• Hotel Registration
• Meeting Registration
• 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Poster Session Technical Conference Fayetteville Public Library
• 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Technical Conference Dinner Fayetteville Public Library

Friday Evening Business Meeting, April 20, 2007 Fayetteville Public Library

¤       8:30 PM – Start Business Meeting (Scolli)

¤       8:35 - Roll Call - Quorum (Look)

¤       8:40 – Region 5 Director Appointments (Scolli)

¤       8:45 - Secretary Reports (Look) (Roster Updates and Handouts)

¤       8:50 – Past Directors Report (Meredith)

¤       8:55 - Director Report 2007 (Scolli)

¤       9:00 - Director Elect Report (Pierce)

¤       9:05 – Audit Committee Report (Kleine)

¤       Treasurers Report (Pigg)

o       2007 Official Approval of Executive Committee Budget

o       2007 Budget Performance as of 01/01/07

¤       9:45 – Bylaw Recommendations (Meredith)

¤       9:50 - Old Business/ New Business

¤       9:51 - Sections Congress Report: (Ritter)

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

7:00-8:00 AM – Breakfast in CCE

Breakfast Sandwiches, Juice & Coffee

0800-1200 Business Meeting RM 409- 410 CCE

á       8:00 AM - Call to Order - Roll Call (Look)

á       8:05 – Welcome (Scolli)

á       8:20 - Welcome and Opening Remarks (Dr. Varadan)

á       8:30 – 2009 Presidential Candidates Speeches and Question

o       5 minutes IEEE President Elect Candidate Speech (Vig)

o       5 minutes IEEE President Elect Candidate Speech (Ray)

o       5 minutes IEEE President Elect Candidate Speech (Apter)

o       15 minutes IEEE President Elect Candidates Q&A (Vig, Apter & Ray)

á       9:00 – 2009 IEEE-USA President (John Meredith)

á       9:10 – Educational Activities - Teacher In Service Program (Gorham)

á       9:20 - Kansas City 2008 Conference Activities (Dr. Chaudhry)

á       9:25 - Parliamentarian Presentation (Dunn)

 

9:30 - Continuation of Business Meeting New/Old Business Quorum Check

á       9:35 – Lubbock Central Plains Section 2009 Conference Bid (Gale, Ellison )

á       9:45 - South Padre Island RGV Sub Section 2010 Conference Bid (Dr. Banatoski)

á       10:00 – Networking - Self Introduction (Name, Work, Section or Sub Section, One was successful in your Section, Sub Section or Chapter) (Mediator Zafar)

á       10:15 - R5 Orientation – Workshop on Networking, Officer Roles, Responsibilities and Heuristic (Dr. Zafar) - Officer Resources Handout

á       10:35 - Roles of Volunteers (David Pierce)

10:45-11:00 AM – (Coffee-Break)

¤       11:00- - Problem Resolution Through Use Of Brainstorming Techniques (Zafar Taqvi) (3 Easels & Markers )

[What is the issue, Criteria for selection of solutions, List of solutions w/o discussion, group discussion, selection, prioritize, implementation of selected one, presentation to the whole group]

o       Membership Building and Retention (Group A Facilitators Shapiro, Redfield, Reinert)

o       Value-Added Services by the organization (Group B Facilitators Robinson, Marcus, Watkins, Martin, Pigg)

o       Organizing Conferences and Seminars (Group C Facilitators Dunn, Look, Pierce, Carr, Jefferies)

12:00-1:00 PM– Lunch

¤       12:30 - Welcome and Opening Remarks (Edge Nowlin and Bob Scolli)

¤       12:35 – 2010-2011 Region Director Candidates (Need Conference Phone)

o       3 minutes IEEE R5 Director- Elect Candidate Speech (Dr. Long via Conference Phone)

o       3 minutes IEEE R5 Director Elect Candidate Speech (Dunn)

o       3 minutes IEEE R5 Director Elect Candidate Speech (Robinson)

o       10 minutes IEEE R5 Director Elect Candidates Q&A (Dr. Long, Dunn, Robinson)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Leadership Workshop Continued

á       1:00 – Solutions(all listing), compilation, group discussion

o       Membership Building and Retention (Group A Facilitators Shapiro, Redfield, Reinert)

o       Value-Added Services by the organization (Group B Facilitators Robinson, Marcus, Watkins, Martin, Pigg)

o       Organizing Conferences and Seminars (Group C Facilitators Dunn, Look, Pierce, Carr, Jefferies)

