IEEE Membership Its Mission

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IEEE Membership Its
Mission Its Benefits The OrganizationIEEE
Section Management Orientation

• Parviz Famouri
• Professor
• West Virginia University
• West Virginia Section Meeting
• Charleston, WV
• July 15, 2009

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IEEE VISION.

• To advance global prosperity by fostering
  technological innovation, enabling members'
  careers and promoting community worldwide
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IEEE Mission.

• Foster Technological Innovation And Excellence
  For The Benefit Of Humanity 

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Todays Discussion

• Benefits of IEEE Membership
• Special Interest Memberships
• IEEEthe Organization
• IEEE Section Management Orientation

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Benefits of IEEE Membership
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Why we joinwhy we stay

• Knowledge ...
• staying current with the fast changing world of
  technology
• Community
• local and global activities, unparalleled
  networking opportunities, members-only discounts,
  electing IEEE leadership
• Profession
• empowering members to build and own their
  careers, mentoring, making the world a better
  place

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Staying Technically Current

• IEEE Spectrum Magazine
• Monthly, the award-winning IEEE Spectrum magazine
  explores the creation, application and
  implications of new technologies
• IEEE.tv
• IEEEs Internet television, exclusive Member
  programming and file downloading privileges
• The Institute Newsletter
• Monthly (4 print, 8 online) newsworthy IEEE
  activities both in professional and technical
  areas
• IEEE Potentials Magazine
• 6 issues (online), the magazine for technology's
  rising, student innovators
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library
• Table-of-contents and abstracts (1.9 million
  documents)
• Additional Benefits (add-ons)
• IEEE Member Digital Library, Proceedings of the
  IEEE

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Professional Networking

• Sections, Student Branches, and Technical
  Chapters
• Local, face-to-face technical and social meetings
• Engage peers through informative technical
  meetings
• Recognition of accomplishments
• IEEE MemberNet
• Authoritative member directory of IEEE
• Networks personalized to each member
• Opt-in privacy protection
• IEEE e-Mail Alias
• Identifies you as the IEEE family
• Virus protection and spam filtering
• IEEE Mentoring Connection
• Peer-to-peer advice and counsel
• Participate as either mentor or mentee
• Volunteering

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Member Discounts / Reduced Rates

• Membership paying for itself
• As much as 50 off IEEE products
• Registration discounts on 350 conferences
  annually
• Additional Benefits (add-ons) the power of
  volume purchasing
• Financial Services
• Insurance Services
• Home Office Services
• Travel Services

Benefits vary by country
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Career Development Recognition

• IEEE Job Site, Career Alert
• Locate career opportunities easily and
  confidentially
• Weekly email newsletter containing career advice
• Continuing Education Partners Program
• Up to a 10 discount on online degree programs
• Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Life
  Membership
• Membership communities with special interests and
  needs
• Awards Scholarships
• Recognizes the accomplishments of IEEE members
• Enhance your resume with an IEEE scholarship
• Additional Benefits (add-ons)
• IEEE Expert Now Online video conference
  tutorials, short courses workshops

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Volunteering Giving Back to Society

• Volunteering
• Developing critical, non-technical skills that
  enable you to be more effective professionally
• Commitment to the Next Generation
• Enabling low-cost student membership
• Introduction of engineering and technology to
  young people worldwide
• IEEE Global History Network
• Sponsor of the IEEE Virtual Museum
• Preservation, research, and dissemination of
  information about the history of electrical
  science and technology
• Technological and organizational history of IEEE,
  its members, and their professions, in order to
  increase awareness
• Role of engineering and technology in the
  improvement of the quality of life for people
  throughout the world
• Mentoring
• Numerous venues for serving as a trusted advisor
• Participation in IEEE Mentoring Connection

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Bringing it all together myIEEE

