IEEE Memphis Section Summary Report October 2007

Section Officers - Chairperson Susan Ronning, Vice Chair Puesh Kumar, Secretary Kristin
Hensley, Treasurer Mason Favazza, Sr. Past Chair Allan H. Long,
 
Society Officers - Power Engineering/Industry Applications Chair Steve Brown and Vice Chair
Allan H. Long, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chair Zuyao Shan, PhD and Vice Chair Amy de
Jongh Curry, Computer Society Chair Alan Proffit and Vice Chair Hongjun Song, PhD

Appointed Positions - Intersociety Relations Renee Stoll, Newsletter Editor Puesh Kumar,
Membership Development Chris McCormick, Student Activities John Ventura, Webmaster Christopher
Chiavario

The Section hosted monthly ExCom meetings and monthly joint section/society meetings. We have
published a monthly e-newsletter with upcoming events, with an email link to all members on a
monthly basis. All newsletters are posted and archived on the https://ieeememphis.org
<https://ieeememphis.org/> website.

The Tennessee Educational Committee was created in 2007; the Memphis Section is stated as the
parent section. A GOLD affinity group was created in 2007, a kick off networking dinner was
well attended by the IEEE Officer staff and minorly attended by potential new members.

The Memphis Section participated in the annual student science fair and gave Border's Book
Certificate awards to 4 top participants within both the High School and Junior High School
levels. The Section held it's first summer picinic and Shelby Farms in August.

Section meetings were held at local universities including Arkansas State University (ASU),
University of Memphis (UofM), and Christian Brother's University (CBU) to introduce the
Section to the students. Initial discussions and meetings were held with UofM and CBU
regarding group hosting of an S-PAC.

As many Sections in the Region, we continue to be challenged with low active membership,
although we have had increased internet traffic due to the monthly newsletters.

Submitted by
Susan Ronning, P.E. 
Chair, IEEE Memphis Section
susan @ ieee.org
901-292-5968(c), 901-730-0919(w)