1. Region 4 Section Reports 13. Milwaukee Section

2. Milwaukee Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting Oct. 16-17, 2004

3. Milwaukee Section Demographics Total Members:1,481 ( August 1, 2004 ) –Members 991 –Student Members 210 –Senior Members 77 –Life Members 69 –Affiliates 68 –Other 66 Meetings –Section Meetings per year4 to 6 Executive Board and Chapter Chair Meetings –Format Alternate Dinner / Lunch –Type Administrative –Section vs ChapterUsually Combined –Excom meetings per year4 minimum –% quorum Excom meetings60 - 80%

4. Milwaukee Section Demographics 2004 - Section Leadership for Milwaukee Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chairperson:James Blaha ( jblaha@lsr.com / 262-375-4400 x104 )jblaha@lsr.com –Vice Chairperson:Robert Molthen –Treasurer:Brian Cunningham –Secretary:Amanda Pachniak Neighboring Sections –North: Green Bay, Wisconsin –South: Chicago, Illinois –East: - open water - –West: Madison, Wisconsin Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections –EMC Chapter with the Chicago EMC Chapter ( seminars )

5. Milwaukee Section Demographics Section Organization –Society Chapters Power Engineering Computers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Antennas and Propagation Control Systems Magnetics Electromagnetic Compatibility Microwave / Communication and Signal Processing Industrial Electronics / Industry Applications –Affinity Groups Women in Engineering –Student Branches/Joint Activity Milwaukee School of Engineering Marquette University University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

6. Milwaukee Section Vitality Meetings/Attendance during the last year… –December: Section Holiday Party – Family Event … … Milwaukee Zoological Gardens / 300+ attendees –March: EMC Educational Seminar / 120 attendees … 3 rd year –March:Computer Chapter / Rockwell Automation Tour / 35 attendees –May:FIRST High School Competition / 3 local High Schools –May:WIE Awards Dinner / 27 attendees –May:Milwaukee Section Awards Meeting / UW - Milwaukee –June:Medicine - Biology Conference / 160 attendees … 28 th year –June:Control Systems / Robotics Competition / 24 HS Students –August:Region 4 EIT Conference

7. Other Section Activities PACE: Chaired - but low profile … ( Robotics Sponsor ) S-PAC: Chaired - but low profile … ( Any Value? ) GOLD: Chaired - but low profile … ( Any Value? ) Affinity Groups: –Consultants Network … ( inactive ) –Women in Engineering … Very Active, Up and Coming Leaders Edina Bajrektarevic … Champion Pre-college Education: Robotics and FIRST Competition

8. Successes/Best Practices Medicine and Biology Conference 28 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendees Profitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement EMC Chapter Educational Seminar 3 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendees Profitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement Section Family Outings and Functions Holiday Family Party’s … past events include: Mitchell Park Horticultural Domes – Dinner and Presentation Milwaukee Zoological Gardens – Dinner / Presentation / Train Rides Milwaukee Public Museum ( 2004 ) – Dinner / “Dinosaurs” and “Boys and their Toys”

9. Lessons Learned Each Chapter must have a Champion … … to be Alive and Successful. Each Section Officer must have Commitment … … to be a Contributor. General Membership is Not Committed … … to investing Personal Time.

10. Goals for Next Year - 2005 1) Expand the “Educational Seminars Program” format as successfully applied by the Medicine and Biology Chapter and the EMC Chapter, as a means to bring Value to the General IEEE Membership. 2)Grow our Senior Member count from 77 to a minimum of 90 in 2005 and position our membership to have a minimum of 100 Senior Members by the end of 2006. 3) Reintroduce the Senior Project Engineering Competition between MSOE, MU and UWM. All of the above are based on the availability of recruiting … … Champions to Implement the above.

11. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section by… 1)Assist local Sections with the Management and Development of an Accurate Email and Mailing List. 2)Compliment the $200.00 per Chapter yearly allocation from IEEE by adding an additional $400.00 per year. This will provide each Chapter with a total of $600.00 of valuable funds through out the year. ( ie: Senior Member application drive / Educational Seminar ) 3)Assist Sections and Chapters in “Promoting and Selling” to “Management in Industry” and “IEEE Members” the Value of an IEEE Membership. ( ie: IEEE benefits – Life, Health, Travel, Education …+ + + )