Region 4 Section Reports 9. Fort Wayne Section

Fort Wayne Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

Fort Wayne Section Demo. Total Members:383 –Members211 –Student members75 –Senior members16 –Life members54 –Affiliates 23 Meetings –Section meetings per year5-6 –Format (lunch, dinner, talk only)Dinner –Type (tour, PACE, technical)Tech 4, Tour 1, –Section vs ChapterSection only –Excom meetings per year1 - 0 –% quorem Excom meetings50%

Fort Wayne Section Demo. Section Leadership for Milwaukee Section –Term: Calendar Year 2003 –Chair – Eric Sailor, –Vice Chair – Open, … –Treasurer – Open, … –Secretary – Jim Spreen, … Neighboring Sections –North: Southeast Michigan –South: Indianapolis –East: Lima Section –West: Western Michigan Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections –

Fort Wayne Section Demo. Section Organization –Subsections - None –Society Chapters - None –Affinity Groups - None –Student Branches/Joint Activity Indiana Institute of Technology Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Tri-State

Fort Wayne Section Vitality Meetings/attendance during the last year –Apr => Planning Meeting/23 –Apr => Wire Association International/5 –May => Miniature Biomedical Sensors/14 –Jun => Supercomm trip/ Cancelled –Oct => Is there a Hybrid Electric Vehicle in your Future/ 13

Other Section Activities PACE - None S-PAC - None GOLD - None Affinity Groups - None Pre-college Education – Tri-State Science Fair

Successes/Best Practices Most people come when they have been personally invited Receive appreciation and compliments by those who attend.

Lessons Learned Local business holding seminars (replacement for professional groups) Some other groups in Northeast Indiana are struggling and some have discontinued Local business structure is procedure and suppresses career interest

Goals for Next Year More Officers More Officers at several companies More Officers in key positions 20% (~70 members) meetings

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Idea 1 Idea 2