TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

IEEE TMC BOD meeting, 8/27/09

Attendees: Richard S (acting chair), Carl, Rich H, Ilya, Michael Condry, Larry

Budget:

Next Chapter Meeting 10/1/2009

• Networking Topic: self introductions, review of upcoming meeting plans, volunteer awards
• The Knowledge Transfer Bottleneck, Steve Bockman
• Assignments: tbd at next board meeting

Speaker pipeline:

• Date          Status       Name                  Topic                                                                             Recruiter    Coments
• 10/1/09     ready        Steve Bockman, "The Knowledge Transfer Bottleneck"                            Chris   Need to publish
• 11/5/09     booked     Marilyn, Stanton, "DiSC for Managers" (behavior models)                        Chris
• 12/3/09     booked     Ainsley Nies,      "Retrospectives: A tool for Continuous Improvement"    Chris
• 1/7/10       potential   Oliver Guildesleeve  Practial MS Project                                                     Carl

New Website update:  Ilya

• Agreed to move to new website ASAP and use it for Oct meeting signup
• BOD members need to try out site  (at least 30 minutes of testing) and leave feedback for webmaster 
• Ilya: make meeting sign-up link (or button) large & obvious
• NEW PROCESS: BOD members will directly publish meeting notices, speaker, topic, abstract, bio on website.

ITMC Update – Rich & Michael

• Richard Stallkamp volunteered for steeerring committee
• Michael is looking for technical chair & keynote speaker from local universities
• Richard will send Michael an introduction to Julia - she has contacts at University of Santa Clara
• Budget is ready for Board of Governors review/approval
  • Estimated potential profit of $60K - shared among investing organizations (chapter, section, HQ)
  • If we have exhibits, we could generate additional revenue - Michael will be looking for an Exhibits Chair

Old Business & Action Item updates

New Business:

 TMC annual report for section due at 9/2/09  Section meeting (6:00 PM at Cogswell College). Larry will present report.

 Volunteer recognition & gifts - Larry will prepare for Oct meeting

Next BOD meeting – 9/24/09, 7:30 AM, Denny's, Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale

Action Items:

1.  Larry - Volunter awards for Oct 1 meeting
2. Michael - list of societies supporting TMC (for TMC annual chaper report).
3. ALL - new web site testing for 1/2 hour, leave feedbacl for webmaster.
4. Michael - provide chapter investment estimate for ITMC
5. Richard - send Michael an intro to Julia Sulithio (contacts at Santa Clara U.)
6. Michael - send Larry 1 or 2 slide overview of ITMC plans for chapter annual report to the Section. Due to Larry by 8/31.