Region 4 Section Reports 26. West Michigan Section

West Michigan Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004 Chicago S. Hossein Mousavinezhad Section Chair

West Michigan Section Demographics Total Members:826 –Student members142 –Senior members22 –Life members48 –Affiliates 46 Meetings –Section meetings per year6 –Format (lunch, dinner, talk only)dinner –Type (tour, PACE, technical)social, technical –Section vs Chaptersection –Excom meetings per year4

West Michigan Section Demographics Section Leadership for West Michigan Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chair – Hossein Mousavinezhad, WMU –Vice Chair – Greg Griffes, Smiths Aerospace –Treasurer – Massood Atashbar, WMU –Secretary – Elaine VanBelleghem, Pfizer Neighboring Sections –Southeast –Chicago –Milwaukee Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections – IEEE eit 04 Conference, MSOE

West Michigan Section Demographics Section Organization –Subsections –Society Chapters –Affinity Groups, Consultants Network –Student Branches/Joint Activity

West Michigan Section Vitality Meetings/attendance during the last year –Jan => –Feb => Engineers Week Dinner, Kalamazoo –Mar => ExComm, GVSU –Apr => Engineering Education Conference, Kalamazoo –June => Board Social, Grand Rapids –June=> Engineering Education Conference, SLC, UT –Sep => Board Meeting, Kalamazoo –Oct => 50 th Anniversary, Grand Rapids –Nov => Senior Engineering Projects, WMU, Kalamazoo –Dec =>

Other Section Activities PACE - S-PAC - GOLD - Affinity Groups –Consultants Network - –Women in Engineering – –Etc - Pre-college Education - Etc -

Successes/Best Practices Collaboration between local universities and industry Conferences, Seminars

Lessons Learned Topic important for good attendance Social/Meal events for people with busy schedules

Goals for Next Year Section Officers participation in SC05 Participation in conferences (eit05, ASEE), Seminars

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Officers Training Publicize Events on R4 Web Site Speakers for Seminars