IIE Chapter 92 – Greater Kansas City
2004-2005 Strategic Pla
Mission Statement
Membership will be recognized as a valuable asset for local Industrial Engineers. Service to our
members and customers will exceed their expectations and requirements
Vision Statement
To promote the Industrial Engineering profession and to provide services to our members,
educational community, and businesses.
2004-2005 Chapter Objectives
1. Provide improved services to our members
 Continue student financial support and mentoring – 2, $500 scholarships given, one to
Kansas State University and one to the University of Missouri, IE departments
 Sponsor the Region 5 Student Paper Conference to be held at Kansas State University.
Donation of $500 to be used and divided into cash rewards for winning papers.
 Networking opportunities – informal social events before or after chapter meetings;
potentially funded by “Vendor Sponsored Happy Hours”.
 Career services – post job bank information in newsletter, as requested
 Communication of chapter activities – 9 newsletters per year, email reminders
 Career enhancing meetings/tours/conferences – mix of interesting topics and programs,
located throughout our membership area, joint meetings with other engineering and
engineering related societies
 Community service opportunities – approx. $800 left from the KC150 $5000 grant for
Union Hill Cemetery
 Officer involvement – President-Elect paid registration to 2005 IIE National Conference
 Participate in National Engineers Week
 Continue membership with Joint Engineering Council of Kansas City
2. Increase meeting attendance
 Goal of 50% member participation in at least one program year event.
 Provide interesting, career enhancing meetings covering varied topics, meeting formats,
and locations
 Welcome package for new members – personally call and welcome them, invite to next
meeting, email previous newsletters, profile in next newsletter.
 Send e-mail reminders to as many members as possible, of upcoming meetings (currently
95% of membership receives information from our chapter via email)
 Recognize non-officer who attends most meetings
 Advertise meetings in other society newsletters
3. Increase membership
 Goal of total membership growth of 10%
 Address At-Large membership issues as they arise
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Aggressively recruit graduating seniors from MU and KSU, who will be located in the KC
area after graduation
Continue to call members who have dropped from the roster and determine root cause
Seek out larger companies with IE departments that currently do not have a participating
member
4. Measure our performance
 Have meeting attendees evaluate the meeting on a 10-point scale.
 Keep track of all meeting attendees for awards
5. Maintain financial stability and growth
 Maintain high percentage of membership receiving newsletters via email – currently at
95%.
 Reduce newsletter printing costs by use of email and generating newsletters in house
 Hold one all-day conference with expected profit of $500
 Allow businesses to advertise for job openings in the newsletter for a fee
6. Meet IIE National requirements of senior chapters
 Submit strategic plan to Regional Vice President
 Submit CAR by February 15th, 2005
 Elect new officers in July, 2005
 Submit annual tax filing by June 15, 2005
 Maintain Green status
 Hold 3 annual board meetings
Objectives by Office
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President
 Increase membership
 Maintain financial stability
President-Elect
 Assist in Fall Conference planning
 Increase membership
Secretary
 Meeting surveys
 Member profile (new members) for newsletter
Membership Director
 New member welcome packet – call and welcome, send past newsletters, profile
for newsletter
 Dropped members – call and find out why, continue to send meeting
announcements, e-mail letter with link to HQ for renewal (Distribution Chair and
Corporate Relations Chair)
 Recent Grads – social events, letters, promote at college meetings (President-Elect and
Student Chapter Liaison)
Corporations – get right communication to top executives (Corporate Relations Chair)
 Everyone identify key executive at their company or any others.
