CTS Secretary Report Don Drumtra IEEE Central Texas Section Fall ExCom Meeting Sep 24, 2016 San Marcos, TX

Chapter L31 Reports Notes:

Chapters with the Most Reports Most reports from regular chapters (Total/Tech) PI31/PEL35/IE13/IA34: 15/8 CAS04/SSC37: 10/8 AP03/MTT17: 9/9 Most reports from special chapters (Affinity groups and council chapters) CTCN: 8

Chapters with No Reports No reports from regular chapters CMPT21, E25, PE31-SA, SEN39, TM14-AUS, TM14-SA No reports from special chapters WIE

Observations and Comments Under reporting—not just delays What is a reportable meeting? Wherever two or more members discuss IEEE business. If you submit an expense report. Joint meetings count but not for bonus. Common announcement, different report. PACE funded meetings are coded professional. Meetings category guide—Standardizes for CTS.

V-Tools Meetings Before using V-Tools, schedule your meeting, workshops, or other event and draft related MOU, Plan, and/or Website. Using V-Tools draft the announcement but do not publish. Compare with other planning documents and revise all drafts to agree. When all drafts are finalized, publish the V-Tools announcement. Use V-Tools for fee collection, sign-in sheets, and L31 reporting.

Reporting 2017 Officers Chapters on a one year cycle, changing officers this year, should have their nomination committees together by now. When elections are complete, names of the officers should be submitted of the Secretary for reporting up to SAMIEEE and updating internal CTS records. Please provide the name of the office and the new officer’s full name, IEEE member number, phone number, and email address.

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.