1. Technical Activities Chair & Coordinators Larry Hause chair Subra Ganesan east Ed Neller west Paul Tindall central Jack Sherman with honor Detroit January 2010 Technical Activities

2. Today’s Topics l Make Engineering More Visible by Ed Neller l Inform & Activate Engineers by Subra Ganesan l Support Active Engineers by Paul Tindall l Recognize Active Chapters plus Educational Activity

3. Subra Ganesan - East l A dormant IEEE Chapter in Saginaw has been reactivated it with the help of R4 executives. l Central Michigan University now has IEEE Student chapter that we helped activate. l Oakland University IEEE Student Chapter was made more active by joining hands with GL-SPIN in organizing an embedded system software meeting. l IEEE SEM (South East Michigan) chapters held a one day conference twice a year in Fall and Spring of 2009 and 2010. We send this information to other chapters in R4.

4. Embedded System Workshop l One day workshop on Embedded System was held on September 29, 2007. It was free to all IEEE CS members and any one. l Around 220 persons attended. l 4 companies sponsored this event with free food, snacks etc ( approx $2500). l At the end the attendees got a certificate of attendance. l As a consequence nearly 10 engineers joined IEEE. Society members pleased.

5. Paul Tindall Central  EIT 2009 – June 7-9, Windsor, ON  Participated in planning committee  Judged student paper competition  Wisconsin PE continuing education requirements  Established contacts among Madison, Milwaukee, and NE Wisconsin sections  Invited proposals and coordinated comments from all three sections to the state board  Organized broadcast of PE meeting  New Chapter Awards

6. Ed Neller - West l Ed Neller, Central Iowa Section l Make Engineering More Visible l Plan Technical Presentations with Public Interest (families & non-engineers) GPS Navigation for Farm/ HAM Radio Operations/ RF Cars and Helicopters/

7. Remember Jack Sherman l Jack Sherman, Chicago l Hold Meetings with multiple Chapters l Invite Distinguished Lecturers to Speak Three Times – @ business, @ university/college, @ section meeting l Senior members are great volunteers

8. Most Active Chapters in 2009 l CENTRAL INDIANA PE/IA 7 l CHICAGO IE/IA 7 l TWIN CITIES R 7 l CHICAGO COM 8 l SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN EMC 8 l CHICAGO PE 9 l SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AP/ED/MTT 10 l SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN C 11 l TWIN CITIES PE 11 l TWIN CITIES TM 11 l SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGANI E/PEL 14 l SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN PE/IA 25

9. Secrets of Most Active l “You ‘godda’ Have a Passion!” Jim Blaha, Milwaukee EMC l Senior/Life Members Are Great Volunteers

10. Secrets of Most Active Chapters l Hold Joint Chapter and Section Meetings l Include/Engage Students l Invite Well Beyond Your Area l Encourage Interaction Among Business & Engineers & Students l Recognize & Award Both Attendees and Sponsors

11. SUMMARY 1. COMMUNICATE 2. INFORM 3. ACTIVATE 4. RECOGNIZE 5. And next - EDUCATE