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Region 4 Section Reports
5. Central Indiana Section
Central Indiana Section Report
IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004
Central Indiana Section Demographics• Total Members: 1721
– Members 941– Student members 381– Senior members 120*– Life members 68– Other 109– Affiliates 102
• Meetings– Section meetings per year 11-12– Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner– Type (tour, PACE, technical) 80/20 Tour/PACE– Section vs Chapter Section and
Chapter– Excom meetings per year 11– % quorem ExCom meetings 80%
*Does not include latest A&A results
Central Indiana Section Demographics• Section Leadership for Central Indiana Section
– Term: Calendar Year 2003– Chair – Alan Stillerman, [email protected], 317-263-8888 off– Vice Chair – Jose Ramos, [email protected] , 317-274-0044– Treasurer – Bill Lin, [email protected], 317-278-4559– Secretary – Tom Bishop, [email protected], 317-
306-2677
• Neighboring Sections– North: Fort Wayne and Calumet– South: Evansville – Owensboro, Louisville and either
Lexington – Region 3 or Cincinnati – Region 2– East: Cincinnati and or Dayton – Region 2– West: St. Louis – Region 5 and Central Illinois
• Joint Meetings held with Neighboring Sections– None
Central Indiana Section Demographics
• Section Organization– Subsections – N/A– Society Chapters
• Computer • Engineering in Medicine and Biology• Power Engineering/Industrial Applications • Signal Processing
– Affinity Groups• Central Indiana Engineering Consultants Network
– Student Branches/Joint Activity• IUPUI• Purdue University• Rose-Hulman• ITT
Central Indiana Section Vitality
• Meetings/attendance during the last year– Jan => ExCom organizational meeting– Feb => ExCom, National Engineers Week– Mar => ExCom, PES/IAS Short Course– Apr => ExCom, PES/IAS Student Awards Banquet– May => ExCom, Consultants Network Seminar– June => ExCom, Senior Member Rodeo– July => ExCom, Joint Computer Soc. Tour– August => ExCom & Indians Baseball & Picnic– Sep => ExCom, Joint PES Power Plant Tour– Oct => ExCom, WISH-TV Tour– Nov => 3rd Annual Awards Banquet & Announce new
officers– Dec => No Meeting
Other Section Activities
• PACE – Consultants Network Seminar
• S-PAC• GOLD• Newsletter – The Reporter• Affinity Groups
– Central Indiana Engineering Consultants Network (Monthly meetings)
• Pre-College Education– Lego Robotics program. Started in 2003 and
continued in 2004
Successes/Best Practices• E-Notices resulting in more non ExCom members to show
up at ExCom meeting• Tours• Joint Chapter-Section tours• Senior Members increased by 26• CIS-IEEE $500.00 Scholarship Awarded to six University
programs within CIS area– IUPUI – ECE and ECET– Purdue – ECE and ECET– Indiana State - ECT– Rose-Hulman – ECE
• Baseball Social Event• Annual Awards Banquet• Consultants Network Seminar – led to creation of Affinity
Group• Start up of Central Indiana Engineering Consultants
Network
Lessons Learned
• Have more than one person in a position for backup – if possible
• Advertise, Advertise, Advertise
• Proper planning will produce a good event with good attendance
• Periodic reminders about attendance at ExCom meetings
Goals for Next Year• Participate in National Engineers Week• Increase Senior Membership by 1% of current
membership• More interaction with student chapters• Increase chapter participation at ExCom Meetings• Hold more joint Section/Chapter meetings• Promote use of Section website for activities and
information by Chapters and Section• Expand Awards• Have people wanting to hold office• Better marketing of benefits for holding office
Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…
• Training of section officers
• Region sponsored leadership training
• Coordination with neighboring activities
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