1. Section Committee/Officer Name: Kris Dehnel, Chair
IEEE Central Texas Section 2018 Spring Planning Meeting January 27, 2018 San Marcos, TX
Section Committee/Officer Name: Kris Dehnel, Chair
Chapter/Affinity Name: (PI)^2 = PE31/IE13/PEL35/IA34
Prepared by: Kris Dehnel
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2. Value in Association – Greater Value in Membership
Mission
Our Mission:
To become the most valued professional affiliation for engineers engaged in power, energy and industrial electronics
Our Approach:
Engaging programs (members, industry and academia)
Stimulate professional thought and action
Provide knowledge you can use
Be visible in our space
Make membership valuable
Value in Association – Greater Value in Membership
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3. Leadership Team 2018 (PI)^2 Officers: Kris Dehnel - Chair
Steve Pearson – Program Chair/Vice Chair
James Mercier, P. E. – Treasurer
Ruth Sulzer, P. E. – Secretary
Franklin Bohac, P. E. – Assistant Comm Chair
Marcie Gard, P. E. – Member at Large
Andrew Bluiett, P. E. – Awards Chair
Dr. Xin “Wendy” Wang, EIT – Member at Large
Dr. Hao Zhu - Member at Large
11/23/2018

4. 2017 Accomplishments (PI)^2
Established attractive and functional venue for tech meetings which attracts a different population in North Austin
31 Events, 446 event-attendees:
8 Tech Meetings
2 Professional Development Meetings
3 Tours
1 Successful 2-day NEC Workshop
2 Award/Social Meetings
15 Admin Meetings
24 Newsletters
Expanded participation by representative of Student branches
11/23/2018

5. 2018 Initiatives
To balance the membership among the PES/PELS/IAS/IES chapters by attracting more of the underrepresented members to participate in activities.
To balance the technical activities among the PES/PELS/IAS/IES chapters by inviting more speakers and topics from the underrepresented disciplines.
To establish a database of local companies and their discipline affiliation.
To coordinate activities and outreach with the corresponding Student branches with the goal of establishing a progression of students into the Professional branches
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6. 2018 Plan
Use the Officer representation to engage in outreach to local industries in each discipline
Use IEEE Membership resources (SAMIEEE, etc.) to gauge the population and interests by discipline
Identify speakers and topics by discipline most represented (PES/PELS/IAS/IES) and modify calendar accordingly
Establish connections with the leadership of the Student branches, discuss progression into the Professional branches, and agree on actions toward this goal (Ex., Wendy Wang)
11/23/2018

7. 2018 Needs
Materials showing the worth of investing time and energy in IEEE activities
For outreach to local population who are not participating
Contacts in local companies, identified by discipline
For establishing the local population, identified by discipline
Local Membership, identified by discipline
For outreach to those not participating
For balancing programs by discipline
Contacts in the Student branches
Financial model for joint Student/Professional activities
How to share expenses of joint activities
How to recognize revenue from joint activities
How to allocate IEEE funding for joint activities
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9. Backup – 2018 List of Technical Presentations
(PI)^2 Programs & Speakers
Power Plant Control Rooms, Then, Now and the Future
1/23/18
Gene Grindle PE
Western Farmer Electric Coop
Lessons Learned from the Texas Synchrophasor Network
2/27/18
Mack Grady
Baylor University
Overview of High Voltage DC Power Transmission
3/27/18
Dr. Mark Ehsani (DL)
Texas A&M University
NEC for Electrical Engineers Workshop (2 days)
4/2/18
Thomas Domitrovich
Eaton
11/23/2018