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Region 4 Section Reports. 8. Coulee Subsection. Coulee SubSection Report. IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004. Coulee SubSection Demographics. Total Members: x Student members 0 Members 63 Active Senior members 1 Fellow members 1 Life members 1 Affiliates ?
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Region 4 Section Reports 8. Coulee Subsection
Coulee SubSection Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004
Coulee SubSection Demographics • Total Members: x • Student members 0 • Members 63 Active • Senior members 1 • Fellow members 1 • Life members 1 • Affiliates ? • Meetings • Section meetings per year 5 • Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) pizza/talk • Type (tour, PACE, technical) 50/50 tech/tour • Section vs Chapter subsection only • Excom meetings per year 6 • % quorem Excom meetings 100%
Coulee SubSection Demographics • Leadership for Coulee SubSection • Term: Calendar Year 2004 • Chair – Paul Ulland, p.ulland@ieee.org, 608-787-3563 off • Vice Chair – Dave Foye, d.foye@ieee.org, 608-787-3769… • Treasurer – Warren Schaefer, … • Secretary – open, … • Neighboring Sections • North: Twin Cities • South: Cedar Rapids • East: Madison • West: So MN Section • Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections • none
Coulee SubSection Demographics • Subsection Member Society Interests • Society Membership • Power Engineering • Industry Applications • Control Systems • Computers • Industrial Electronics • Engineering in Medicine and Biology • Student Branch Opportunities • UW-La Crosse • UM-Winona
Coulee SubSection Vitality • Meetings/attendance during 2004 • Jan => • Feb => • Mar => • Apr => Coulee Region Engineering Societies Scholarship Awards 2/12 • May => Tour Wind Farm 4/23 • Sep => • Oct => • Nov => “Greening the Grid” - Renewable Power Generation • Dec =>
Other SubSection Activities • none -
Successes/Best Practices • Joint meetings with other area engineering societies (SME, ASHRAE, WSPE, ASME
Lessons Learned • Must recruit added volunteers • Need to work at gaining and involving new members
Goals for Next Year • Contact / survey the membership • Improve email base • Recruit new blood • Nominate 2 Senior Members • Work with section to establish remote meeting sites
Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Periodic training offerings, e.g., SAMIEEE • Helping facilitate presentations by Distinguished Lecturers at multiple sites.