Consultants Network

IEEE Central Texas Section

Fall Planning MeetingAugust 27, 2011 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section

Chapter Leadership Team

Kai Wong - Chairman/Program Sergio Liberman– Vice Chair/Treasury,

Web Master Bob Baker – Secretary Jody Everett – Membership Web site:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/index.htm Effective April 10, 2011.

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Chapter Updates

Held meeting on the fourth Wed. of the month & regular officer meeting.

Conducted Consultants Workshop in June and made a small profit.

Recruited good speakers on various topics for eleven months till Nov.

Attendees averaged 26 in 8 Month.

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2011 Chapter MeetingsDate Tech./AdminTopic Speaker L31

26-JanProf. Dev. Slideware Simplified for Technologists Prabhakar Gopalan yes

23-FebTech The Future of Internet Jon Lebkowsky yes

23-MarTech DSP - The Technology Behind Multimedia Sergio Liberman yes

21-AprTechTechnical Update on the Pecan Street Project Bert Harskel yes

25-MayTech Wind Energy in Texas Mark Kapner yes

15-JunProf. Dev. Workshop -Key Consulting Support ToolsVanston, Koym, Badgley, Davis yes

27-JulTech Product Teardown Analysis Stroud & Widenofer

24-AugProf. Dev. Protecting IP on a Bootstrap Budget Bob Villard

28-SepTech New Memory Technology Dr. Betty Prince

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SWOT Analysis

Strengths – Diversified members, Good team work; able to network and recruit speakers; attracted new attendees when we have the right topics.

Weaknesses – Not enough repeated attendees to grow the group size.

Opportunities – Partner with other group to do joint event and new program.

Threats – Need more younger members for future leadership team.

IEEE Central Texas Section

Chapter Plans / Issues

Recruit new officers for 2012. Focus on program mix on professional

development, training and technical topics. Promote with social networks, recruit younger

member, network & job referral. Partner to host workshop in 2012. Used Poke-Jo’s Parmer for few months. May

look for new meeting location.

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QUESTIONS???

Thanks