Central Iowa Section Report

Ed NellerChair

Region 4 MeetingJanuary 27-28, 2007

Marriott Hotel, Chicago

Central Iowa Section(Location of Meeting seems to be important)

Central Iowa Membership

Breakdown by Grade then Gender

Grade Male Female Unknown Total

Fellow 8     8

Life Fellow 3     3

Life Member 16     16

Life Senior 11     11

Senior Member 33 2   35

Member 181 19 5 205

Student 118 20 11 149

Associate Member 13 2 1 16

Affiliate 46 7   53

        0

Total 429 50 17 496

Highlights of 2006 Activities

• Increased attendance at meetings– Diversity – Members showing interest in Exec Board

• Saturday Connection

Successful Activities

• Internet Security and Computer ForensicsDr. Doug Jacobson (Iowa State)

• Weather Radar and Severe Weather John McLaughlin (KCCI Channel 8)

• “Lessons from DEFCON, the Largest Hacking Conference in the World.” Andrew Neller (Wellmark)

• Solar Energy Conversion Dr. Vikram Dalal (Iowa State University)

• Saturday Connection

Successful Meetings Common Items

• The Central Iowa Section had 4+ successful meetings– Successful meetings

• Those with not just the regular attendees, but had significant number of non regular members.

• More diverse membership attendance and involvement.

• Increased involvement of student members and students in programs (even if free pizza was not involved)

Most meetings were technical in nature Weather Radar (Doppler Radar), Defcon (how to bypass security on Blackberrys and solutions), Solar Energy Conversion, but not deeply technical.

Even though meetings were technical, they were of interest to family members.

Saturday Connection 2006Teach Basic Electronics to Jr. High students & build a simple circuit

board (Greg Long, Brent Thompson, John Armstrong, Ed Neller)

Plans for 2007• January Extended Exec Meeting• February EP2 Facility Tour - Terry Nelson • March Update on 70E and IEEE 1584 Mel Sanders• April HAM Radio Operations (Tentative) Steve Schallehn• May Patents and the patenting process - Sarah Hankel

• November Annual Meeting

• Saturday Connection 2007 – February, March

• Norwalk Middle School Project – Doug Richardson

Assist local school 8th grade science class• Get more women members involved

Future Potential Meetings

RF Cars and HelicoptersComputer Security - Dr. Doug Jacobson and or Andrew NellerPapajohn Center on Starting a BusinessPower Quality Presentation (Harmonics /Impulse)Power Quality Presentation (grounding) Software Engineering (Rosenberg at Iowa State?)Civic Center backstage operationsHilton Coliseum TourEvents Center TourIPTV & Digital TelevisionJoint Meeting Engineers Club of Des MoinesZooks (Harley Davison)Junior Achievement on Grand

How Can R4 Help in Meeting Your Section’s Goals?

• Continue the list of presenters for meetings and have a list of topics.

• Increase the amount of free time for members to attend meetings.

• IEEE Store – Caps, Shirts