Region 4 Section Reports

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Region 4 Section Reports

• 14. Missouri Slope Section

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Missouri Slope Section

• IEEE Region 4 Meeting
• October 16 and 17, 2003
• Presented by Tim Spilman

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Agenda

• Section Map
• Section Demographics
• Section Vitality
• Other Section Activities
• Successes/Best Practices
• Section Strengths
• Challenges
• Lessons Learned
• Goals for Next Year
• List of Future Program topics
• Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By
• Summary

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Missouri Slope Section Map
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Missouri Slope Section Demographics

• Total Members 135(119)
• Members (9 Associate) 108(83)
• Student members 12(13)
• Senior members 10(10)
• Life members 6(4)
• Affiliates 9(8)
• 13 increase in membership
• Meetings
• per year 9
• Format (luncheon with speaker)
• Average 18 people/meeting (20 increase)
• Type (tour 1, PACE 2, technical 4)
• Section with PES Chapter

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Missouri Slope Section Demographics

• Section Leadership for Missouri Slope Section
• Term July 2004 through June 2005
• Chair Timothy F Spilman tim_at_btinet.net 1 (701)
  667-1800
• Vice Chair Dave Charles dcharles_at_bepc.com
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Executive Committee- 9 members
• North Dakota
• Population 638,100 (47)
• Land Area 68,994 sq. mi. (17)
• Capital Bismarck
• Nickname Peace Garden State

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Missouri Slope Section Demographics

• Section Organization
• Society Chapters
• Power Engineering
• Computers- Looking into organizing a Chapter

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Missouri Slope Section Vitality

• Meetings during the last year 2003
• Jan Executive Committee Meeting for Planning
• Jan Network Architecture Bridging Control and
  Information
• Feb Home Automation on Lonworks Open Systems
• Apr 25th Anniversary Banquet of Missouri Slope
  Section
• May Field Trip to KXMB TV 12-Digital TV (PES
  Chapter)
• September Election of Officers
• Nov Executive Committee Meeting for Planning
• Nov Wireless Fixed Internet
• Dec Lewis and Clark in ND and what ND is doing
  for Lewis and Clark

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Successes/Best Practices

• April , 2003 25th Anniversary Banquet
• Letters to Employers about active IEEE members.
• Email members 2 weeks before a meeting and a
  reminder the day before. Post card to members
  without email.
• Write up meeting minutes within 2 days of a
  meeting.
• Executive Committee Meetings.
• Our Section was awarded the Sustaining Membership
  Growth Award from IEEE
• Email any EE meeting notices

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Section Strengths

• Eight members on Executive Committee committed to
  Section activities and paperwork.
• Past Chairman very active and an excellent
  resource.
• 2003-2004 Chairman did an excellent job of
  keeping up the IEEE internet site for the
  Missouri Slope Section.

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Challenges

• Getting members to hold an office.
• Newsletter.
• Transfer of names of bank accounts.
• No long range planning (5 year plan).

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Lessons Learned

• Luncheon meeting more successful.
• Officers need to follow up on meetings and
  communicating with each other.

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Goals for Next Year

• Goal 1 Get By Laws Updated.
• Goal 2 Have 4 individuals hold officers
  position.
• Goal 3 Increase Senior Membership by 5
  individuals (5).
• Goal 4 Purchase Ref. materials for PE.
• Goal 5 Publish a Newsletter (Email).
• Goal 6 Increase 2 members from associate members
  to full members.
• Joint meeting with Red River Section.
• One Distinguished Speaker Program.

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List of Future Program topics

• Midwest Power Transmission Grid
• ND Public Service rate making
• Field Trip- Tesoro Control Room
• PES ND new generation site locations
• PES Wind generation update
• Fish Wildlife- electronic measures for tracking
  fish and game
• NASA Speaker February 2005
• Level 3 Switching
• Super conductor results from Fargo NSP
  transmission line testing
• MISO Market
• RUS Creating Opportunity for Rural America

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Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By

• Assist with Bylaws Changes and also create a flow
  diagram to show the steps to change them with
  timeline.
• Define what meeting requirements are for annual
  reports. (Section and Chapter)
• Create a summary sheet on how to complete annual
  electronic paperwork.
• Would like to know what IEEE Reference Materials
  are available and cost for PE.
• Effective way to recruit members to hold office.

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Summary

• Missouri Slope Section is celebrating its 25th
  Anniversary
• In 2002, North Dakota students posted the highest
  SAT scores. Our universities graduate the
  intellectual capital of the new economy
• ND has the cleanest air in the nation.
• ND is the safest state in the nation.
• ND experiences turnover under 4 at manufacturing
  facilities and less than 15 in business service
  operations. Our absenteeism is less than 2.
• ND has the only state-owned bank to access
  capital quickly.
• ND has nearly 200 communities and 500 physical
  locations that are connected by over 38,000 miles
  of fiber optic cable.
• Cost of doing business in ND is about 7 below
  the national average.
• ND has 8 power generation plants providing
  affordable, reliable energy.
• IEEE is alive and well in western North Dakota.