Student Branch Liaisons Ron Seaman Liaison Coordinator IEEE

Student Branch Liaisons Ron Seaman, Liaison Coordinator IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting February 6 th, 2010 San Marcos, TX

CTS Student Branches Branch Faculty Adviser CTS Liaison St. Mary’s University San Antonio Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene Ernest Franke dibaroudene@stmarytx. edu efranke@swri. org Texas State University San Marcos Dr. Larry Larson Ron Seaman (interim) Larry. Larson@txstate. edu rseaman 3353@att. net Trinity University San Antonio Dr. Farzan Aminian Ron Seaman faminian@trinity. edu rseaman 3353@att. net University of Texas Austin Dr. Sriram Vishwanath sriram@ece. utexas. edu Nick Chotiros chotiros@arlut. utexas. edu Akif Sultan akif. sultan@amd. com University of Texas San Antonio Ron Seaman, 3 Dr. Yufang Jin Scott Weidner Yufang. Jin@utsa. edu scott. weidner@swri. org IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch-Section Interactions l St. Mary’s University (Ernest) l l l Trinity University (Ron) l l Attended branch meetings and met with officers Delivered funding check UTSA (Scott) l l l Met with branch officers and adviser Delivered funding checks UT Austin (Nick) l l Met with branch officers and adviser; presented Delivered funding checks and attended meetings Attended branch meetings; presented Delivered funding checks Texas State University l l Ron Seaman, 4 Provided starter funding Section meeting site arranged IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch Funding - Present l Currently – 2 phases, 2+ proposals l l l Phase I (maximum of $1, 000 per branch) Phase II ($4, 000 total) Proposals due August 15 & 22; September 30 Awards at September 30; November 30 Content of each proposal content l l l Ron Seaman, 5 Past accomplishments Plans for the future Use of CTS support IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch Funding - Future l Proposed – 2 phases, but 1+ proposal l l l Phase I (same maximum of $1, 000 per branch) Phase II (now $5, 000 total) Proposal due – written, August 15; oral, about August 30 Decision by September 30 Single award or two phased awards Proposal content unchanged (but a single proposal) Advantages l l l Ron Seaman, 6 Consolidated annual planning by branch Reduces effort by students and proposal reviewers Fewer deadlines Earlier total award Fewer checks to write (if a single award is made) IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch Liaison Plans l l Increase interactions of Central Texas Section with branches Encourage reporting of branch activities l l l During the year At CTS spring planning meeting ($ incentive) Develop plans for Student Professional Awareness Conferences (SPACs) l l Ron Seaman, 7 Region 5 support Perhaps an SPAC for multiple branches IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch Liaison Issues and Challenges – “How-To’s” l l Best support the branches Stay informed of branch accomplishments and needs Enhance section-branch communication Support branch attendance at Region 5 Conference Ron Seaman, 8 IEEE Central Texas Section

Thanks to CTS for the support of student branches QUESTIONS? ? ? Ron Seaman, 9 IEEE Central Texas Section

Student Branch Budgets CTS Student Branch Budget 2009 2010 Phase I, $1, 000/branch $ 4, 000 $ 5, 000 Phase II, total $ 4, 000 $ 5, 000 Progress report, $60/branch Region 5 conference support Ron Seaman, 10 $ $ 2, 500 300 $ 2, 000 SPAC $ 500 Region 5 SPAC reimbursement $ (500) IEEE Central Texas Section