1. Officer Name: James Brakefield Affinity Name: San Antonio Life Members
IEEE Central Texas Section 2018 Fall Leadership Planning Meeting August 25, 2018 San Marcos, TX
Officer Name: James Brakefield
Affinity Name: San Antonio Life Members
Prepared by: James Brakefield
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2. Mission and Leadership Team
Mission/2018 Focused Initiatives
Preparations for Texas Technical Tour: T. Scott Atkinson lead
Submission for IEEE Grant in support of San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT):Ernest Franke lead
Support activities for SAMSAT: Developed three video presentations
Financial support for SABEST: Tom O’Brien
Leadership Team
Position Name
Chair Jim Brakefield
Vice Chair Jarrett Polhamus
Treasurer T. Scott Atkinson
Secretary John Lyons
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3. 2018 Key Accomplishments Meetings (month, topic, L31):
January(18): Joule's experiment on the heat equivalent of work, John
Engelbrecht
February(9): STEM Mentoring Opportunities at NEISD, Jim Baldoni,
Amanda Galvin, North East Independent School District
March(12): Defense Laboratories Office and Defense Research Enterprise Assessment, Jarrett Polhamus
April(11): Tour of 10BitWorks, Mike Garis, 10BitWorks
May(16): Our Love of the River Runs Deep, Chelsea Giles,
San Antonio River Authority
June(18): Energy Industry Past, Present and Future, Mike Harris,
CPS Energy
July(15): Tour of Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Fort Sam
Houston
August(27): Bletchley Park and Cryptography, Michael Gershman
September: Tour: Vehicle Electrification and Energy Storage,
Southwest Research Institute
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4. 2018 Chapter Vitality & Help Needed
SA LM Chapter Vitality Assessment
Strong: Consistent attendance at monthly meetings
Strong: Active volunteers: Scott Atkinson, Ernest Franke, Garrett Polhamus, Tom O’Brien, Richard Wiggins, Bob Harris
Always room for more attendees at monthly meetings
Attendance driven by the topic
No webmaster, no use of new IEEE tools
SA LM Top Help Needed/Issues
Next year will be very busy:
Texas Tour activities in San Antonio & Austin
SAMSAT: funding for five exhibits, need help in planning and fabricating exhibits
Election committee returned the current slate of candidates
Efforts to do recruitment s has stalled
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5. Others/Backup Planning meetings: Texas Tour SAMSAT Topics and Speakers
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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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