Region 4 Section Reports 21. Siouxland Section

Siouxland Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

Siouxland Section Demographics Total Members:235 –Members122 –Student members51 –Senior members13 –Life members10 –Associates19 –Affiliates30 Meetings –Section meetings per year8 –Format (lunch, dinner, talk only)dinner, workshop –Type (tour, PACE, technical)1, 1, 3 –Section vs ChapterSection Meetings –Excom meetings per year3 –% quorum Excom meetings100%

Siouxland Section Demographics Section Leadership for Siouxland Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chair – Jeff White, x182 –Vice Chair – Steve Wolterstorff, –Secretary/Treasurer – Robert Fourney, –Member At Large/GOLD – Brian Matherly, –Member At Large – Josh Rich, –Electronic Comm. Coordinator – John Weber, –Past Chair / Dordt Student Advisor – Doug DeBoer, –SDSU Student Advisor – Michael Ropp, Neighboring Sections –North: Red River Valley, Missouri Slope –South: Nebraska –East: Southern Minnesota, Central Iowa –West: Region 6

Siouxland Section Demographics Section Organization –Subsections - None –Society Chapters Power Engineering –Affinity Groups Graduates Of Last Decade (GOLD) –Student Branches/Joint Activity Dordt College (about 10 student members) South Dakota State University (about 40 student members)

Siouxland Section Vitality Meetings during 2004 January — Trends in Electricity Grid Operations and Regulation Dinner / Presentation 31 attendees including 8 IEEE members March — Executive Committee Meeting Goals and Planning of 7 officers attended April — Managing Negotiations Workshop (PACE) Full Day Workshop 25 participants including 12 IEEE members April — IEEE Awards Ceremony – Student Chapters Dinner / Awards Banquet held jointly with Eta Kappa Nu Society 30 IEEE attendees Oct — Executive Committee Meeting Budget for 2005, Planning of future meetings, and Officer Nominations Oct — Wind Power in the Midwest: Progress and Challenges Dinner / Banquet-Presentation held jointly with “Center for Power Systems Studies” (CPSS) Expect about 50 participants with 25 from IEEE Oct — GOLD Kick-off Meeting Nov — Ethanol Plant Tour Dinner and Tour local Ethanol Plant Expect about 15 IEEE participants Dec — Executive Committee Meeting Officer Election Results, Pre-Planning for 2005, Preparing new officers

Other Section Activities PACE – April - Managing Negotiations Workshop S-PAC – None GOLD - October – Kick Off Meeting Affinity Groups –Consultants Network - None –Women in Engineering – None Pre-college Education – None

Successes/Best Practices The soft skills workshops (Leadership and Managing Negotiations) have allowed us to reach out to non-IEEE members and industry in general. –Helped establish the value of the section to industry. –Gained membership (4) through this years workshop (fee structure we setup for this workshop helped promote this) –Two of the new members gained through this workshop are officer candidates for election –Identified areas of interest for future activities via evaluation/feedback surveys Region 4 meeting and IEEE-USA Workshops have helped with officer training and education. –These events keep us updated on services available for our officers and other section member benefits Developed a relationship with Baker Communications. Will build on this relationship for future soft skills workshops.

Lessons Learned IEEE Region meetings and IEEE-USA Leadership workshops are great events to prepare and train officers. Take advantage of the funding opportunities the Region provides for activities such as Region Meetings, GOLD activities, IEEE-USA Leadership workshops. Through these activities our section can learn how to better promote IEEE to our section members.

Goals for Next Year Revitalize our Power Engineering Chapter Set schedule for the year early and hold officers accountable for making events happen. Effectively prepare and educate section officers to allow them to conduct section activities. Build from our success on soft skills workshops. Use this opportunity to grow the section. Provide necessary support for our GOLD affinity group. This is a great opportunity to gain interest from younger engineers and to revitalize the interest in our section for the future. Increase interaction with student branches and pre-college students by actively participating in National Engineer’s Week, Faraday Lecture, etc. and assisting student branch to interact with SAC.

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… Continue section support with funding for PACE workshops, training of officers via region meetings and IEEE-USA workshops. Provide an effective means for communication between sections (sharing of meetings, success stories, etc.) Provide and/or assist with developing an effective means for section to hold net meetings. Provide access to training materials on Region website.