Region 4 Section Reports

1. Region 4 Section Reports 21. Siouxland Section

2. Siouxland Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

3. Siouxland Section Demographics • Total Members: 235 • Members 122 • Student members 51 • Senior members 13 • Life members 10 • Associates 19 • Affiliates 30 • Meetings • Section meetings per year 8 • Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner, workshop • Type (tour, PACE, technical) 1, 1, 3 • Section vs Chapter Section Meetings • Excom meetings per year 3 • % quorum Excom meetings 100%

4. Siouxland Section Demographics • Section Leadership for Siouxland Section • Term: Calendar Year 2004 • Chair – Jeff White, jeffwhite@ieee.org, 712-722-1663x182 (office) • Vice Chair – Steve Wolterstorff, stevew@mrenergy.com • Secretary/Treasurer – Robert Fourney, robert.fourney@SDState.edu • Member At Large/GOLD – Brian Matherly, brian.matherly@sencore.com • Member At Large – Josh Rich, Josh.Rich@premiereng.com • Electronic Comm. Coordinator – John Weber, jweber@mrenergy.com • Past Chair / Dordt Student Advisor – Doug DeBoer, ddeboer@dordt.edu • SDSU Student Advisor – Michael Ropp, michael.ropp@sdststate.edu • Neighboring Sections • North: Red River Valley, Missouri Slope • South: Nebraska • East: Southern Minnesota, Central Iowa • West: Region 6

5. Siouxland Section Demographics • Section Organization • Subsections - None • Society Chapters • Power Engineering • Affinity Groups • Graduates Of Last Decade (GOLD) • Student Branches/Joint Activity • Dordt College (about 10 student members) • South Dakota State University (about 40 student members)

6. Siouxland Section Vitality Meetings during 2004 January — Trends in Electricity Grid Operations and Regulation • Dinner / Presentation • 31 attendees including 8 IEEE members March — Executive Committee Meeting • Goals and Planning 2004 • 6 of 7 officers attended April — Managing Negotiations Workshop (PACE) • Full Day Workshop • 25 participants including 12 IEEE members April — IEEE Awards Ceremony – Student Chapters • Dinner / Awards Banquet held jointly with Eta Kappa Nu Society • 30 IEEE attendees Oct — Executive Committee Meeting • Budget for 2005, Planning of future meetings, and Officer Nominations Oct — Wind Power in the Midwest: Progress and Challenges • Dinner / Banquet-Presentation held jointly with “Center for Power Systems Studies” (CPSS) • Expect about 50 participants with 25 from IEEE Oct — GOLD Kick-off Meeting Nov — Ethanol Plant Tour • Dinner and Tour local Ethanol Plant • Expect about 15 IEEE participants Dec — Executive Committee Meeting • Officer Election Results, Pre-Planning for 2005, Preparing new officers

7. Other Section Activities • PACE – April -Managing Negotiations Workshop • S-PAC – None • GOLD - October – Kick Off Meeting • Affinity Groups • Consultants Network - None • Women in Engineering – None • Pre-college Education – None

8. Successes/Best Practices • The soft skills workshops (Leadership and Managing Negotiations) have allowed us to reach out to non-IEEE members and industry in general. • Helped establish the value of the section to industry. • Gained membership (4) through this years workshop (fee structure we setup for this workshop helped promote this) • Two of the new members gained through this workshop are officer candidates for election • Identified areas of interest for future activities via evaluation/feedback surveys • Region 4 meeting and IEEE-USA Workshops have helped with officer training and education. • These events keep us updated on services available for our officers and other section member benefits • Developed a relationship with Baker Communications. Will build on this relationship for future soft skills workshops.

9. Lessons Learned • IEEE Region meetings and IEEE-USA Leadership workshops are great events to prepare and train officers. • Take advantage of the funding opportunities the Region provides for activities such as Region Meetings, GOLD activities, IEEE-USA Leadership workshops. Through these activities our section can learn how to better promote IEEE to our section members.

10. Goals for Next Year • Revitalize our Power Engineering Chapter • Set schedule for the year early and hold officers accountable for making events happen. • Effectively prepare and educate section officers to allow them to conduct section activities. • Build from our success on soft skills workshops. Use this opportunity to grow the section. • Provide necessary support for our GOLD affinity group. This is a great opportunity to gain interest from younger engineers and to revitalize the interest in our section for the future. • Increase interaction with student branches and pre-college students by actively participating in National Engineer’s Week, Faraday Lecture, etc. and assisting student branch to interact with SAC.

11. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Continue section support with funding for PACE workshops, training of officers via region meetings and IEEE-USA workshops. • Provide an effective means for communication between sections (sharing of meetings, success stories, etc.) • Provide and/or assist with developing an effective means for section to hold net meetings. • Provide access to training materials on Region website.