Region 4 Section Reports

23. Southern Minnesota Section

Southern MN Section Report

IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

Southern MN Section Report

IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

Southern MN Section ReportAdjacent Sections

Twin Cities Section

Madison Section

Cedar Rapids SectionCentral Iowa Section

Twin Cities Section

Southern MN Section Demographics• Total Members: 387

– Members 278– Student members 51– Senior members 25– Life members 12 (8L+3LS+1LA) – Affiliates 19– Fellows 2

• Meetings– Section meetings per year 8– Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) Talk

w/Pizza+Pop– Type (tour, PACE, technical) Technical– Section vs Chapter combined

section+chapters– Excom meetings per year 9– % quorem Excom meetings 50%

Southern MN Section Demographics

• Section Leadership – Term: Calendar Year 2004– Chair – Jason Clelgg, j.clegg@ieee.org– Vice Chair – Rob Harveland– Treasurer – Steve Kerchberger– Secretary – Bill Gorder

• Neighboring Sections– North: Twin Cities– South: Madison (WI), Cedar Rapids (IA), Central IA– East: Madison – West: Twin Cities

Southern MNSection Demographics

• Section Organization– Subsections: Coulee subsection (WI)– Society Chapters

• Computer

• Communications/Signal Processing

– Affinity Groups• None

– Student Branch – Mankato State U

Southern MN Section Vitality

• Meetings/attendance during the last year– Feb => Overview of the IEEE Reliability Assessment Standard and

Guide/31– Mar => Foundations of Cryptography/85– Apr => A New Solution to Public Transportation/50

– May => Listen..., Solve..., Craft/30

– Sep => Integrated Circuit Noise Isolation and Signal Integrity/30– Oct => Broadband over Power Lines/75– Oct => Trustworthy Software Systems (IEEE DLS) /30

– Nov => IP Law topic/tbd

Other Section Activitiesdelete this chart

• PACE – rep at 2004 IEEE-USA workshop

• S-PAC - none

• GOLD - none

• Affinity Groups– none

• Pre-College Eduation - none

Successes/Best Practices

• Good attendance at section/chapter meetings

• Open meetings, non-members welcomed

• Used to have electronic calendar notices (one click to add to calendar). Need new method (vcalendar ?)

Lessons Learned

• Need to spread the load – work/life demands leave little time for volunteer support,so don’t overload them.

Goals for Next Year

• Upgrade at least 3 members to senior grade

• Continue to focus on good meetings for our members

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…

• Keep the burden light.

• Sections helping each other – eg special thanks to Steve Merriman (TC Comm/Sig chapter) for sharing IEEE DL Prof Bernstein, AND for Steve’s persistence in making contact with our section for this opportunity.