• One-stop and personalized access to membership
  benefits
• Connect with your local IEEE Section
• Desktop navigation w/personalized benefit access
• Society memberships and conference updates
• Latest news from IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Standards,
  and The institute
• IEEE.tv internet television
• MemberNet online membership directory
• Direct and seamless access into membership
  account
• Real-time job listings from the IEEE Job Site

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Special Interest Memberships
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Society Membership

• IEEE Society membership enhances the benefits of
  IEEE membership
• 38 Societies representing a full spectrum of
  technical interests
• Local technical chapters
• Subscriptions and online content
• Local technical chapters
• Networking w/innovators, experts, and
  practitioners
• Members-only rates on additional publications
• Volunteering opportunities
• Technical committees
• Journal editors
• Conference organizers

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Society Membership

• Instrumentation Measurement
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Lasers Electro-Optics
• Magnetics
• Microwave Theory Techniques
• Nuclear Plasma Sciences
• Oceanic Engineering
• Power Electronics
• Power Engineering
• Product Safety Engineering
• Professional Communication
• Reliability
• Robotics Automation
• Signal Processing
• Society on Social Implications of Technology
• Solid-State Circuits
• Systems, Man, Cybernetics
• Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, Frequency Control
• Vehicular Technology

• Aerospace Electronic Systems
• Antennas Propagation
• Broadcast Technology
• Circuits Systems
• Communications
• Components, Packaging, Manufacturing Technology
• Computer
• Computational Intelligence (formerly Neural
  Networks)
• Consumer Electronics
• Control Systems
• Dielectrics Electrical Insulation
• Education
• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Electron Devices
• Engineering in Medicine Biology
• Geoscience Remote Sensing
• Industrial Electronics
• Industry Applications
• Information Theory

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IEEE Standards Association

• A standards program that serves the global needs
  of industry, government, and the public
• Individual Membership
• Unlimited balloting
• IEEE-SA news
• IEEE-SA Member Central
• Member discounts
• Voting Rights, IEEE-SA governance
• Corporate Membership
• Corporate Forum
• Corporate Advisory Group
• Online Community
• Complimentary Individual memberships
• Voting Rights, IEEE-SA governance

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IEEE Women in Engineering

• Facilitating the development of programs and
  activities that promote the entry into and
  retention of women in engineering programs
• 90 local groups worldwide

• RECOGNIZES women's outstanding achievements in
  electrical and electronics engineering through
  IEEE Awards nominations.
• ORGANIZES receptions at major technical
  conferences to enhance networking and to promote
  membership in WIE.
• ADVOCATES women in leadership roles in IEEE
  governance and career advancement for women in
  the profession.
• PROVIDES assistance with the formation of new WIE
  Affinity Groups and supports ongoing activities.
• PROMOTES IEEE Member Grade advancement for women
  to the grades of Senior Member and Fellow.
• FACILITATES the development of programs and
  activities that promote the entry into and
  retention of women in engineering programs.

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IEEE the Organization
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Membership

• From every work sector
• 50 work for private industry
• 20 in academia
• 10 in government
• 20 other (retired, self-employed, unemployed,
  other)

• About 384,000 members in over 150 countries
• over 40 percent are from outside the United
  States
• 85,000 student members
• 27,000 society affiliates
• 300 sections, ,400 technical chapters
• 1,300 student branches in 80 countries
• 300 student branch chapters
• 38 societies and 6 technical councils

384,400 !
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Membership by Region
R7 16,259
R10 73,662
R1 to 6 209,857
R1 37,050 R2 32,137 R3 30,557 R4
23,204 R5 28,765 R6 58,144
R8 67,221
R9 15,401
Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10
are now the two largest IEEE Regions
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IEEE Publishing Conferences

• Providing researchers and practitioners worldwide
  with the most essential information in technology
  today
• IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL)
• 30 of worlds current literature in electrical
  engineering and computer science
• More than 1.8 Million documents available
• IEEE Xplore
• Provides full-text access to
• IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and
  magazines from 1988 with select content back to
  1913
• IEEE conference proceedings from 1988 with select
  content back to 1953
• IEEE standards from 1948 IEEE books from 1974
• IET journals, letters, and magazines from 1988
  IET conference proceedings from 1988

