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Region 4 Section Reports. 26. West Michigan Section. West Michigan Section Report. IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004 Chicago. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad Section Chair hossein.mousavinezhad@ieee.org www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/west_michigan. West Michigan Section Demographics.
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Region 4 Section Reports 26. West Michigan Section
West Michigan Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004 Chicago S. Hossein Mousavinezhad Section Chair hossein.mousavinezhad@ieee.org www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/west_michigan
West Michigan Section Demographics • Total Members: 826 • Student members 142 • Senior members 22 • Life members 48 • Affiliates 46 • Meetings • Section meetings per year 6 • Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner • Type (tour, PACE, technical) social, technical • Section vs Chapter section • Excom meetings per year 4
West Michigan Section Demographics • Section Leadership for West Michigan Section • Term: Calendar Year 2004 • Chair – Hossein Mousavinezhad, WMU • Vice Chair – Greg Griffes, Smiths Aerospace • Treasurer – Massood Atashbar, WMU • Secretary – Elaine VanBelleghem, Pfizer • Neighboring Sections • Southeast • Chicago • Milwaukee • Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections • IEEE eit 04 Conference, MSOE
West Michigan Section Demographics • Section Organization • Subsections • Society Chapters • Affinity Groups, Consultants Network • Student Branches/Joint Activity
West Michigan Section Vitality • Meetings/attendance during the last year • Jan => • Feb => Engineers Week Dinner, Kalamazoo • Mar => ExComm, GVSU • Apr => Engineering Education Conference, Kalamazoo • June => Board Social, Grand Rapids • June=> Engineering Education Conference, SLC, UT • Sep => Board Meeting, Kalamazoo • Oct => 50th Anniversary, Grand Rapids • Nov => Senior Engineering Projects, WMU, Kalamazoo • Dec =>
Other Section Activities • PACE - • S-PAC - • GOLD - • Affinity Groups • Consultants Network - • Women in Engineering – • Etc - • Pre-college Education - • Etc -
Successes/Best Practices • Collaboration between local universities and industry • Conferences, Seminars
Lessons Learned • Topic important for good attendance • Social/Meal events for people with busy schedules
Goals for Next Year • Section Officers participation in SC05 • Participation in conferences (eit05, ASEE), Seminars
Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Officers Training • Publicize Events on R4 Web Site • Speakers for Seminars