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Central Iowa Section Report
Ed NellerChair
Region 4 MeetingJanuary 27-28, 2007
Marriott Hotel, Chicago
Central Iowa Membership
Breakdown by Grade then Gender
Grade Male Female Unknown Total
Fellow 8 8
Life Fellow 3 3
Life Member 16 16
Life Senior 11 11
Senior Member 33 2 35
Member 181 19 5 205
Student 118 20 11 149
Associate Member 13 2 1 16
Affiliate 46 7 53
0
Total 429 50 17 496
Highlights of 2006 Activities
• Increased attendance at meetings– Diversity – Members showing interest in Exec Board
• Saturday Connection
Successful Activities
• Internet Security and Computer ForensicsDr. Doug Jacobson (Iowa State)
• Weather Radar and Severe Weather John McLaughlin (KCCI Channel 8)
• “Lessons from DEFCON, the Largest Hacking Conference in the World.” Andrew Neller (Wellmark)
• Solar Energy Conversion Dr. Vikram Dalal (Iowa State University)
• Saturday Connection
Successful Meetings Common Items
• The Central Iowa Section had 4+ successful meetings– Successful meetings
• Those with not just the regular attendees, but had significant number of non regular members.
• More diverse membership attendance and involvement.
• Increased involvement of student members and students in programs (even if free pizza was not involved)
Most meetings were technical in nature Weather Radar (Doppler Radar), Defcon (how to bypass security on Blackberrys and solutions), Solar Energy Conversion, but not deeply technical.
Even though meetings were technical, they were of interest to family members.
Saturday Connection 2006Teach Basic Electronics to Jr. High students & build a simple circuit
board (Greg Long, Brent Thompson, John Armstrong, Ed Neller)
Plans for 2007• January Extended Exec Meeting• February EP2 Facility Tour - Terry Nelson • March Update on 70E and IEEE 1584 Mel Sanders• April HAM Radio Operations (Tentative) Steve Schallehn• May Patents and the patenting process - Sarah Hankel
• November Annual Meeting
• Saturday Connection 2007 – February, March
• Norwalk Middle School Project – Doug Richardson
Assist local school 8th grade science class• Get more women members involved
Future Potential Meetings
RF Cars and HelicoptersComputer Security - Dr. Doug Jacobson and or Andrew NellerPapajohn Center on Starting a BusinessPower Quality Presentation (Harmonics /Impulse)Power Quality Presentation (grounding) Software Engineering (Rosenberg at Iowa State?)Civic Center backstage operationsHilton Coliseum TourEvents Center TourIPTV & Digital TelevisionJoint Meeting Engineers Club of Des MoinesZooks (Harley Davison)Junior Achievement on Grand