• Over 350,000 Participants at more than 400
  meetings conferences worldwide
• Region Conferences
• International Conferences
• Symposiums
• Workshops
• Tutorials

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IEEE Educational Activities

• Ensuring the growth of skill and knowledge among
  the technical profession
• IEEE Expert Now
• Selects the best IEEE educational courses and
  tutorials from conferences and workshops around
  the world
• Delivered in a series of engaging and highly
  interactive, one-hour online learning courses
• Developed by recognized experts in a wide range
  of engineering and research technologies
• IEEE Education Partners Program
• Offers an exclusive 10 discount to IEEE members,
  for the following offerings
• On-line degree programs
• Continuing Education
• Certifications

• IEEE Standards Education
• Helps electrical and computer engineering
  undergraduate programs incorporate standards in
  their learning processes
• Provides learning tools to use in learning about
  standards and their impact on design and
  development
• TryEngineering.org
• Partnership between IEEE and IBM
• Intended for pre-university students, parents,
  teachers, school counselors, and the general
  public
• Visitors can explore how to prepare for an
  engineering career, ask experts
  engineering-related questions, and play
  interactive games

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Making the World a Better Place

• Advancing global prosperity by fostering
  technological innovation, enabling members'
  careers and promoting community worldwide
• GEOSS
• Linking millions of established national,
  regional and international sources and datasets
  into a single network capable of tracking
  environmental changes in oceans, earth,
  atmosphere and ecosystems around the world
• Benefits to society include disaster reduction,
  health, energy, climate, weather, water and
  agriculture, among others.
• IEEE is supporting the development of the GEOSS
  plan through its Committee on Earth Observation

• Networking Nigeria
• Construction of new computer center, University
  of Ibadan
• Donations from the IEEE, the IEEE Foundation, and
  the Hewlett-Packard Foundation
• Windpower Symposium
• Sponsored by IEEE-USA, 4 IEEE Societies (IAS,
  PES, PELS, SSIT) and AWEA, UWIG, NERC
• 170 attendees and invited speakers from
  government, industry and academia

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In Summary
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IEEE Membership Its benefits, its mission, the
organization

• Benefits of IEEE Membership
• Keeps you technically current
• Grows your professional network locally and
  internationally
• Access to in-person technical forums
• Members-only discountsIEEE products,
  conferences, and insurance coverage
• Provides tools for career development and
  advancement
• Developing critical, non-technical skills to be
  more effective
• Opportunities to volunteer, and give back to
  society
• Special Interest Memberships
• Expands the scope and depth of your technical
  knowledge
• Extends your professional network
• Influence the direction and application of
  technology through standards development
• Promotes the entry into and retention of women in
  engineering programs

• IEEEthe Organization
• The worlds largest technical professional
  association, 375,000 members
• Local activities in a global network
• World-renowned standards body
• Sponsors 400 conferences annually
• Publisher of 1/3 of the worlds literature on
  electro-technology
• Making the world a better place
• 125 years of engineering the future

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IEEE Section Management Orientation
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Topics

• Overview of IEEE
• Geographic Structure
• Section Governance
• Officer Roles
• Section Operations
• Required Reporting
• Elections

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The Envisioned Future. . .

• Be essential to the global technical community
  and to technical professionals everywhere, and be
  universally recognized for the contributions of
  technology and of technical professionals in
  improving global conditions.   

