1. Section Committee/Officer Name: Jody Everett
IEEE Central Texas Section 2019 SPRING Planning Meeting January 19, 2019 San Marcos, TX
Section Committee/Officer Name: Jody Everett
Chapter/Affinity Name: Central Texas Consultants Network
Prepared by: Jody Everett
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2. Mission and Leadership Team
The Consultant Network promotes the development of members careers through professional and social networking, including publicizing members skills and sharing potential professional opportunities, and support the IEEE Central Texas Section.
Leadership Team
Jody Everett-Chairman/Treasurer
Luis Basto-Vice Chairman/Webmaster
Les Johnson-Program Manager/Membership Chair
Bill Martino-Secretary
Kai Wong-Member at large
Sergio Liberman-Member at Large
Objectives
Hold monthly high quality technical meeting.
Hold one day/one half day high quality workshops
(*) These can be technical meetings, workshops, networking events, etc.
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3. 2018 Key Accomplishments
January-Technical “Drone of Drones”, Philip Wheat L31 Filed.
February-Technical Meeting-”Light-Field Display, Architecture and Properties”, Thomas Burnett L31 Filed
March-Technical Meeting-”Using Blockchain for AI Authenticity”, Karen Kilroy L31 Filed
April-Technical Meeting-”Black Holes and their degenerate Friends,” Explosive New Information Revealed”, Clyde Springen L31 Filed
May-Technical Meeting-J”FPGA Chips: Introduction, History and Applications”, Jim Brakefield L31 Filed
June-Technical Meeting-“Ultra-paranoid Computing for the Consumer”, David Pruett L31 Filed
July-Technical Meeting-”AI Edge Inference”, David Fick L31 Filed
August-Technical Meeting-”Audio Forensics: A Brief Survey and Personal Experience”, Steve Bechk L31 Filed
September-Technical Meeting-“Should You Patent It Yourself?”, Robert D. Hunter L31 Filed
October-Technical Meeting- “How to get more Consulting Projects, Automatically”, Malcom Lui L31 Filed
November-Technical Meeting-“Texas Board of Professional Engineers-Professional Practice Update/Ethics” , Rick D. Strong L31 Filed.
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4. 2019 Chapter Vitality & Help Needed
Chapter Vitality Assessment (Strong, Ok, Need Improvement)
Examples: Attendance, Topical & Relevance, membership recruitment, finance, volunteers, ….
Strong, good meeting attendence
Top Help Needed/Issues
Examples: Attendance, Speakers, Training, Finance, Events, collaboration with STEM/Students/PACE/YP/Life Mem, …
Continued Funding.
Need to attract younger members.
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5. Others/Backup
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6. CTS Leadership CTS Officers Chapters/Affinity
Standing Committees/Coordinators
Chair
Fawzi Behmann
Vice Chair – A
Fabio Gomez
Vice Chair – SA
Ehsaneh Sunny Shahhaidar
Secretary
Raymond Choo
Treasurer
Bill Martino
Past Chair
Leslie Martinich
Past Past Chairs
Kenny Rice
Strategic Plan
Policies and Procedures PARP
Awards and Recognition
Membership Development
Electronics Communications
Website
vTools
Communications Portal
Conferences/Events
Section-Chapter Vitality Chair
Finance
K-12/STEM Educational Activities
Students Activities
Professional Activities – PACE
Outreach Program
Humanitarian
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