Austin Chapter Power and Energy Society Central Texas Section IEEE CTS Spring Planning Meeting January 29, 2011 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team Elected Officers l Chairman: Don Drumtra l Chairman Elect (V-C): Andrew Bluiett l Treasurer: Kevin Ewing l Secretary: Steve Pearson l Member at Large: Steve Glenn l Webmaster: Jacob Forbes l Awards Chairman: James Mercier

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates l PES CTS Membership: l Successful Code Class l Created elected Awards Chairman l Elected officers l Decided to have annual classes

IEEE Central Texas Section 2010 Chapter Meetings DateTypeTopicSpeakerL31 1/12AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 1/28TechnicalSolar Flares Impact on TransmissionMaher Davah-SWRYes 2/9AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 2/23TechnicalTesting Methodologies Med Volt CablesMike Moore-ShermcoYes 3/2AdminNEC 2011 Update Class planning meetingYes 3/9AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 3/23TechnicalLED LightingTodd Peterson-SeesmartYes 4/13AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 4/27TechnicalUT Power Plant TourAl Schuman-UTYes 5/11AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 5/25TechnicalLCRA Hydroelectric OperationsMichael McCluskey- LCRA Yes 6/8AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 6/22TechnicalElectrical Hazard Risk AssessmentJim White-ShermcoYes

IEEE Central Texas Section 2010 Chapter Tech Meetings DateTypeTopicSpeakerL31 7/13AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 7/27TechnicalThe Iceburg Theory of Power Mgt.Greg Lado, Schneider EYes 8/6AdminNEC 2011 Update Class planning meetingYes 8/10AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 8/19AdminNEC 2011 Update Class planning meetingYes 8/24TechnicalProfessional Engineering EthicsLance Kinney-TBPEYes 9/14AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 9/30TechnicalMedium Voltage CablesMark Thiele-SWRYes 10/12AdminNEC 2011 Update Class planning meetingYes 10/15TechnicalNEC Update ClassJames Stallcup-GrayboyYes 11/21AdminChapComm planning meetingYes 12/4TechnicalCMC Steel Plant TourPlant Engineers-CMCYes 12/14AdminVolunteer appreciation meetingJames MercierYes Summary: 10 Technical, 1 Code Class, 11 ChapComm admin, 4 Code Class admin, 26 Total

IEEE Central Texas Section 2011 Chapter Meetings Dat e TypeTopicSpeakerL31 1/28TechnicalTriggered LightningMaher Davah-SWR 2/22TechnicalMedium Voltage FusesWarren Connor-Bussmann 3/22TechnicalPhotovoltaics and Renewal EnergyPaul Martinez-Austin Energy 4/26TechnicalAdvances in LED LightingRandy Davis-Legacy Lighting 5/24Technical 6/28TechnicalTransportation Energy from the GridJoe Redfield-SWR 7/26Technical 8/23TechnicalProfessional Engineering EthicsTBD-TBPE 9/27Technical 10/xxTechnicalPower Grounding Theory and TechniquesJames Stallcup-Grayboy 12/xxTechnicalTour

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Issues / Plans l Threats and Issues l Narrow focus l Aging membership l Reinventing the wheel l Bureaucracy l Weaknesses l Awards program l Outreach and sharing

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Strengths l Interesting programs with eager speakers and good participation l Enthusiastic engineers who have fun working with each other l Informality

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues Plans and Opportunities l Continue excellence/build on strength (Programs and Participation) l Recognize members and chapters (Elected Awards Chairman) l Increase PES awareness (Attend meetings and renew contacts)

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues Plans and Opportunities l Consider joint chapter (PEL, IE, IA) l Increase young member participation (UT, High School, GOLD, Perhaps mentoring) l Write down past practices (Conventions as guides)

IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks