Region 4 Section Reports

1. Region 4 Section Reports 3. Cedar Rapids Section

2. Cedar Rapids Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2003

3. Cedar Rapids Section Demographics • Total Members: 466 • Members 276 • Life Fellows 3 • Fellows 8 • Life Members 27 • Life Seniors 31 • Senior Members 33 • Student members 55 • Life Associates /Associates 2 / 31 • Meetings • # per year 11-12 • Format (dinner, talk or tour)

4. Cedar Rapids Section Demographics • Section Leadership for Cedar Rapids Section • Term: Calendar Year 2004 • Chair – Jim Sliney, jgslineyjr@ieee.org, 319-295-4229 off • Vice Chair – Morris Rosen, • Treasurer – Bob Dawson, • Secretary – Steve Aab,

5. Cedar Rapids Section Demographics • Section Organization • Society Chapters • Microwave Theory and Techniques • Student Branches: • University of Iowa

6. Cedar Rapids Section Vitality • Meetings & Conferences during the last year • Dec => Family Holiday Event – Squaw Creek Nature Lodge • Jan => Fiber Optics Based Telecommunications Revolution • Feb => Annual Awards Dinner & Theater: Newport Jazz Tour • Mar => Joint with SID – Tour of Siemens Transportation • Apr => ProCon 2004 & Tour of NADS at U. of Iowa • May => Tour UNI Real Time Embedded Systems Lab • June => Joint with GOLD – Family Picnic - Robins Park • Oct => Fall Con 2004 • Nov => TBD • Dec => Family Holiday Event – TBD

7. Other Section Activities • PACE – Support Provided for: • 2 Professional Conferences: • ProCon (in the Spring) and • FallCon (in the Autumn) • Engineering Week • Free Day at the Science Center • Volunteers for K-12 Activities • Competitive Student Activities • Future Cities – (Taft Middle School) • First Robotics – (Linn-Mar High School) • Electric Car – (Kennedy High School) • GOLD • 2 Events Held - Winter & Summer

8. Successes/Best Practices • Sponsoring Two Successful Professional Conferences During Tight Economic Times. • Maintaining Our Membership with a 3.33% Gain Over the Previous Year.

9. Challenges • Recruit New Volunteers to serve on the Executive Committee • Refresh Our Membership with New Members & Volunteers

10. Lessons Learned • Difficulty in Recruiting Volunteers to Serve on the Executive Committee • Difficulty of Successfully Restarting a Student Chapter after a Lapse in Activity.

11. Goals for Next Year • To Recruit 2 Candidates for each Position on the Executive Committee • Recruit More Members into the Cedar Rapids Section - ³7%.

12. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Supplying Practical Techniques for Developing Volunteers into Candidates for the Executive Committee i.e. for Chairman, Vice-Chair, etc. • Providing Practical Methods for Developing Volunteers from among the Student Membership.

13. Summary • Many Volunteers Provide Core Strength of the CR Section • Under the Aegis of PACE the CR Section • Sponsors Two Professional Conferences • Supports Three Student Competitions • Organizes Support for Engineering Week Activities • Conducts 9-12 Diverse Section Meetings/Year • Funds & Updates Professional Website • Publishes Monthly “Corona” Newsletter • Electronically on Website and • Hard copy via USPS • Student Members Supported by Student Section and Faculty Facilitators at Two Universities & Two Colleges