Section Revitalization Meeting
On Monday night, July 15, 2002, several members of the Siouxland Section met with three representatives from Region 4 to discuss the current status and the future of the Siouxland Section. A tentative slate of meetings for the year was determined as was a skeleton crew executive committee. Following are the minutes from that meeting.
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Summary of the Executive committee meeting of the Siouxland IEEE
Held July 15, 2002 at 7:30 PM at Sencore in Sioux Falls
Present:
1.) Sat Basu, IEEE Region 4 Technical activities Chair
mailto://basus@dteenergy.com
2.) Terry Cook (Sencore, Sioux Falls)
mailto://terry.cook@sencore.com
3.) Paul Davis (Dewild Grant Rechert and Associates,
Rock Rapids, IA)
mailto://pdavis@dgrnet.com
4.) Douglas De Boer, IEEE Siouxland Section Newsletter Editor,
(Dordt College, Sioux Center IA) mailto://ddeboer@dordt.edu
5.) Bert Loupee, IEEE Region 4 director elect
6.) Jeff White (Interstates Electric and Engineering,
Sioux Center IA)
Phone 712-722-1663 ext. 182
mailto://jeff.white@interstates.com
7.) Mike Wilson, IEEE Region 4 director
4221 Trailridge Road SE
Cedar Rapids IA 54203
Phone 319-363-2505
mailto://m.f.wilson@ieee.org
8.) Steve Wolterstorff IEEE Siouxland Section Webmaster (Missouri
River Energy Systems, Sioux Falls)
mailto://stevew@mrenergy.com
Proposed Meeting Schedule for Sept. 2002 through May 2003:
1.) September, at Brookings, with SDSU--De Boer will
coordinate
2.) October, at Sioux Falls, Tour, Cook will coordinate
3.) February, Location undecided yet, possibly Sioux Center,
Professional Development, White will coordinate
4.) April or May, Brookings, awards night coordinated with
Student Branches, coordinated by De Boer.
New Officers:
Chair: De Boer
Vice Chair: White
Newsletter Editor/Webmaster: Wolterstorff
Secretary/Treasurer: Vacant--De Boer will make inquiries
Other offices: Vacant--no plan to immediately fill them
Other business (in no particular order):
1.) Siouxland Section needs to file financial data for 2001-
2002 year of operations. (form L-50?)
2.) De Boer will look into continuing ed. credit for meeting
attendance (useful for registered P.E.s)
3.) Eventually the section should move its checking account into
the new concentrated account hosted by headquarters. (higher
interest--better service)
4.) A publicity officer or committee could be considered.
5.) Consideration could be given to changing the
Secretary/Treasurer to a two-person team with annual
rotation. (For continuity.)
6.) All members eligible for Senior Member status should be
nominated for such standing by the section. Possible
Membership Development Office or committee.
7.) The section should send two people to each Sections Congress
meeting (once every three years). Next Sections Congress in
in Oct. in Washington DC.
8.) Bylaws need revision.