The Center for Power Systems Studies (CPSS) will be hosting their annual fall banquet at South Dakota State University (SDSU) on October 19. This meeting will also serve as a Siouxland IEEE PES event, and all Siouxland Section members are invited to attend. This year’s banquet will be honoring Professor Emeritus Wayne Knabach. For more information and to register for this event: http://cpss.sdstate.edu/conferences/F09/Registration.aspx
The Siouxland Section will also be hosting an Excomm meeting at SDSU on this date from 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm in the SSU 0273 Oakwood room in SDSU’s student union.
2009 Budget
and Minutes
2009 Executive Committee Nominations
Posted 11/25/2008
The following individuals were nominated by the
Nominating Committee for the positions indicated for 2009:
Jeff
VanRoekel, Chair
Jeff was previously the
Secretary/Treasurer and Computer Society Chair.
Jeff is an
Engineer at Sencore in Sioux Falls, SD.
Russel Van Der Werff, Vice Chair & Computer Society Chapter Chair
Russel is an Engineer at Sencore in Sioux Falls, SD.
Sara Venhuizen,
Secretary/Treasurer & GOLD Affinity Group
Chair
Sara is an
Engineer at Sencore in
Sioux Falls, SD.
Austin Hoekman, Power Society Chair
Austin is a Transmission Engineer with Missouri River Energy Services in
Sioux Falls, SD.
Dan
Christensen,
Member-at-Large
Dan is a Software Engineer at Sencore in Sioux Falls, SD.
Alok
Kumar Shrestha,
Member-at-Large
Alok is a Graduate Student at SDSU in Brookings, SD.
Appointed Officers for 2009:
Doug De Boer,
Dordt Student Chapter Liaison
Doug is a professor in the Engineering Department of Dordt College in
Sioux Center, IA.
Robert Fourney,
SDSU Student Chapter Liaison
Bob is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of SDSU in
Brookings, SD.
Brian Smies,
Electronic Communications Coordinator
Brian is an Engineer at Sencore in
Sioux Falls, SD.
Brian Matherly, Past Chair
Brian has been the Chair, Vice Chair, GOLD Chair and a Member-at-Large for
the Section.
Brian is an Engineer at Sencore in Sioux Falls, SD.
If
there are any other section members interested in serving on the Executive
Committee for 2009, please call or email either Steve
or Brian before December 22,
2008. If there are no other nominees, no election will held and the
nominated individuals will assume the position indicated on January1,
2009.
2007 Awards Banquet
The First Annual Awards Banquet was held
on November 13 at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls.
The following awards were given out at the event:
Outstanding Member Award presented to Douglas
DeBoer for his contributions, achievements and dedication to the IEEE.
Outstanding Member Award presented to Jeff White for his
contributions, achievements and dedication to the IEEE.
Outstanding Engineer Award presented to Jeff Van Roekel for
his accomplishments in the Engineering profession.
Friend of IEEE Award presented to Missouri River Energy Services
for its continuous dedication to the IEEE.
Event Program
Pictures
GOLD Members...
IEEE has been hosting
webcasts that are available to GOLD members for FREE. The topics are
of the everyday useful variety such as Social Networking, Finances,
etc. Be on the lookout for upcoming webcasts and events.
The webcasts have been
recorded and are available here:
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/gold/financialsem2.html
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/gold/Recordsuccessfactors.html
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/gold/PrMgrSucssRecod.html
Section Membership
The Siouxland Section has been
recognized by the RAB for having the highest growth rate in 2006 and
highest sustained growth for 2004 - 2006. Below are the letters sent
by the RAB. Keep up the good work!
Growth
Sustained
Growth
Job Postings
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to see the postings
Other Items of Interest.........
IEEE Membership Renewal.
http://www.ieee.org/renewal
If you have any questions about the process,
contact IEEE Member Services at:
http://www.ieee.org/memberservices
Sign up for your IEEE email alias here: email
alias service. If your email addresses changes occasionally, this
service can be a real time saver.
Computer Society Members: Don't miss this! 100 FREE
online courses as part of your Society membership:
http://computer.org/DistanceLearning
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Smithsonian
Virtual Exhibitions,
Remember to update your membership
information online whenever your email address or other pertinent
information changes:
You can send an email with changes to address-change@ieee.org
or enter your changes on the web at http://www.ieee.org/membership.
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