Region 4 Section Reports

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Region 4 Section Reports

• 21. Siouxland Section

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Siouxland Section Report

• IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

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Siouxland Section Demographics

• Total Members 235
• Members 122
• Student members 51
• Senior members 13
• Life members 10
• Associates 19
• Affiliates 30
• Meetings
• Section meetings per year 8
• Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner,
  workshop
• Type (tour, PACE, technical) 1, 1, 3
• Section vs Chapter Section Meetings
• Excom meetings per year 3
• quorum Excom meetings 100

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Siouxland Section Demographics

• Section Leadership for Siouxland Section
• Term Calendar Year 2004
• Chair Jeff White, jeffwhite_at_ieee.org,
  712-722-1663x182 (office)
• Vice Chair Steve Wolterstorff,
  stevew_at_mrenergy.com
• Secretary/Treasurer Robert Fourney,
  robert.fourney_at_SDState.edu
• Member At Large/GOLD Brian Matherly,
  brian.matherly_at_sencore.com
• Member At Large Josh Rich, Josh.Rich_at_premiereng.
  com
• Electronic Comm. Coordinator John Weber,
  jweber_at_mrenergy.com
• Past Chair / Dordt Student Advisor Doug DeBoer,
  ddeboer_at_dordt.edu
• SDSU Student Advisor Michael Ropp,
  michael.ropp_at_sdststate.edu
• Neighboring Sections
• North Red River Valley, Missouri Slope
• South Nebraska
• East Southern Minnesota, Central Iowa
• West Region 6

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Siouxland Section Demographics

• Section Organization
• Subsections - None
• Society Chapters
• Power Engineering
• Affinity Groups
• Graduates Of Last Decade (GOLD)
• Student Branches/Joint Activity
• Dordt College (about 10 student members)
• South Dakota State University (about 40 student
  members)

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Siouxland Section Vitality

• Meetings during 2004
• January Trends in Electricity Grid Operations
  and Regulation
• Dinner / Presentation
• 31 attendees including 8 IEEE members
• March Executive Committee Meeting
• Goals and Planning 2004
• 6 of 7 officers attended
• April Managing Negotiations Workshop (PACE)
• Full Day Workshop
• 25 participants including 12 IEEE members
• April IEEE Awards Ceremony Student Chapters
• Dinner / Awards Banquet held jointly with Eta
  Kappa Nu Society
• 30 IEEE attendees
• Oct Executive Committee Meeting
• Budget for 2005, Planning of future meetings, and
  Officer Nominations
• Oct Wind Power in the Midwest Progress and
  Challenges
• Dinner / Banquet-Presentation held jointly with
  Center for Power Systems Studies (CPSS)
• Expect about 50 participants with 25 from IEEE

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Other Section Activities

• PACE April - Managing Negotiations Workshop
• S-PAC None
• GOLD - October Kick Off Meeting
• Affinity Groups
• Consultants Network - None
• Women in Engineering None
• Pre-college Education None

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Successes/Best Practices

• The soft skills workshops (Leadership and
  Managing Negotiations) have allowed us to reach
  out to non-IEEE members and industry in general.
• Helped establish the value of the section to
  industry.
• Gained membership (4) through this years workshop
  (fee structure we setup for this workshop helped
  promote this)
• Two of the new members gained through this
  workshop are officer candidates for election
• Identified areas of interest for future
  activities via evaluation/feedback surveys
• Region 4 meeting and IEEE-USA Workshops have
  helped with officer training and education.
• These events keep us updated on services
  available for our officers and other section
  member benefits
• Developed a relationship with Baker
  Communications. Will build on this relationship
  for future soft skills workshops.

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Lessons Learned

• IEEE Region meetings and IEEE-USA Leadership
  workshops are great events to prepare and train
  officers.
• Take advantage of the funding opportunities the
  Region provides for activities such as Region
  Meetings, GOLD activities, IEEE-USA Leadership
  workshops. Through these activities our section
  can learn how to better promote IEEE to our
  section members.

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Goals for Next Year

• Revitalize our Power Engineering Chapter
• Set schedule for the year early and hold officers
  accountable for making events happen.
• Effectively prepare and educate section officers
  to allow them to conduct section activities.
• Build from our success on soft skills workshops.
  Use this opportunity to grow the section.
• Provide necessary support for our GOLD affinity
  group. This is a great opportunity to gain
  interest from younger engineers and to revitalize
  the interest in our section for the future.
• Increase interaction with student branches and
  pre-college students by actively participating in
  National Engineers Week, Faraday Lecture, etc.
  and assisting student branch to interact with
  SAC.

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Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By

• Continue section support with funding for PACE
  workshops, training of officers via region
  meetings and IEEE-USA workshops.
• Provide an effective means for communication
  between sections (sharing of meetings, success
  stories, etc.)
• Provide and/or assist with developing an
  effective means for section to hold net meetings.
• Provide access to training materials on Region
  website.