Life Members Affinity Group (San Antonio) IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 25, 2014 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team NamePosition Lozano, Albert Wiggins, RichardVice Brakefield, Atkinson, Harris, Active volunteers O'Brien, Franke, Crossett, Hanavan,

IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 Chapter Meetings January:United States Patent System – John Lyons February:El Camino Real – Bob Harris March:Plug-In Electric Vehicles – Joe Redfield April:Alamo Academies – Gene Bowman May:Social at Landry's June:Bioeffects Research AF – Garrett Polhamus July:Home Management System – CPS Energy August:Small Computers & Micros – Ernest Franke September:WWV & WWVB Transmitters – Tom O'Brien October:Life Member Tour Canada – Bob Harris November:SAWS Water Conservation – Phil Weynand December:LM Christmas Dinner Party

IEEE Central Texas Section 2014 Meeting Topics January 23:3D Printing Discussion & Demo – Charles Stang February 20:Tour of Autonomous Vehicles Lab – Southwest Research Institute TBD:Toyota Plant Tour TBD:SWRI Technical Tour TBD:Regional Mobility Update TBD: Witte Build-it Day (not a meeting) TBD:How IEEE supports K-12 + Future Cities TBD:McNay Museum Tour TBD:Transguide Tour

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans - Projects Survey membership for meeting preferences (surveymonkey.com has provided useful measurements) Continue development of mobile/virtual museum concept Participate in Witte “Build It” event –an Engineers Week activity Telegraph Station From Walkie-Talkies to Cell Phones Speak & Spell Apply for Life Members Grant IEEE Milestone recognition – Southwest Research Institute Upgrade webpage – – Use evite to send notices, get reservations – Add calendar update capability Judging at Science Fair and Junior Academy of Sciences Support and judging for SA BEST robotics competition Engineering Student Project Show (St. Mary's) Develop an “Inexpensive Microcomputer” program for middle/high school students

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans - Programs In addition to monthly meetings: Quarterly planning lunches Other joint meeting opportunities Additional Engineers Week activities Support Section planning meetings

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Issues Strengths Increased leadership/volunteer group Members have active interest in project activities Members are using vTools to register Weaknesses Lack of follow-through on planned projects Opportunities Work with other groups (Witte, Science Fair, SA BEST, FIRST Robotics, School Districts, 10Bitworks) Mentoring, service related activities Threats Getting members to want to serve as officers as required

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