Officer Name: James Brakefield Affinity Name: San Antonio Life Members IEEE Central Texas Section 2018 Fall Leadership Planning Meeting August 25, 2018 San Marcos, TX Officer Name: James Brakefield Affinity Name: San Antonio Life Members Prepared by: James Brakefield 5/10/2019
Mission and Leadership Team Mission/2018 Focused Initiatives Preparations for Texas Technical Tour: T. Scott Atkinson lead Submission for IEEE Grant in support of San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT):Ernest Franke lead Support activities for SAMSAT: Developed three video presentations Financial support for SABEST: Tom O’Brien Leadership Team Position Name Email Chair Jim Brakefield jim.brakefield@ieee.org Vice Chair Jarrett Polhamus polhamus69@gmail.com Treasurer T. Scott Atkinson s.atkinson@ieee.org Secretary John Lyons jlyons@ieee.org 5/10/2019
2018 Key Accomplishments Meetings (month, topic, L31): January(18): Joule's experiment on the heat equivalent of work, John Engelbrecht February(9): STEM Mentoring Opportunities at NEISD, Jim Baldoni, Amanda Galvin, North East Independent School District March(12): Defense Laboratories Office and Defense Research Enterprise Assessment, Jarrett Polhamus April(11): Tour of 10BitWorks, Mike Garis, 10BitWorks May(16): Our Love of the River Runs Deep, Chelsea Giles, San Antonio River Authority June(18): Energy Industry Past, Present and Future, Mike Harris, CPS Energy July(15): Tour of Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Fort Sam Houston August(27): Bletchley Park and Cryptography, Michael Gershman September: Tour: Vehicle Electrification and Energy Storage, Southwest Research Institute 5/10/2019
2018 Chapter Vitality & Help Needed SA LM Chapter Vitality Assessment Strong: Consistent attendance at monthly meetings Strong: Active volunteers: Scott Atkinson, Ernest Franke, Garrett Polhamus, Tom O’Brien, Richard Wiggins, Bob Harris Always room for more attendees at monthly meetings Attendance driven by the topic No webmaster, no use of new IEEE tools SA LM Top Help Needed/Issues Next year will be very busy: Texas Tour activities in San Antonio & Austin SAMSAT: funding for five exhibits, need help in planning and fabricating exhibits Election committee returned the current slate of candidates Efforts to do recruitment e-mails has stalled 5/10/2019
Others/Backup Planning meetings: Texas Tour SAMSAT Topics and Speakers 5/10/2019
CTS Leadership CTS Officers Chapters/Affinity Standing Committees/Coordinators Chair Fawzi Behmann Vice Chair – A Fabio Gomez Vice Chair – SA Ehsaneh Sunny Shahhaidar Secretary Raymond Choo Treasurer Bill Martino Past Chair Leslie Martinich Past Past Chairs Kenny Rice Strategic Plan Policies and Procedures PARP Awards and Recognition Membership Development Electronics Communications Website vTools Communications Portal Conferences/Events Section-Chapter Vitality Chair Finance K-12/STEM Educational Activities Students Activities Professional Activities – PACE Outreach Program Humanitarian 5/10/2019