Region 4 Section Reports 3. Cedar Rapids Section

Cedar Rapids Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2003

Cedar Rapids Section Demographics Total Members:466 –Members276 –Life Fellows 3 –Fellows8 –Life Members27 –Life Seniors31 –Senior Members33 –Student members55 –Life Associates /Associates 2 / 31 Meetings –# per year11-12 –Format (dinner, talk or tour)

Cedar Rapids Section Demographics Section Leadership for Cedar Rapids Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chair – Jim Sliney, –Vice Chair – Morris Rosen, –Treasurer – Bob Dawson, –Secretary – Steve Aab,

Cedar Rapids Section Demographics Section Organization –Society Chapters Microwave Theory and Techniques –Student Branches: University of Iowa

Cedar Rapids Section Vitality Meetings & Conferences during the last year –Dec => Family Holiday Event – Squaw Creek Nature Lodge –Jan => Fiber Optics Based Telecommunications Revolution –Feb => Annual Awards Dinner & Theater: Newport Jazz Tour –Mar => Joint with SID – Tour of Siemens Transportation –Apr => ProCon 2004 & Tour of NADS at U. of Iowa –May => Tour UNI Real Time Embedded Systems Lab –June => Joint with GOLD – Family Picnic - Robins Park –Oct => Fall Con 2004 –Nov => TBD –Dec => Family Holiday Event – TBD

Other Section Activities PACE – Support Provided for: 2 Professional Conferences: –ProCon (in the Spring) and –FallCon (in the Autumn) Engineering Week –Free Day at the Science Center –Volunteers for K-12 Activities Competitive Student Activities –Future Cities – (Taft Middle School) –First Robotics – (Linn-Mar High School) –Electric Car – (Kennedy High School) GOLD 2 Events Held - Winter & Summer

Successes/Best Practices Sponsoring Two Successful Professional Conferences During Tight Economic Times. Maintaining Our Membership with a 3.33% Gain Over the Previous Year.

Challenges Recruit New Volunteers to serve on the Executive Committee Refresh Our Membership with New Members & Volunteers

Lessons Learned Difficulty in Recruiting Volunteers to Serve on the Executive Committee Difficulty of Successfully Restarting a Student Chapter after a Lapse in Activity.

Goals for Next Year To Recruit 2 Candidates for each Position on the Executive Committee Recruit More Members into the Cedar Rapids Section -   7%.

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Supplying Practical Techniques for Developing Volunteers into Candidates for the Executive Committee i.e. for Chairman, Vice-Chair, etc. Providing Practical Methods for Developing Volunteers from among the Student Membership.

Summary Many Volunteers Provide Core Strength of the CR Section Under the Aegis of PACE the CR Section –Sponsors Two Professional Conferences –Supports Three Student Competitions –Organizes Support for Engineering Week Activities Conducts 9-12 Diverse Section Meetings/Year Funds & Updates Professional Website Publishes Monthly “Corona” Newsletter –Electronically on Website and –Hard copy via USPS Student Members Supported by Student Section and Faculty Facilitators at Two Universities & Two Colleges