1. CENTRAL TEXAS SECTION OF THE IEEE 2015 Spring Section EXCOM Meeting January 24, 2015 San Marcos Kenny Rice, Chair krice@ieee.org

2. IEEE Central Texas Section Meeting Agenda 07:30 Coffee, Sign-in & Fare 07:55Call to Order, Agenda, Introductions 08:20Chairman’s Report 08:50 Treasurer Report – Budget 09:15Vice Chairs Report 09:30Secretary’s Report on L31 09:45Break 10:00Chapter Reports 11:30Committee Reports 11:45Lunch 12:45Committee Reports 13:00 Student Branch Reports 13:30New Business 13:50Adjourn

3. IEEE Central Texas Section Introductions: Your name Your Chapter & your Office(s) CTS Spring EXCOM Meeting San Marcos January 24, 2015

4. IEEE Central Texas Section Outline l Officers and Committees l Parliamentary Procedure l Sections Congress l Tools l Information l Special Interest Items l Thanks

5. IEEE Central Texas Section Officers l Vice-chairman Austin – Leslie Martinich l Vice-chairman SA – Ron Seaman l Secretary – Zhuo Li l Treasurer – Don Drumtra

6. IEEE Central Texas Section Committee Members l Analog – John Purvis l Awards – Clif Denny l Conferences – Kai Wong l Electronic Communications – Joe Redfield l K-12/Educational Activities – Al Lozano l Life Member Coordinator – Scott Atkinson l Membership Development – Joe Redfield l Nominations - Tom Grim l PACE – Fawzi Behmann l Policy & Procedures – John Purvis l Student Branch Liaison – Ron Seamen l Training – Ina Angeles l vTools Coordinator – Kenny Rice l Webmaster – Clif Denny

7. IEEE Central Texas Section Parliamentary Procedure l Facilitate transaction of business l All members have equal rights l Majority decides l Minority rights protected l Full & free discussion of every issue l Only one question at a time l Members have the right to know the question at any time l Only speak when recognized by the Chair, and then only to the chair l Chair must be impartial

8. IEEE Central Texas Section TJ’s Advice l "No one is to disturb another in his speech by hissing, coughing, spitting, speaking or whispering to another, etc."

9. IEEE Central Texas Section Vision l Service to the members: l Congressional Fellows program l New chapters l Section support for conferences l Member upgrade l Networking opportunities

10. IEEE Central Texas Section Congratulations l 2014 Circuits and Systems Society the Chapter of the Year Award l The University of Texas IEEE Student Branch members Tyler Walker and Connor Weins took first place in Ethics Competition at the 2014 IEEE Region 5 Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. l Trinity University IEEE Student Branch took third place in the Ethics Competition at the 2014 IEEE Region 5 Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. l Devon Ryan elected to be the 2015 IEEE-USA Young Professionals Representative.

11. IEEE Central Texas Section Sections Congress l Sections Congress is a triennial gathering of IEEE grassroots leadership to: l network with other Section leaders; l attend training programs; l develop recommendations to guide the future of IEEE. l The goals of SC2014 were three-fold l to provide an opportunity for delegates to gain information and training skills; l to network and build relationships with other volunteers within IEEE; l to serve as a forum for Section representatives and other local leaders, enabling them to voice – on behalf of the collective membership – the ideas, issues, and recommendations which will impact the development and growth of IEEE throughout the world, reinforcing its vitality and relevance to those it serves.

12. IEEE Central Texas Section Sections Congress (cont) l Attendees from the Central Texas Section l Scott Atkinson – R5 South Area Chair l Tom Grim – R5 Society Liaison l Leslie Martinich – MGA Awards Committee l Joe Redfield – R5 Membership Development Coordinator l Kenny Rice – R5 Section Vitality Coordinator & Session Speaker l Devon Ryan – CTS Primary Section Delegate l Two days of intense networking, attending sessions, training, general information and meeting IEEE leaders, Society leaders and MGA Staff. l We have opportunities to utilize EPICS and TISP for new programs that will benefit our IEEE community. (Leslie) l Met IEEE leaders from all over the world and learned and collaborated on different ideas to enhance IEEE (Devon) l The session on small and medium sized sections could be utilized for training chapter leaders; MGA will be posting the notes from that session soon. (Scott)

13. IEEE Central Texas Section Tools l vTools meetings and L31 l vTools eNotice and Surveys l Vitality Dashboard l Chapter Chairs have access for their Society members l Training provided at January 6 th Chapter Chair Training l New Section Website l http://sites.ieee.org/ctx/ http://sites.ieee.org/ctx/ l Social Media Launched at Sections Congress l Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEEE-Central-Texas/1479239548969920https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEEE-Central-Texas/1479239548969920 l Twitter: https://twitter.com/ieeeCTXhttps://twitter.com/ieeeCTX

14. IEEE Central Texas Section Special Interest Items l Section Officer Elections l Chair, 2 Vice Chairs, Secretary and Treasurer l 2 year terms l Contact Tom Grim t.grim@ieee.org for more informationt.grim@ieee.org l Chapter Elections by end of November l Can serve no more that 6 years in a position l Senior Member Upgrade

15. IEEE Central Texas Section Special Interest Items (cont) l IEEE branding l Technology Management Council changed to Technology Engineering Management Society (TEMS). Be sure to check it when you renew. l Updating Section Procedures l PAPR Committee (Procedures and Policy Review) l Training Committee l Held in Austin 1/6/15

16. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Chair Training l Topics: l Organization Overview l EXCOM members roles and responsibilities l General calendar of events for 2015 l Overview of basic officer tasks l Scheduling and filing l31s on vtools l Filing an expense report l Holding chapter elections l Overview of Budget Process

17. IEEE Central Texas Section Special Interest Items (cont) l IEEE Day – Oct. 7

18. IEEE Central Texas Section Special Interest Items (cont) l GLOBECOM 2014 l CTS Young Professionals sponsored reception at Globecom 2014

19. IEEE Central Texas Section Thank you l Organizers l Nominators l Volunteers l Other officers For a successful 2014

20. IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS???