Region 4 Section Reports

13. Milwaukee Section

Milwaukee Section Report

IEEE Region 4 Meeting Oct. 16-17, 2004

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 year 4 to 6 Executive Board and

Chapter Chair Meetings

– Format Alternate Dinner / Lunch– Type Administrative– Section vs Chapter Usually Combined– Excom meetings per year 4 minimum– % quorum Excom meetings 60 - 80%

Milwaukee Section Demographics• 2004 - Section Leadership for Milwaukee Section

– Term: Calendar Year 2004– Chairperson: James Blaha ( jblaha@lsr.com / 262-375-4400 x104 )

– 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 )

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

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 … 3rd 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 … 28th year

– June: Control Systems / Robotics Competition / 24 HS Students

– August: Region 4 EIT Conference

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

Successes/Best Practices

• Medicine and Biology Conference28 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendeesProfitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement

• EMC Chapter Educational Seminar3 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendeesProfitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement

• Section Family Outings and FunctionsHoliday Family Party’s … past events include:

Mitchell Park Horticultural Domes – Dinner and PresentationMilwaukee Zoological Gardens – Dinner / Presentation / Train RidesMilwaukee Public Museum ( 2004 ) – Dinner / “Dinosaurs” and “Boys and their

Toys”

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.

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.

Region 4 Could Most HelpMy 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 …+ + + )