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Treasurer
 Increase revenue – advertising, corp. sponsorship, vendor sponsored happy hours,
non members pay for tours/meetings
 Decrease expenses
Newsletter
 Timely – create a calendar w/important newsletter dates
 Exciting trivia for the newsletter
Conference
 Make Money (Goal = $500)
 Increase participation
JEC (Joint Engineering Council)
 Publicize meetings
 SERVE – publish meetings in newsletter and recruit volunteers/encourage
participation from IIE
Corporate Relations
 Increase involvement
 Increase membership
Community Affairs
 Increase attendance
 Coordinate IIE involvement in Engineering Week luncheon
Distribution
 Maintain current membership list
 Coordinate dropped member list and contacting of dropped members
 Increase e-mailing percentage
 Research changing e-mail account to a real account from Hotmail
Student Chapter Liaison
 Recruit graduating seniors for senior chapter membership
 Work with faculty at KSU & MU
 Contact other potential schools – CMSU, for example
 Increase number of mentors for Mentor Day
Webmaster
 Use HQ site to set up
 Upon members’ request, post link to resumes/websites for job seekers
Board of Directors
 Mentoring, especially new officers
 Corporate sponsorship
 Meeting ideas
Long Term Objectives
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Steadily increase membership
Improve program attendance with improved programs and communications
Continue financial stability and a balanced budget
Provide the services desired by our membership
Increase local visibility of the Industrial Engineering profession
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Support the local educational community
Maintain continuity with officers and directors
Calendar of Events
July 2004
September 1, 2004
Sept. 2004 – Aug 2005
December 2004
February 2004
April 2005
July 2005
September 2005
Board meeting to plan for program year
Submit strategic plan to RVP
Program year
Entry due to IIE HQ for newsletter competition
CAR due to IIE HQ
Develop 2005-2006 budget
Elect new officers
Submit new officers slate to HQ
Program Schedule
September 22nd 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
Facility Tour – Garmin
Student Mentor Day – tour of Gear for Sports
Nestle-Purina Tour
Joint Meeting with ASQ – Possible St Luke’s (Baldridge Recipient)
Target DC Tour (Topeka) Possible joint meeting with KSPE
Annual Conference – ThinkReliability (Root Cause Analysis)
TPM Speaker
Kansas City Star newspaper facility tour
Union Hill Cemetery Community Service workday
Officer Slate for 2004-2005 Term
President – Aaron Cross / aaron_d_cross@yahoo.com
President Elect – Keith Johnson / kjohns7@hallmark.com
Treasurer – Jeff Poehls / rjpoehls@farmland.com
Conference Director – Brandy Collins / brandy.l.collins@mail.sprint.com
Conference co-chair – Lori Ashford / loria@robbiemfg.com
Newsletter director – Jennifer Albers / Jennifer.Albers@yellowcorp.com
Corporate relations/publicity – Brian McCarthy / bmccarthy@missourienterprise.com
Distribution chair – Jay Christensen / kjchrist@jcpenny.com
Membership chair – Anita Ranhotra / aranho2@hallmark.com
Membership co-chair – Jessica Johnson / jessica.johnson@purina.com
Community affairs co-chairs– Beth Kelley / bkelle1@hallmark.com
Amy Martens / amy.martens@bcbsks.com
Secretary – Robert Stillwell / rstillwell@burnsmcd.com
Student chapter liaison KSU – Kyle Grabill / kdgrabill@yahoo.com
Student chapter liaison MU - Andrea Prouty / Andrea.Prouty@protiviti.com
Webmaster – Steve Sturis / sturis1@hotmail.com
JEC rep – Gary Hanson / ghanson@kcp.com
Board members – Bill Czeschin, Bill Wrennall, Q Lee
IIE Chapter 92 – Greater Kansas City
2004-2005 Strategic Pla
Financial Projections
IIE KC CHAPTER
92
FISCAL 2004-2005
BUDGET
(4/1/04 - 3/31/05)
BEGINNING
BALANCES:
ESTIMATED
CLOSING
BALANCE:
TAX
CODE
1
2
3
4
5
5
6
$7,668.15
04/01/04
$7,546.15
3/31/2005
INCOME
001 Dues Rebate
002 Investment
Income
003 Contributions
Received
004 Conferences
(Income offset 207)*
005 Monthly Meetings
(Income offset 206)
005a Mentor Day
(Income offset 102)
006 Newsletter
(Advertising)
INCOME GRAND
TOTAL
'03-'04
BUDGET
$1,860.00
$18.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$250.00
$4,628.00
EXPENSES
5
EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT
102 Mentor Day (Exp
offset 005a)
102 Paper
Conference
Sponsorship
104 General
Scholarship Fund
8
5
5
4
MEMBERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT &
RETENTION
203 First Time Guests
204 Honors & Awards
206 Monthly Meetings
(Exp offset 005)
207 Conferences (Exp
offset 004)*
$0.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
$1,500.00
$25.00
$25.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
IIE Chapter 92 – Greater Kansas City
2004-2005 Strategic Pla
208 Monthly Meetings
(Ex only)
10
15
6
12
13
14
13
OPERATING
EXPENSES
301 Stationery &
Supplies
304 Newsletter
Postage
305 Community
Affairs **
311 Engineering
Societies
312 Officers and
Chapter Meetings
403 President to
National Conf./
Registration
313 Miscellaneous
(includes website fee)
EXPENSES GRAND
TOTAL
INCOME EXPENSES
EXCESS/(DEFICIT)
INCOME EXPENSES
(Excluding Union
Hills)
$100.00
$2,150.00
$30.00
$5.00
$200.00
$110.00
$150.00
$550.00
$55.00
$1,100.00
$4,750.00
($122.00)
$78.00
* Conference Income is offset by Conference
Expenses (Estimated Net Profit is $500)
** Approx $800 of checking account
balance remains for the Union Hills
Cemetery Project