CENTRAL TEXAS SECTION OF THE IEEE

1. 2015 Fall Section EXCOM Meeting August 29, 2015 San Marcos Kenny Rice, Chair krice@ieee.org CENTRAL TEXAS SECTION OF THE IEEE

2. Meeting Agenda • 07:30 Coffee, Sign-in & Fare • 08:00 Call to Order, Agenda, Introductions • 08:20 Chairman’s Report • 08:50 Vice Chairs Report • 09:00 Secretary’s Report on L31 • 09:10 Treasurer Training • 09:30 Approve New Joint Chapter • 09:45 Break • 10:00 Past Chair Nominations Committee Report • 10:10 Section Committee Reports • 11:00 Chapter Reports • 12:10 Lunch • 13:00 Student Branch Reports • 13:45 Chapter Reports continued (if needed) • 14:25 New Business • 14:45 Adjourn

3. Introductions:Your nameYour Chapter & your Office(s) CTS Spring EXCOM MeetingSan MarcosAugust 29, 2015

4. Outline • Officers and Committees • Parliamentary Procedure • Recognition • Leadership Opportunities • Tools • Information • Special Interest Items • Thanks

5. Officers • Vice-chairman Austin – Leslie Martinich • Vice-chairman SA – Ron Seaman • Secretary – Zhuo Li • Treasurer – Don Drumtra

6. Committee Members • Analog – John Purvis • Awards – Clif Denny • Conferences – Kai Wong • Electronic Communications – Joe Redfield • K-12/Educational Activities – Al Lozano • Life Member Coordinator – Scott Atkinson • Membership Development – Joe Redfield • Nominations - Tom Grim • PACE – Fawzi Behmann • Policy & Procedures – John Purvis • Student Branch Liaison – Ron Seamen • Training – Ina Angeles • vTools Coordinator – Kenny Rice • Webmaster – Clif Denny

7. Parliamentary Procedure • Facilitate transaction of business • All members have equal rights • Majority decides • Minority rights protected • Full & free discussion of every issue • Only one question at a time • Members have the right to know the question at any time • Only speak when recognized by the Chair, and then only to the chair • Chair must be impartial

8. TJ’s Advice • "No one is to disturb another in his speech by hissing, coughing, spitting, speaking or whispering to another, etc."

9. Vision • Service to the members: • Congressional Fellows program • New chapters • Section support for conferences • Member upgrade • Networking opportunities

10. Congratulations • IEEE COMSOC (Austin) has been selected as the Communications Society’s 2015 CHAPTER-OF-THE-YEAR • IEEE COMSOC (Austin) has also won the 2015 North America Regional Chapter Achievement Award. • FawziBehmann received 2014 Region 5 Outstanding Member Award • CTS received R5 2014 Outstanding Large Section Award. • CTS Young Professionals hosted a Mimosa Meetup at SXSW 2015

11. Tools • vTools meetings and L31 • vTools eNotice and Surveys • Vitality Dashboard • Chapter Chairs have access for their Society members • Training provided at January 6th Chapter Chair Training • CTS Section Website • http://sites.ieee.org/ctx/ • Social Media • Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEEE-Central-Texas/1479239548969920 • Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ieeeCTX

12. Special Interest Items • Section Officer Elections • Chair, 2 Vice Chairs, Secretary and Treasurer • 2 year terms • Immediate past Chair is Nomination Committee Chair - Tom Grim t.grim@ieee.org • Chapter Elections by end of November • Can serve no more that 6 years in a position • Senior Member Upgrade

13. Special Interest Items (cont) • IEEE branding • IEEE Membership Renewal • Section Strategic Plan • Updated every 3 years • Updating Section Procedures • PAPR Committee (Procedures and Policy Review) • 3 items on todays agenda • Training Committee • Held in Austin 1/6/15

14. Special Interest Items (cont) • CTS Young Professionals Mimosa Meetup 2015 @ SXSW

15. Thank you • Organizers • Nominators • Volunteers • Other officers For a successful 2012 - 2015

16. QUESTIONS???