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IEEE -- Fostering Technological Innovation And
Excellence. . . Core Values

• Service to humanity
• Global focus
• Trust and respect
• Growth and nurturing of the profession
• Collaboration and community building
• Professionalism
• Intellectual activity
• Peer-reviewed

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IEEE -- Fostering Technological Innovation And
Excellence. . . Core Values

• Service to humanity leveraging technology and
  engineering to benefit human welfare promoting
  public awareness and understanding of the
  engineering profession.
• Global focus supporting and embracing the global
  nature of and need for technical work and
  engineering solutions.
• Trust and respect promoting a culture where
  contributions at all levels are valued
  encouraging member driven, volunteer-led,
  knowledge-based projects building effective
  volunteer/staff partnerships.

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IEEE -- Fostering Technological Innovation And
Excellence. . . Core Values

• Growth and nurturing of the profession
  encouraging education as a fundamental activity
  of engineers, scientists, and technologists at
  all levels and at all times ensuring a pipeline
  of students to preserve the profession.
• Collaboration and community building cultivating
  active, vibrant, and honest exchange among
  cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary global
  communities of technical professionals.

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IEEE -- Fostering Technological Innovation And
Excellence. . . Core Values

• Professionalism creating a world in which
  engineers and scientists are respected for their
  exemplary ethical behavior and volunteerism.
• Intellectual activity forward-thinking
  nurturing new and existing science and
  technology.
• Peer-reviewed using unbiased information to
  enhance the quality of life for all people.

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Fostering Technological Innovation And Excellence
Then and Now

• AIEE (1884) American Institute of Electrical
  Engineers
• Founded by American industrialists to develop a
  skilled workforce prepare standards for U.S.
  electrical industries
• IRE (1912) Institute of Radio Engineers
• Founded by radio electronics pioneers
• Did not feel fully at home in electric
  power-oriented AIEE
• Differed from the AIEE - positioned at inception
  to be global
• IEEE (1963) Institute of Electrical and
  Electronics Engineers from AIEE IRE

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Fostering Technological Innovation And Excellence
Then and Now

• IEEE -- Worlds largest professional society
  dedicated to the advancement of technology
• Over 375,000 members
• Membership includes nearly 80,000 students
• Live work in over 160 countries
• Annually sponsors more than 850 conferences
  worldwide
• Publishes over 30 of the worlds literature in
  electrical and electronics engineering and
  computing
• Offers over 900 active industry standards

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IEEE Organization

• Grouped into geographic areas reflecting where we
  live and work
• 10 Geographic Regions
• 325 Sections within Regions
• Over 1,700 Student Branches
• and technical areas based on our fields and
  interests.
• 38 Societies and 6 Technical Councils
• Over 1,700 Chapters

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IEEE Organization
MEMBERS
Board of Directors
Assembly
PSPB
IEEE-USA
Standards Assoc.
Educational Act.
MGA
Technical Act.
Executive Director Staff
Regions Sections
Societies Tech. Councils
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Geographic Structure
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Geographic Unit Relationships

• Regions oversee Sections
• Sections oversee Subsections, Chapters, Student
  Branches and Affinity Groups
• Councils are comprised of Sections, and exist at
  the pleasure of the member Sections
• Some Councils (but not all) have Chapters and
  Affinity Groups, and therefore oversee them

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Geographic Unit Relationships

• Affinity Group Parents also oversee Affinity
  Groups
• Women In Engineering (WIE)
• Consultants Networks
• Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD)
• Life Members
• Student Branches oversee Student Branch Chapters
  and Affinity Groups
• Societies also oversee Chapters and Student
  Branch Chapters

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Geographic Technical Unit Relationship
Geographic Unit Structure
Technical Activities Board
Parents - WIE, Consultants, GOLD, LMC
IEEE Societies
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Section Governance
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Why do we have Sections?

• Serve as the local IEEE presence for IEEE
  members.
• Ideal vehicles for informative local technical
  professional meetings and for networking.
• Meetings are one of the most visible valuable
  ways in which Sections, Chapters, and Affinity
  Groups serve their members.
• Successful meetings help to achieve the goals of
  education professional advancement that are
  basic to all IEEE Units.
• Provides a uniform way to manage IEEE business
  maintain a healthy environment for membership
  retention and growth.

