International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

1. International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Frank Salvatore Liberty Chapter President

2. Agenda • 5:00 Meeting call to order • 5:10 Swear in new Officers • 5:30 Financial / Membership Report • 5:40 2005 Review • 6:00 2006 Plans (March Event) • 6:30 Closing Remarks and Adjourn

3. Board Members

4. Financial Report

5. Members 61 Jun 05 72 Jan 06 28 Companies Agere AT&T BAE Systems CECOM General Dynamics AIS HPTi ITT IBM JR Platt Associates Lucent Technologies Lockheed Martin Medrad Inc. MIT Bayer Healthcare ODA MTA New York City Transit Northrop Grumman Corp Picatinny Prudential SAIC Stevens Institute of Technology Systems Modeling Inc. Telelogic USMA Westinghouse Hampton Consulting Group Concurrent Technologies Corp Membership Report

6. 2005 In Review • Set up Booth at CSER Stevens. • Submitted 2 Chapter Regional Quarterly Reports • Held 2 BOD Teleconference Calls. • Held Elections. • Donated $100 to support E-Week 2005/2006 http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Eweek/2005_middleschool.shtml

7. 2006 Goals • 2006 • Become an Active BOD and Behave Like a Board. • Develop a strategic plan for 2006 • Plan 3 Events for 2006 • One in March is in the Works (SOS Theme) • Increase Membership by 50% • Collaborate with NDIA, IEEE, SIT, …. • Win an INCOSE Chapter Award • We will only get out of this what we put into it!!!!

8. Upcoming SE Events • January 28, 2006 INCOSE International Workshop 2006 • March 2006 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) • July 2005 INCOSE International Symposium

9. March Event • March 7 @ 5:30 to 8:30 • System of Systems Theme • Speakers Identified • Mark Wilson and Stevens Institute of Technologies • Ira Sachs • Hosted by Stevens Institute of Technologies • Things we need to do still: • Flyers, Email, Website Updated, Facilities, Food, Banner, Event Description, Name Tags, Sign in sheets, payment, shirts, etc…..

10. Backup

11. INCOSE Mission • INCOSE is a professional society for systems engineers whose mission is to foster the definition, understanding, and practice of world class systems engineering in industry, academia, and government.

12. INCOSE Goals • Provide a focal point for dissemination of systems engineering knowledge • Promote collaboration in systems engineering education and research • Establish professional standards for integrity in the practice of systems engineering • Improve the professional status of all people engaged in the practice of systems engineering • Encourage support from government and industry for research and educational programs to improve the systems engineering process and its practice

13. Membership Benefits • Network / Collaborate: 5000 experts and practitioners / 30 countries • Receive Insight, Quarterly Publication • Receive Systems Engineering, the Journal of INCOSE • Contribute through INCOSE technical committees • Download membership directory from the World Wide Web • Access to INCOSE Connect, the collaborative space for Members Only. • Post Job Openings and Your Resume. • Certification Program $300

14. INCOSE WEB Site http://www.incose.org

15. INCOSE Regions and Chapters

16. Chapter Role • Facilitate professional networking and information exchange • Source of local activities • Meetings (many are monthly) • Tutorials, workshops, mini-conferences and vendor fairs • Contributions to working groups • Disseminate announcements and news • Helps Central Office maintain membership information • Grows the membership • Develop local initiatives. Examples: • Tutorials, Handbooks • Certificate Programs • Activities with other professional organizations

17. Liberty Chapter Web sitehttp://www.incose.org/liberty