Life Members Affinity Group (San Antonio) IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 29, 2011 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team NamePosition Franke, O'Brien, TomVice Atkinson, Harris, Active volunteers Crossett, Albert, Wiggins, Brakefield, Hanavan,

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates

IEEE Central Texas Section 2010 Chapter Meetings DateTechnical/ Admin TopicSpeakerL31 03/31/10Technical4G LTE Communications (with Communications Society) Brian Kelley(Yes) 04/22/10AdminPlanning Vintage Equipment Exhibitnone(Yes) 05/01/10TechnicalVintage Electrical Equipment Exhibitnone(Yes) 06/30/10TechnicalCryptology into the Digital AgeDoug Holden(Yes) 09/18/10TourGoodwill Computer Recycling and Museum (with Austin group) Russ Corley(Yes) 09/08/10AdminPlanningnone(Yes) 10/21/10TourTour of Toyota Plant – San Antonionone(Yes) 11/04/10AdminPlanning next meetingsnone(Yes) 12/01/10TechnicalCTS K-12 Educational ActivitiesD. Schnider(Yes)

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans - Projects l Survey membership for meeting preferences (surveymonkey.com) l Development of mobile/virtual museum concept l Participation in Witte “Build It” event –an Engineers Week activity l Telegraph Station l From Walkie-Talkie’s to Cell Phones l Apply for Life Members Grant l IEEE Milestone recognition – Datapoint 8008 instruction set l Upgrade webpage – use evite to send notices, get reservations l Judging at Science Fair l Support and judging for SA BEST robotics competition

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans - Programs l Integrated Home Electronics l Program and Demo – EPRI’s Transmission Line Robot l Tour of Center For the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio l AFRL Directed Energy Lab Tour l Lighthouse for the Blind manufacturing facility tour l Social meeting (lunch or dinner) for LM group

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Issues l Strengths l Increased leadership/volunteer group l Members have active interest in project activities l Weaknesses l Lack of follow-through on planned projects l Opportunities l Work with other groups (Witte, Science Fair, SA BEST, School Districts) l Mentoring, service related activities l Threats l None identified

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