1. (THE MIGHTY) Southeastern Michigan Section Report Mark Ciechanowski, P.E. Section Chair Region 4 Meeting January 27-28, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago

2. Highlights of 2006 Activities “The World's Largest Fully Steerable Single Aperture Radio Telescope” Keynote by John Ford, Electronics Engineering Division Manager, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Green Bank, WV "Career Survival for Engineers and Scientists in the 21st Century“ Provided by: IEEE-USA Career & Workforce Policy Committee (CWPC) “Leadership Skills Workshop”, Don Bramlett, P.E. "Evolution of Hybrid Vehicles, Architectures, and Energy Storage Systems“, John Miller, Ph.D., P.E., IEEE Fellow and PES Society DL EMC Fest 2006, Keynote: Dr. Bruce Archambeault, IBM. Section IEEE Online Community Reduced the Section Conference registration price

3. Plan for 2007 Dr. Chris Mi & Ms. Liang Downey – 3/29/07 Section Conferences Ms. Teri Takai, CIO State of Michigan Mr. Dave Laurent & Mr. Bruce Emaus – 2 Vehicular Technology Society DLs + other speakers Mr. Kevin Taylor – 2 Society DL’s + other speakers Mr. Gupta Boda – 1 GOLD speaker/event Dr. Angela Sodan – 2 WIE speakers & 2 Computer Society speakers Mr. Mark Ciechanowski – 2 Engineering Management Society DLs (Robert Bishop on 3/29/07) Ms. Liang Downey – Educational Activities speaker Ms. Liang Downey, Dr. Adel Marzugui, Mr. Virgil Nacuta, Mr. Gupta Boda – Employment Services speaker or workshop Mr. Scott Lytle & Mr. Kimball Williams - EMC Society DLs, EMCFest Workshop Dr. Richard Johnston – 2 Education Society speakers Mr. Robert Sealy – 2 Robotics Society speakers

4. How Can R4 Help in Meeting Your Section’s Goals? Membership retention: I expect that membership will be down this year due to layoffs / economy / auto industry / unemployment situation. Volunteer recruitment: we still have a few chapters whose officers are not actively providing programs.

5. Section Online Community