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Central Texas Section Leslie Martinich lmartinich@ieee.org IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Meeting September 24, 2016 San Marcos, TX. A Couple Things. Vote! http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/index.html Networking. Goals—Marketing.
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Central Texas Section Leslie Martinich lmartinich@ieee.org IEEE Central Texas Section Fall MeetingSeptember 24, 2016 San Marcos, TX
A Couple Things • Vote! • http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/index.html • Networking
Goals—Marketing • Goal: Promote the IEEE Central Texas Section brand, history and accomplishments through an improved marketing effort. • Approach: Establish a PR Leadership position. Provide four press releases per year. Develop relationship with local press. Develop a relationship with University students and have them create YouTube videos from our events.
Some Goals—Industry, Government & Academic Relationships • Goal: Meet with local industry, government and university leaders to establish cooperation. Leverage IEEE’s reputation in Standards and our ability to educate employees to gain traction with employers. • Approach: Establish 3 Liaison Roles. Meet once per year with five industry leaders, state and local government leaders and deans of five Schools of Engineering. Industry to support one Hackathon per year.
Goals—Recognition • Goal: Recognize industry, government and academic institutions that support IEEE members by giving awards. • Approach: Awards Chair to seek nominations. Nominate award recipients for Region 5; one small, one large.
Goals—Diversity • Goal: Use Meetups and Hackathons to increase gender and age diversity in our membership. • Approach: YP Chair to hold one Hackathon and develop a series of Meetups. Work with Industry Liaison to identify sponsor company.
Recent News—Region 5 Meeting • Region 5 has selected CTS to host the 2018 Region 5 Meeting and Green Tech Conference! Thank you to all those who helped put together the application. Work on this is beginning now!
Recent News—New Chapters • We have a new Chapter, MEMS and Sensors. Thanks to Brent Lunceford, who is championing this! • We are in the process of creating a joint Computer Society / Engineering and Medical Biology Chapter. Thanks to Fawzi Behmann who is championing this!
Recent News—WIE • Cirrus Logic hosting • Monthly Book Club • Topic: Thriving and Surviving in the Workplace
IEEE DAY (OCTOBER 4) EVENT • “MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS – RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIEs”Riku Jäntti, head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland • RSVP http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/40983
Networking Event • High Tech Happy Hour (similar to Brain Party of years past) • Collaborate with Austin Young Chamber of Commerce • Possibly an event in San Antonio as well
Austin, TX • Send questions to lmartinich@ieee.org