region 4 section reports 11. iowa illinois section

Region 4 Section Reports

11. Iowa Illinois Section

Iowa Illinois Section Report

IEEE Region 4 Meeting

Oct 16/17, 2004

Agenda• Section Map• Section Demographics• Section Vitality• Section Newsletter Sample• Section Web Site Home Page• Other Section Activities• Successes/Best Practices• Section Strengths• Challenges• Lessons Learned• Goals for Next Year• Goals for Next 5 Years• Miscellaneous• Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…• Summary

Iowa Illinois Section Map

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics

• Total Active Members: 263– Members 159– Student members 18– Senior members 12– Life members 29– Affiliates 30– Associate 15

• Meetings– # per year 9-10– Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner– Type (tour, PACE, technical) 80/20 Tech/GOLD– Section vs Chapter Section

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics• Section Leadership for Iowa Illinois Section

– Term: Calendar Year 2004– Chair – Dr. Ali A. Chowdhury, iowa-illinoischair@ieee.org – Vice Chair – Jim Kulaga, iowa-illinoisvicechair@ieee.org– Past Chair – Karen Pedersen, iowa-illinoispastchair@ieee.org– Treasurer – Bill Serre, iowa-illinoistreasurer@ieee.org– Secretary – Peter Schuster, iowa-illinoissecretary@ieee.org– Member-at-Large – John D. Johnson,

iowa-illinoismemberatlarge1@ieee.org 

– Member-at-Large - Jim White, iowa-

illinoismemberatlarge2@ieee.org– Member-at-Large - Muhammed B. Rahim,

iowa-illinoismemberatlarge3@ieee.org

Iowa Illinois Section Demographics

• Section Organization– Subsections

• None

– Society Chapters• None

– Affinity Groups• GOLD

– Student Branches• None, but trying to create one

Iowa Illinois Section Vitality•  Meetings during the last year

– Jan => Tax Law Changes and Tips  – Feb => National Engineer's Week:  Joint meeting with QCESC– Mar =>  Mission to Mars & Recent Discoveries in Astronomy – Apr => Joint Meeting with Cedar Rapids Section on

National Advanced Driving Simulator in Iowa City– May (1) => Short Course on Reactive Power Compensation and

Voltage Stability Short Course – May 2) => Intelligent Mobile Equipment in the Outdoor Space – June => 50th Anniversary for Iowa-Illinois Section Celebration

and Historical Review of Section – Sept (1) => Tour of John Deere Manufacturing Facility– Sept (2)=> GOLD Meeting on Future Programs and Meetings– Oct => Energy Efficiency for Your Home– Nov (1) => Joint Meeting with ASM International &

QC Mallards hockey game– Nov (2) => GOLD Social Event– Dec => Holiday Event: Dinner Theatre and Election

National Advanced Driving Simulator

Meeting Notice Sample

Section Web Site Home Page

Other Section Activities

• PACE –

• GOLD – The only activities have been the

meetings

• Affinity Groups– None

Successes/Best Practices

• Success/best practice 1– The Reactive Power & Voltage Stability

Course.

• Success/best practice 2– Expanding our programs to the

computer areas.

Section Strengths

• Strength 1– Each member of the Executive

Committee plans a program

• Strength 2– Programs are focused on current issues

Challenges

• Challenge 1– Maintaining interest in a small section.

• Challenge 2– Reaching all members. We are a small

section in a large territory.

Lessons Learned

• Lesson learned 1– It is about the Topic at meetings and

workshops.

• Lesson learned 2– Keep the meetings affordable and

doable driving distance.

• Lesson learned 3– Members are busy and matching

everyone’s schedule is impossible.

Goals for Next Year

• Goal 1– Increase overall meeting attendance by 10%. 

• Goal 2– Have at least one meeting in a new area. Dubuque.

• Goal 3– Another joint meeting with an adjacent section (Cedar

Rapids).

• Goal 4– Establish a Student Branch.

• Goal 5– Provide another opportunity such as a workshop for

members to get CEUs. 

Goals for Next 5 Years

• Goal 1– Create one or two chapters in areas that

have significant number of members

• Goal 2– More diversity in topics

Misc

• Misc 1– Email SPAM to @IEEE Email Addresses

• IEEE Firewall/SPAM needs to be improved in order to block inappropriate emails, especially to the generic exec committee addresses (e.g. iowa-illinoischair@ieee.org).

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…

• Method 1– By continuing to communicate what is

expected of the sections.

• Method 2– By continuing to provide opportunities

at the meetings for us to share ideas that work.

Summary

• Take Away Point #1– It’s all about the program topic.

• Take Away Point #2– Keep the travel down as much as

possible