COMSOC/SP Austin Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 28, 2012 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team l Fawzi Behmann (Chapter Chairman) l Hanan Potash (Vice Chair) l Frances Freeman (AT&T Liaison) l Mahdy Saedy (Secretary, Technical Program) l Tim Raper (Treasurer, Community Outreach) l Behrang Nosrat-Makouei (University Outreach) l Thomas Novlan (Web Master, vTools) l Saurabh Sureka (Member at-large)

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates Admin & Planning (4) 2 meetings 1 st half - Focus on Chapter vision, mission and 2011, technical program and outreach 2 meetings 2 nd half – Update in leadership team objectives, more outreach Technical Meetings (10) 10 meetings (5, 1 st half, 5, 2 nd half) - diverse topics and speakers including Collaboration with CTS and DL from Iowa State University MDSG Out Reach (4) Austin Career Expo (March 15, 2011) - 28 new names added to IEEE COMSOC Collaboration with New Horizons to serve Austin Community Coast-to-Coast Fairs (April 18, 2011) - 24 names were added to IEEE COMSOC Facilitate brining employers and those seeking employment together National Instrument Week (August 2-4, 2011) - 30 names were added to IEEE COMSOC Customer and Technology Conference. Over 3,000 in attendance Door64 TechFair (September 26, 2011) - 11 names were added to IEEE COMSOC Over 1,000 in attendance Additional Collaboration/Participation (2) IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshop Series (Oct 21-22, 2011) - 14 new names were added IEEE-COMSOC Globecom2011 (Dec 5-8) Promoting Globecom 2014 in Austin. Over 2,000 in attendance Over 1800 giveaways along with 2014 Globecom2014 brochure

IEEE Central Texas Section 2011 Chapter Meetings

IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strengths l Healthy and Active chapter l Strong outreach program and collaboration l Weaknesses l Challenge to get good speakers l Opportunities l Collaboration with CTS and COMSOC l Reaching out (Non-IEEE) to add value to the community l Threats l Chapters – Understanding value in diversity

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Strengthen Technical Program l Secure facility l Website l Engaging industry for quality speakers l Improve attendance including university outreach l Collaboration with other chapters – add value to the membership and community l Austin Mini conference – Collaboration with San Antonio COMSOC/SP l Capitalize on social media

IEEE Central Texas Section 1. Austin Career Expo March 15, 2011

IEEE Central Texas Section 2. Austin Career Fair April 18, 2011

IEEE Central Texas Section 3. National Instrument NI Week Aug 2-4, 2011 Austin Convention Center COMSOC Booth #1008

IEEE Central Texas Section 4. Participation at Door64 Austin Tech Fair September 26, 2011 AT&T Conference Center – 1900 University Ave., Austin

IEEE Central Texas Section COMSOC/SP Austin Chapter Participation at 2011 IEEE SMART TECH Metro Area Workshop Series October 21-22, 2011

IEEE Central Texas Section Globecom2014

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