, etc., plus additional part-time instructors at a Boy Scouts of America High Technology Training Center.

To subsidize participation for six (6) urban middle schools in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition.

To expand the Enlisted Tuition Assistance program by increasing support for tuition, fees, book and lab costs.

To assist with the purchase of a Flowtek 250 wind tunnel for a high school Aerospace Academy.

To assist with the purchase of a mobile Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) system for the public middle schools, allowing enrollment in any course offered at any local high school through the Distance Learning System and to take “Virtual Field Trips” by interacting live with scientists in the field.

To establish continuing education programs for the community to increase technical knowledge and encourage membership in AFCEA.

To provide funding for Science Olympiad teacher training workshops in ten low-income schools who could not otherwise participate.

To provide grants to high school science and math programs for supplies, books, etc. to encourage student development in science and technology-related fields.

To provide three weather stations at local elementary and middle schools, which can be utilized throughout the schools and can also be networked to provide real-time data from across a larger geographical area.

To launch a science education program for minority children from inner city schools through the Learning Is For Everyone (LIFE) initiative.

To provide four high schools with materials and kits to build robots and then compete at various competitions.

To double the impact of chapter scholarships and Science Teaching Tools awards in 2006 in an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.