Region 4 Section Reports

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Region 4 Section Reports

• 7. Chicago Section

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Chicago Section Vitality

• Reported Meetings for 2003 - 141 Total

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Chicago Section Vitality

• Advertised Meeting for 2003 47 Total

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Chicago Section Vitality

• Meetings during the Nov. 2003
• Events
• IEEEs Communications Society IEEEs 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

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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 Consultants Network
• Business Structures for the Engineering
  Consultant Monday, Nov. 24, 2003

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Section Newsletter Sample
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Section Web Site Home Pagewww.ewh.ieee.org/r4/chi
cago/
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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.

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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 PEs

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Section Strengths

• Membership Size
• Large Diverse Industry in Chicago
• Active Chapters
• History

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Challenges

• Maintain Balanced Budget
• Increase membership participation
• Find new officers
• Unemployment in Area Industry

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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

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Goals for Next Year

• Promote Idle Chapters to Active Status
• Revitalize Northwest Subsection

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Goals for Next 5 Years

• Financial Strategy for a Balanced Budget
• Membership Interest
• Revitalize Idle Chapters
• Encourage Activity in Affinity Groups

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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

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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