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Section Mission

• Inspire, Enable, Empower and Engage Members of
  IEEE at the local level.
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• For the purpose of
• Fulfilling the mission of IEEE
• Enhancing the members growth and development
  throughout their life cycle
• Providing a professional home

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Section Goals

• Increase member engagement
• Improve relationships with and among members
• Increase operational efficient and effectiveness,
  within the section and its interfaces
• Enhance collaboration serve as the local face
  of IEEE to community
• Increase membership
• Ensure the collection of appropriate information
  necessary to all the IEEE to become a data driven
  organization

Section can also have specific project goals
which meet their local needs.
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Role of the Section Executive Committee

• Oversee the management of the Section, and in so
  doing, serve the best interests of the IEEE, its
  members and the public
• Ensure that the Section (including Section
  Technical Chapters and Section Affinity Groups)
  are conducting activities on a regular basis and
  this information is being report to IEEE MGA

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Officer Roles
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Section Chair

• Chief Operating Officer of the Section
• Responsible for ensuring that the Section
  (including Section Technical Chapters and Section
  Affinity Groups) are fulfilling the Section
  Mission and Goals.
• Serves as a Chair of the IEEE Section Executive
  Committee
• Preside at meetings of the Section Executive
  Committee
• Represent the Section at IEEE gatherings
• Represent the Section at Regional Committee
  Meetings and vote on issues on the basis of the
  best interest of IEEE

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Section Vice Chair

• An integral position within the Section.
• Involved in a variety of functions within the
  Section and, in many cases, will be elected to
  serve as the Section Chair.
• If the Section Chair is unable to perform their
  duties, the Vice Chair will be responsible for
  ensuring that the tasks are completed.
• Serves as a Member of the IEEE Section Executive
  Committee
• In the absence of the Section Chair, preside at
  meetings of the Section and the Section Executive
  Committee

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Section Secretary

• Acts as the gateway between the Section members
  and the IEEE.
• Accountability and ownership of the records and
  correspondence of the Section including meeting
  records, reporting officer changes and submitting
  reports of committee activities.
• The steward of the Sections history and future,
  bringing critical data to enable decision making
  by the Executive Committee and deliver real value
  to members that keeps the Section engaged,
  relevant and sustainable in the long term.
• Member of the Section Executive Committee

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Section Treasurer

• Chief financial officer for the Section
• Responsible for ensuring that the Section
  (including Section Technical Chapters and Section
  Affinity Groups) is in compliance with IEEE
  Financial Policies and local regulations.
• Serve as Member of Section Executive Committee
• Section Finance Committee Chair (if applicable)

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Additional Positions within the Section (Optional)

• Awards Recognition Chair
• Educational Activities Chair
• Electronic Communications Chair
• Membership Development Chair
• Professional/Career Activities Chair
• Student Activities Chair
• Technical Chapter Chair
• Affinity Group Chair

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Section Operations
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Section Operations

• All Sections are required to operate according to
  the MGA Operations Manual
• http//www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/mga-op
  sman.html
• Sections are allowed to have an addendum or
  separate governance document

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Section Operations, part 2

• Documents containing exceptions to MGA Operations
  Manual
• Request Region Director to present request for
  exception to MGA
• Additions or changes not in conflict with MGA
  Operations Manual
• Region Director to approve

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Section Operations Manual

• Provide logistical information for management of
  Section
• Vendors or venues used
• Handling of reimbursements
• Officer transition
• Newsletter web page management
• And more . . .
• MGA Staff have examples available

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Required Reporting
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Required Reporting

• To receive funding from MGA, units must submit
• Financial Report (L-50)
• Officer Report
• Meeting Reports (all units)
• Section, Subsection, Technical Chapters
  Affinity Groups
• All financial activity officers should be
  reported through the Section, including that of
  subunits
• 10 bonus if all reporting submitted no later
  than end of third week in February
• Unless these reports are received by 31 March
  (Pending Region Director approval) of the current
  year, the Section may not receive the current
  annual rebate payment.

