Chapter Name IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting August 29, 205 San Marcos, TX

Chapter Leadership Team Position Name Affiliation Email Online training Chair Jack McFadden ETS-Lindgren jack.mcfadden@ets-lindgren.com N/A Vice Chair Mark Maynard SIEMC mark.maynard@siemic.com Secretary Ross Carlton National Instruments ross.carlton@ieee.org Yes Treasurer Webmaster Notes:

Chapter Updates Chapter membership steady at 53 active. Meeting attendance averaging ~14. Leveraged local companies for support. NI, ETS-Lindgren, Dell, AMD Notes:

2015 Chapter Meetings Date Technical/Admin Topic Speaker L31 21 Jan Managing intentional currents and anticipating un-intentional currents for EMI design. Jim Drewniak, MST yes 18 Feb An Investigation of Underperforming EMC Chamber Designs Tom Mullineaux, Lionheart SW Yes Mar Santa Clara EMC Society Symposium n/a 22 Apr Panel Discussion IEEE EMC Symposium Notes:

2015 Chapter Meetings Date Technical/Admin Topic Speaker L31 20 May A New European Union Directive approach for radio equipment – an overview of the new EU Radio Equipment Directive Mark Maynard, SIEMIC yes 16Sep EMC Test Laboratory Software Program Development: A Proven Process Jack McFadden, ETS-Lindgren 21 Oct MIL-STD-461 Revision G upcoming changes Jason Smith, HV Technologies 18 Nov BUSINESS TBD Notes:

SWOT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Availability of DLs and other speakers Support from local industry Teaming with other nearby Chapters Stable membership Weaknesses Getting member input and feedback Finding volunteers Notes:

SWOT Analysis Opportunities Threats Conferences & tabletops Increasing support from local industry Threats Members have less and less time to devote to volunteer activities Membership is not growing in the USA Notes:

Chapter Plans / Issues Looking into new and/or renewed venues for meetings (Met Labs, El Gallo Mexican Restaurant & etc.) Investigating network opportunities with Texas University (Professors contacted have not been very responsive to email) Notes:

QUESTIONS??? Thanks If you’d like to learn more about electronic services, you’ll want to attend the session on the Electronic Services being presented this afternoon by Christian Borgert (BORE-GERT) and Chip Dawson. If you miss this afternoon’s session, you can see it tomorrow morning. Now I’d like to answer your questions about newsletters and electronic services . . . (After Q&A) I’m sorry we don’t have time to answer all of your questions, but we have an abundance of expertise with us this weekend, and much of it is in the Computer Lab upstairs. Stop by and get more information anytime.