Region 4 Section Reports 7. Chicago Section. Chicago Section Demographics Section Leadership for Chicago Section Continued… –Web Master – Carol Davids,

Region 4 Section Reports

7. Chicago Section

Chicago Section Demographics• Section Leadership for Chicago Section Continued…

– Web Master – Carol Davids, Davids Consulting– PACE – James Fancher– Program – Joe Feitler– Publications – Geraldine Ryan– Special Events – Joe Feitler– Student Activities – John Zulaski– History Committee – George Thomas, Contemporay Control

Systems– Washington Awards – Dennis W. Lamont, Weldy/Lamont

Assoc.– Fox Valley Subsection – Chairman – Joe Weesner– Secretary Treasurer – Hugh Edfors– Program Chairman - Jerry Kattke– Northwest Subsection – Jack Sherman

Chicago Section Demographics

• Section Organization– Subsections: Fox Valley and Northwest– Society Chapters

• SP/CE Signal Processing/Consumer Electronics• AP/MTT Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory

and Techniques• IA Industrial Application/IE Industrial Electronics• CAS/ED/SSC Circuits and Systems/Electron

Devices/Solid State Circuits• EMB Engineering in Medicine and Biology • CPMT Components Packaging Manufacturing

Technology• COM Communications

Chicago Section Demographics

Continued:• PEL Power Electronics• PE Power Engineering • EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility• C Computer• EM/PC Engineering Management/Professional

Communication• RL Reliability• SMC Systems Man and Cybernetics• NPS/MAG Nuclear and Plasma Science/Magnetics• DEI Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation• LEO Lasers and Electro-Optics• PSE Product Safety Engineering

Chicago Section Demographics

Continued:

• Affinity Groups: WIE Women In Engineering, Consultants Network

– Student Branches: NU, UIC, IIT, DeVry Chicago, DeVry DuPage, St. Francis University, DePaul, ITT Mt. Prospect.

Chicago Section Vitality

• Reported Meetings for 2003 - 141 Total

Chicago Section Vitality• Advertised Meeting for 2003 – 47 Total

January February March April May June July August September October November

Chicago Section1/14/2003 Exec Mtg.

2/11/2003Exec Mtg.

3/11/2003Exec Mtg.

4/8/2003 Exec Mtg.

5/1/2003Meeting

5/12/2003 Exec. Mtg.

6/10/2003Exec Mtg.

9/9/2003Exec Mtg.

10/14/2003Exec Mtg.

11/11/2003Exec Mtg.

Subsections

Fox Valley Subsection

1/15/2003 Meeting

2/19/2003 Meeting

3/19/2003Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

5/21/2003Meeting

6/6/2003 Meeting

9/17/2003Meeting

9/18/2003Joint Meeting

10/15/2003Meeting

11/8/2003 Colloquium

Northwest Subsection

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

Society Chapters

AP/MTT5/1/2003

Joint Meeting11/13/2003

Meeting

Communications5/1/2003

Joint Meeting9/18/2003 Meeting

10/29/2003 Meeting

11/8/2003 Colloquium 11/17/2003

Meeting

Computers9/18/2003 Joint

Meeting10/29/2003

Joint Meeting

ED/CAS/SSC5/1/2003

Joint Meeting6/11/2003Meeting

11/18/2003Meeting

Eng. Mgmt./ Prof. Comm.

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

5/21/2003Joint Meeting

EMB4/28/2003Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

EMC2/11/2003Meeting

3/19/2003Meeting

4/22/2003Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

5/20/2003Symposium

10/14/2003Meeting

11/19/2003Meeting

IA/IE1/15/2003Meeting

2/22/2003Seminar

3/19/2003Meeting

4/9/2003Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

5/21/2003Luncheon

9/17/2003Meeting

10/15/2003Meeting

11/19/2003Meeting

PE1/8/2003Meeting

2/12/2003Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

10/8/2003Meeting

11/12/2003Meeting

PSE and RL5/1/2003

Joint MeetingAffiiates

Chicago/ Rockford Consultants

1/21/2003 Meeting

3/31/2003 Meeting

5/1/2003Joint Meeting

5/20/2003Meeting

9/29/2003Meeting

11/24/2003Meeting

IEEE CHICAGO SECTION - 2003 ACTIVITIES

Chicago Section Vitality

• Meetings during the Nov. 2003– Events

• IEEE’s Communications Society & IEEE’s Fox Valley Subsection

– IIT Student Colloquium – Voice over Internet Protocols Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003

• Chicago Chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society

– Northeastern Regional Blackout of August 14, 2003 Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003

• AP/MTT Societies

– Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface & Lateral-Wave Excitiation Thursday, Nov. 17, 2003

• IEEE Communication Society – Distinguished Lecturer Tour

– Future of Wireless Communications Monday, Nov. 17, 2003

Chicago Section Vitality

• IEEE-ED/CAS/SSC– Extraordinary Advantage of Migrating from Discrete

to Integrated Optical and Opto-electronic Components Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003

• IEEE EMC Society Meeting– Conducted Immunity Transient Testing for CE

Marking Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003• IEEE IAS/IES Dinner Presentation

– Grounding of Generator Sets and Transforming of the Neutral Conductor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003

• IEEE Chicago/ Rockford Consultant’s Network– Business Structures for the Engineering Consultant

Monday, Nov. 24, 2003

Section Newsletter Sample

Section Web Site Home Pagewww.ewh.ieee.org/r4/chicago/

Other Section Activities

• PACE -

• S-PAC – with Student Branches

• Affinity Groups– Consultants Network – Women in Engineering – Pre-college Education – E-week,

science fair judges

• Booth at Engineering Expo During Engineers Week at IIT.

Successes/Best Practices

• Large number of Chapter Activities• Multiple Meetings Per Month• Choice of dinner/lunch/topic/tour

meetings• SCANFAX• 110 Year Re-enactment of First

Section Meeting• Established Program for Granting

PDH for PE’s

Section Strengths

• Membership Size

• Large Diverse Industry in Chicago

• Active Chapters

• History

Challenges

• Maintain Balanced Budget

• Increase membership participation

• Find new officers

• Unemployment in Area Industry

Lessons Learned

• Involve lower officers in Region Meetings

• Format & locations must be fitted to the group

• The need to be open to change with regard to meeting topics and meeting format

Goals for Next Year

• Promote Idle Chapters to Active Status

• Revitalize Northwest Subsection

Goals for Next 5 Years

• Financial Strategy for a Balanced Budget

• Membership Interest

• Revitalize Idle Chapters

• Encourage Activity in Affinity Groups

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…

• Information of other Section Activities

• Approve Revised Bylaws

• Encourage Conferences to share revenue with sections and invite sections to participate

Summary

• We are ACTIVE.

• We are having FUN.

• We are a large Section with Large Subsections and Chapters

• Our Executive Committee functions as a Council to our Chapter Activities