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á       1:30 –Solution Evaluation and prioritize

o       Membership Building and Retention (Group A Facilitators Shapiro, Redfield, Reinert)

o       Value-Added Services by the organization (Group B Facilitators Robinson, Marcus, Watkins, Martin, Pigg)

o       Organizing Conferences and Seminars (Group C Facilitators Dunn, Look, Pierce, Carr, Jefferies)

 

á       2:00 – Group presentations and recommendations for implementations (Facilitator- Dr. Zafar Taqvi)

 

2:30 – 2:45 Coffee Break

á       2:45 Roll Call in breakout rooms

 

Electronic Training Sessions: ÒAll you wanted to KnowÓ Training Breakouts (three sessions in parallel)- Attendees bring their laptops-
(2 or 3 short presentations with 10 minutes of questions) (3 Repeats)

 

3:00 – 3:30

 

Room A Pikes Room in hotel

á       MyIEEE, SAMIEEE (Future Look), Virtual Community (Sharoff, Ritter)

 

Room B Blossom Room in hotel

á       Section Chapter Support, E-Notice and Web Page Support (Look, Long, Luu)

 

Room C Stone Room in hotel

á       Conference Management (Dunn, Preston, Anderson, Atkinson)

 

 

3:30 – 4:00 (repeat)

 

Room A Pikes Room in hotel

á       MyIEEE, SAMIEEE (Future Look), Virtual Community (Sharoff, Ritter)

 

Room B Blossom Room in hotel

á       Section Chapter Support, E-Notice and Web Page Support (Look, Long, Luu)

 

Room C Stone Room (in hotel)

á       Conference Management (Dunn, Preston, Anderson, Atkinson)

 

4:00 – 4:30 (repeat)

 

Room A Pikes Room in hotel

á       MyIEEE, SAMIEEE (Future Look), Virtual Community (Sharoff, Ritter)

 

Room B Blossom Room in hotel

á       Section Chapter Support, E-Notice and Web Page Support (Look, Long, Luu)

 

Room C Stone Room in hotel

á       Conference Management (Dunn, Preston, Anderson, Atkinson)

 

4:30 Return to Room 409 CCE

 

á       4:30 - Strategic Planning and Reporting RM409 (Reinert)

• 5:15 – Last Minute Updates

6:30– 7:15 Social Hotel Reception Area

á       7:30 – Dinner Hotel Banquet Room

á       8:30 - Opening Ceremony; Official Welcome (Dr. Varadan or Nowlin & Scolli )

á       8:50 – Award Presentations (Scolli, Collier, Dr. Grosz, Nowlin )

Sunday, April 22, 2007

7:00-8:00 AM – Continental Breakfast in CCE

 

 

0800-1200 Business Meeting RM 409/410 CCE

• 8:00 AM - Call to Order - Roll Call (Look)
• 8:05 – Opening Remarks (Scolli)
• 8:10 – Ethics (Hickman)
• 8:40 – Financial Advantage Report (White)
• 9:00 – 11:30 Electronic Communications Lab Room 304 CCE – (Luu, Sharoff)
• 9:10 - Concentration Banking (Razzano)
• 9:20 – Membership Development (Shapiro, Redfield)
• 9:25 – WIE (Patel)
• 9:30 - Industry Relations (Atkinson)
• 9:35 – Student Activities (Grosz)
• 9:40 – PACE (Carr)
• 9:45 – MPAC (McCutcheon)
• 9: 50 - Strategic Planning and Reporting (Reinert)

10:00-10:15 AM – (Coffee-Break)

á       10:15 - Breakout by Area Chairs for Sections, Sub Section & Student Branch

á       11:00 - Report Back by Area Chairs (N-Watkins, S-Robinson, E-Borhani, W-Martin)

á       11:15 - Survey of Conf Activities (Reinert)

á       11:45 - Closing Remarks (Scolli)

12:00 – 1:00 PM Region 5 Conferences Committee Meeting (Dunn)

• 12:00 - 2006 San Antonio Conf Committee Final Report (Atkinson)
• 12:05 - 2007 Ozark Conf Committee Review (Nowlin, Wilkerson, Dr. Tomlinson, Dr. Balda, Dr. Varadan, Kramer)
• 12:35 - Status 2008 Kansas City Conference (Dr. Chaudhry)