Region 4 Section Reports 11. Iowa Illinois Section

Iowa Illinois Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting Oct 16/17, 2004

Agenda Section Map Section Demographics Section Vitality Section Newsletter Sample Section Web Site Home Page Other Section Activities Successes/Best Practices Section Strengths Challenges Lessons Learned Goals for Next Year Goals for Next 5 Years Miscellaneous Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Summary

Iowa Illinois Section Map

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics Total Active Members:263 –Members159 –Student members18 –Senior members12 –Life members29 –Affiliates 30 –Associate15 Meetings –# per year9-10 –Format (lunch, dinner, talk only)dinner –Type (tour, PACE, technical)80/20 Tech/GOLD –Section vs ChapterSection

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics Section Leadership for Iowa Illinois Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chair – Dr. Ali A. Chowdhury, –Vice Chair – Jim Kulaga, –Past Chair – Karen Pedersen, –Treasurer – Bill Serre, –Secretary – Peter Schuster, –Member-at-Large – John D. Johnson, iowa- –Member-at-Large - Jim White, –Member-at-Large - Muhammed B. Rahim,

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics Section Organization –Subsections None –Society Chapters None –Affinity Groups GOLD –Student Branches None, but trying to create one

Iowa Illinois Section Vitality Meetings during the last year –Jan => Tax Law Changes and Tips –Feb => National Engineer's Week: Joint meeting with QCESC –Mar => Mission to Mars & Recent Discoveries in Astronomy –Apr => Joint Meeting with Cedar Rapids Section on National Advanced Driving Simulator in Iowa City –May (1) => Short Course on Reactive Power Compensation and Voltage Stability Short Course –May 2) => Intelligent Mobile Equipment in the Outdoor Space –June => 50 th Anniversary for Iowa-Illinois Section Celebration and Historical Review of Section –Sept (1) => Tour of John Deere Manufacturing Facility –Sept (2)=> GOLD Meeting on Future Programs and Meetings –Oct => Energy Efficiency for Your Home –Nov (1) => Joint Meeting with ASM International & QC Mallards hockey game –Nov (2) => GOLD Social Event –Dec => Holiday Event: Dinner Theatre and Election

National Advanced Driving Simulator

Meeting Notice Sample

Section Web Site Home Page

Other Section Activities PACE – GOLD –The only activities have been the meetings Affinity Groups –None

Successes/Best Practices Success/best practice 1 –The Reactive Power & Voltage Stability Course. Success/best practice 2 –Expanding our programs to the computer areas.

Section Strengths Strength 1 –Each member of the Executive Committee plans a program Strength 2 –Programs are focused on current issues

Challenges Challenge 1 –Maintaining interest in a small section. Challenge 2 –Reaching all members. We are a small section in a large territory.

Lessons Learned Lesson learned 1 –It is about the Topic at meetings and workshops. Lesson learned 2 –Keep the meetings affordable and doable driving distance. Lesson learned 3 –Members are busy and matching everyone’s schedule is impossible.

Goals for Next Year Goal 1 –Increase overall meeting attendance by 10%. Goal 2 –Have at least one meeting in a new area. Dubuque. Goal 3 –Another joint meeting with an adjacent section (Cedar Rapids). Goal 4 –Establish a Student Branch. Goal 5 –Provide another opportunity such as a workshop for members to get CEUs.

Goals for Next 5 Years Goal 1 –Create one or two chapters in areas that have significant number of members Goal 2 –More diversity in topics

Misc Misc 1 – SPAM Addresses IEEE Firewall/SPAM needs to be improved in order to block inappropriate s, especially to the generic exec committee addresses (e.g. ).

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Method 1 –By continuing to communicate what is expected of the sections. Method 2 –By continuing to provide opportunities at the meetings for us to share ideas that work.

Summary Take Away Point #1 –It’s all about the program topic. Take Away Point #2 –Keep the travel down as much as possible