1. Region 4 Section Reports 7. Chicago Section

2. Chicago Section Demographics Section Leadership for Chicago Section Continued… –Web Master – Carol Davids, Davids Consulting –PACE – James Fancher –Program – Joe Feitler –Publications – Geraldine Ryan –Special Events – Joe Feitler –Student Activities – John Zulaski –History Committee – George Thomas, Contemporay Control Systems –Washington Awards – Dennis W. Lamont, Weldy/Lamont Assoc. –Fox Valley Subsection – Chairman – Joe Weesner – Secretary Treasurer – Hugh Edfors – Program Chairman - Jerry Kattke –Northwest Subsection – Jack Sherman

3. Chicago Section Demographics Section Organization –Subsections: Fox Valley and Northwest –Society Chapters SP/CE Signal Processing/Consumer Electronics AP/MTT Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques IA Industrial Application/IE Industrial Electronics CAS/ED/SSC Circuits and Systems/Electron Devices/Solid State Circuits EMB Engineering in Medicine and Biology CPMT Components Packaging Manufacturing Technology COM Communications

4. Chicago Section Demographics Continued: PEL Power Electronics PE Power Engineering EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility C Computer EM/PC Engineering Management/Professional Communication RL Reliability SMC Systems Man and Cybernetics NPS/MAG Nuclear and Plasma Science/Magnetics DEI Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation LEO Lasers and Electro-Optics PSE Product Safety Engineering

5. Chicago Section Demographics Continued: Affinity Groups: WIE Women In Engineering, Consultants Network –Student Branches: NU, UIC, IIT, DeVry Chicago, DeVry DuPage, St. Francis University, DePaul, ITT Mt. Prospect.

6. Chicago Section Vitality Reported Meetings for 2003 - 141 Total

7. Chicago Section Vitality Advertised Meeting for 2003 – 47 Total

8. Chicago Section Vitality Meetings during the Nov. 2003 –Events IEEE’s Communications Society & IEEE’s Fox Valley Subsection –IIT Student Colloquium – Voice over Internet Protocols Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 Chicago Chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society –Northeastern Regional Blackout of August 14, 2003 Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003 AP/MTT Societies –Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface & Lateral-Wave Excitiation Thursday, Nov. 17, 2003 IEEE Communication Society – Distinguished Lecturer Tour –Future of Wireless Communications Monday, Nov. 17, 2003

9. Chicago Section Vitality IEEE-ED/CAS/SSC –Extraordinary Advantage of Migrating from Discrete to Integrated Optical and Opto-electronic Components Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 IEEE EMC Society Meeting –Conducted Immunity Transient Testing for CE Marking Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 IEEE IAS/IES Dinner Presentation –Grounding of Generator Sets and Transforming of the Neutral Conductor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 IEEE Chicago/ Rockford Consultant’s Network –Business Structures for the Engineering Consultant Monday, Nov. 24, 2003

10. Section Newsletter Sample

11. Section Web Site Home Page www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/chicago/

12. Other Section Activities PACE - S-PAC – with Student Branches Affinity Groups –Consultants Network –Women in Engineering –Pre-college Education – E-week, science fair judges Booth at Engineering Expo During Engineers Week at IIT.

13. Successes/Best Practices Large number of Chapter Activities Multiple Meetings Per Month Choice of dinner/lunch/topic/tour meetings SCANFAX 110 Year Re-enactment of First Section Meeting Established Program for Granting PDH for PE’s

14. Section Strengths Membership Size Large Diverse Industry in Chicago Active Chapters History

15. Challenges Maintain Balanced Budget Increase membership participation Find new officers Unemployment in Area Industry

16. Lessons Learned Involve lower officers in Region Meetings Format & locations must be fitted to the group The need to be open to change with regard to meeting topics and meeting format

17. Goals for Next Year Promote Idle Chapters to Active Status Revitalize Northwest Subsection

18. Goals for Next 5 Years Financial Strategy for a Balanced Budget Membership Interest Revitalize Idle Chapters Encourage Activity in Affinity Groups

19. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Information of other Section Activities Approve Revised Bylaws Encourage Conferences to share revenue with sections and invite sections to participate

20. Summary We are ACTIVE. We are having FUN. We are a large Section with Large Subsections and Chapters Our Executive Committee functions as a Council to our Chapter Activities