IEEE Central Indiana Section

1. Ed Cohee and Dan Allison:  attended the meeting. Yuxin Chen also joined the meeting for the first time. We appreciate the continuing member involvement.
2. Treasurer's Report:  section's account balance of $54,081.42 as of the meeting. $700.00 so far from Indians game ticket sales.
3. Secretary's Report:  minutes for last month were distributed to Ex Comm members earlier, were approved and will be held till Friday for comments and then send to Bob for posting on web.
4. Chair's Report:  Indian's baseball game activities in full swing. 86 people have signed up and almost all the tickets have been mailed out. Power and Industrial Applications Society will be joint sponsor of an event TBD. Clarion People Mover tour rescheduled on September 9th. E-mail sent to the signal processing society at Purdue, West Lafayette requesting schedule of events and ongoing dialog. Society encouraged to submit expenses to CIS and gather information for L31 reports on meeting activities.
5. Vice-Chair's Report:  no firm information on any October activity at this time.
6. Committee reports: 

   • The Engineer's Week 2004 committee:  Meeting on Thursday the 21st in ET 209 at 6PM. Looking into potential for advertising with Emmis Communications, public service announcements, bill boards, and print media. IUPUI may be able to support Engineer's Week activities.
   • November Banquet and Awards committees:  have been established. Ross is the head of the banquet committee and date set for Thursday Nov 20. Considering having a speaker at the banquet (IEEE related topic) and have had some interest from contacted individuals (responses due by 15 Sept). Considering a $15 fee for the awards banquet but the topic is still under discussion. Discussing possible locations for banquet: Ritz Charles, University Conference Center at IUPUI are leading contenders. The awards will be presented for "Engineer of the Year" and "Member of the Year" with details in a flyer linked to the CIS website and also released for public distribution. We will also be recognizing any members who reach the "Senior Member" level during the year. Yet to determine how we will do this, IEEE already provides a plaque when someone reaches this membership level.

7. Computer Society:  tentatively meet at One Call in Carmel on second Thursday in Sept, 6 PM. Tour facility for 40 minutes and hold meeting (possibility of combining with CIS Ex Comm). No further details at this time.
8. Reporter Report:  Target next issue for mid Sept, electronic format and again in Oct/Nov timeframe, electronic format. Post articles on CIS website and combine into an issue in Sept and again in Oct/Nov time frame. Previous advertisement rate structure has been found and will serve as basis for present/future rates (provide to Shelley).
9. Senior Members:  suggested by Harry Bostic (senior member) that we consider having a group of senior members who can interview potential senior members at a certain time and location and subsequently act as references for their applications.
10. Student Chapters Report:  Chapters at IUPUI, Purdue, Rose Hulman, and ITT Tech. Jason Sherey is student activities chair and liason with Rose Hulman student branch. Jose Ramos and Ken Reid serve as liason with IUPUI student branch. Purdue and ITT Tech liasons remain open. E-mail sent to Mark Smith at Purdue's E&CE school to request his support for better coordination between CIS and university activities (Signal Processing Society and student chapter). This may help establish a liason for the West Lafayette student branch.
11. EIT 2003 Conference Report:  no formal financial report, ~$3K profit so far, which goes back to Region 4. Formal presentation scheduled for Region 4 executive committee meeting.
12. Website Development:  Plan to freshen up page, Reporter on line, create a member area, awards page & link already available, update left side choices and right side of home page and have a new look by banquet time.
13. EMPHASIZE THAT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS:  ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE AND TENATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6 PM IN ET 209 ON IUPUI CAMPUS.
14. Old Business:  Problem receiving CIS mass mailings was identified and not attributed to spam filtering. CIS sponsored Scholarship announcements ready to be sent out.
15. New Business:  Election of new officers, Ken Reid is head of nomination committee. Some Ex Comm members have expressed interest in running for same office next year contingent on results from nominating committee. DASC conference at Indianapolis in October, IEEE supported event (http://www.dasconline.org).
16. Next Meeting:  Scheduled for Thursday Sept 25, IUPUI ET 209 at 6PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Thomas N. Bishop
CIS-IEEE Secretary 2003