1. St. Mary’s University Student Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting September 16, San Marcos, TX

2. Chapter Leadership Team
Position
Name
Major
Chair
Nicole Webb
Electrical Engineering
Co-chair
Jeremy Ramirez
Computer
Engineering
Secretary
Richard Mialkowski
Electrical
Treasurer
Elena Botello
Service Chair
Adam Valadez
Risk Manager
David Culbreth
Computer Engineering
Notes:
Branch Counselor: Dr. Wenbin Luo

3. Chapter Updates: Previous Funding Usage
Robotics Team Parts/Components - $400
R5 Robotics Competition Fees $200
Recruitment and Retention Events - $400
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4. Our Previous Two “Major” Undertakings
Monthly Electronics workshops
Raspberry Pi, Arduino
R5 Robotics Competition

5. Planned Activities for the Current Year
Compete in Region 5 Robotics and
Xtreme 11.0 competitions
Recruitment through advertising
Presence in high school robotics competitions
Parts for our Region 5 competition robots
Student branch meetings once every 2 weeks
Collaboration with other organizations to build networking opportunities
Notes: Recruitment Advertising: Presence at freshman orientation for EE,SE,CE majors.
Demo robots to students in programming classes
HS competitions: FIRST and BEST
R5 competition: won 3rd last year, aiming higher this year.
Other organizations: within school(Career Center, ASME, SPS, other RSOs) outside school: SwRI,

6. What the Funding would mean for our IEEE Chapter
Continued recruitment efforts, especially towards freshmen
Outreach programs for students of our local community
showcasing aspects of engineering
Sponsor STMU-hosted career fairs to encourage our members to network for opportunities
Partial Cost coverage for R5 parts, registration, and travel
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7. Interaction with Other Funding
Funds from the CTS of IEEE and the proceeds raised through StMU’s annual Oyster Bake are used to support the activities of our student branch.
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9. Questions? Thank you for your continued support