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Officer Confirmation Reports

• Report officers annually, even if no changes
• Officers
• IEEE member in good standing
• Eligible Membership grades Graduate Student
  Member, Member, Senior Member, Fellow
• Not eligible -- Associate Members, Student
  Members, Affiliates
• Must reside in the geographic area
• Chapter Officers - Must be a member of the IEEE
  the Chapter's Society (Joint Chapters--membership
  in only 1 of the Chapters Societies required)
• Report online at www.ieee.org/officer_report

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Meeting Reports

• Submit electronically (www.ieee.org/L31)
• Can be submitted at any time but the unit will
  not receive credit for meetings reported after
  their rebate has been distributed
• Report all Meetings
• Categories
• Technical (Educational Topics, Tutorials)
• Non-Technical (Professional/Career, Social)
• Administrative (ExCom Meetings)

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Chapter/Affinity Group Meetings

• Meetings held by a Chapter or Affinity Group, or
  Joint Chapter or Affinity Group, of a Section may
  be counted by the Section
• Each unit submit a report both get credit for
  the meeting
• Joint Chapter meetings (where the Chapter is
  joint with two or more Sections) will be credited
  to the administrative (parent) Section

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Meeting Requirements

• Sections Subsections
• Host 5 meetings (technical, educational,
  professional, or administrative) (Bonus for 10)
• Subsections
• Host 5 meetings (technical, educational,
  professional, or administrative) (Bonus for 10)
• Chapter
• Host 2 technical or professional meetings (Bonus
  for 6)
• Affinity Groups
• Host 2 professional or technical meetings (Bonus
  for 6)
• See Rebate Schedule for details/conditions

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Elections
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Nominating Committee

• Appointed by Section Chair with agreement of the
  section Executive Committee (ExCom)
• Most recent past Section Chair is usually
  appointed to serve as Chair
• 3-4 members is ideal
• No officers
• No potential candidates

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Tellers Committee

• 3-4 Members
• No officers
• No candidates
• Maintain confidentiality
• Appointed by Section Chair with ExCom approval

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Call for Nominations

• Send 6 months prior to election
• Include reference to all elected offices
• Explain requirements
• IEEE member in good standing
• Member, Senior Member or Fellow grade
• Provide job description
• Communicate slate of candidates to voting members
  of Section 6 weeks prior to election

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Determining a Slate of Candidates

• Identify potential candidates
• Nominations received
• Chapter officers
• Affinity Group officers
• Newly elevated Students
• Members recently relocated to the Section
• Confirm candidate is willing to serve if elected
• Two candidates per office, if possible

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Petition Candidates

• Announcement of slate must also include call for
  petition candidates
• Petition must be signed by 1 of the Sections
  voting membership (but no more than 25 signatures
  shall be required)
• Petitions verified by Nominating Committee

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Before the Elections

• Candidate position statements
• All must be permitted to submit
• Publish on Section web page
• No Section expenditures permitted in support of
  any candidate

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Election

• Ballot
• Includes final slate of candidates
• Must be made available to all members
• Web-based balloting acceptable, but
• Need to verify that only eligible members are
  voting
• Ballot return deadline

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And the Winner is . . .

• Tellers Committee Chair reports results to the
  Section ExCom
• Announce the results in the Section newsletter
• Provide officer list to IEEE via the form at
  www.ieee.org/officer_report (As soon as possible)
• Schedule a transition meeting between newly
  elected and incumbent officers
• Prepare to honor the outgoing officers

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Thank you! Questions ?

• Contact me at p.famouri_at_ieee.org
• IEEE Member Geographic Activities Department
  via email sec-chap-support_at_ieee.org