Region 4 Section Reports 13. Milwaukee Section
Milwaukee Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting Oct , 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 year4 to 6 Executive Board and Chapter Chair Meetings –Format Alternate Dinner / Lunch –Type Administrative –Section vs ChapterUsually Combined –Excom meetings per year4 minimum –% quorum Excom meetings %
Milwaukee Section Demographics Section Leadership for Milwaukee Section –Term: Calendar Year 2004 –Chairperson:James Blaha ( / 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 … 3 rd 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 … 28 th 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 Conference 28 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendees Profitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement EMC Chapter Educational Seminar 3 years of successful conferences averaging over 100 attendees Profitable through corporate sponsorships and advertisement Section Family Outings and Functions Holiday Family Party’s … past events include: Mitchell Park Horticultural Domes – Dinner and Presentation Milwaukee Zoological Gardens – Dinner / Presentation / Train Rides Milwaukee 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 ) 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 ) 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 Help My Section by… 1)Assist local Sections with the Management and Development of an Accurate and Mailing List. 2)Compliment the $ per Chapter yearly allocation from IEEE by adding an additional $ per year. This will provide each Chapter with a total of $ 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 …+ + + )