The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

IEEE Baltimore Section

IEEE ExCom Section Meeting

11/14/2005

Attendees

X Brian Sequeira – Chair

X Boris Gramatikov – Vice Chair

Roberto Cuellar – Treasurer

X Bill Semancik – Secretary

X Jeff Friedhoffer – Past Chair

X John Dentler – Region 2 Director Elect

Christopher Nemarich – Program Director

X Neville Jacobs – Student Activities

X Jay Gamerman – Student Activities

Tom Patton – Awards

X Carole Carey – Professional Activities 1 / ESB Rep

Hoosamuddin Bandukwalla – Professional Activities 2

Joseph Pollitt – Audits & Bylaws

X Vil Arafiles – R2 Treasurer; Membership Development – Baltimore Section

X Ron Aloysius – Newsletter Editor

Thad Welch – Communication Society

Dave Boyd – Annapolis subsection

Eric Henlon – PES Chair

Dwayne Daley – Vice Chair, PES

David Sherman – EMB

Mark Welsko – Chair, IAS

Leonard Bathgate IAS Treasurer & Publications

Walt Willing – Chair, Reliability

Robert Berkovits – Chair, EMC

Doug Kremer – APS/MTT

Wole Akpose – GOLD

X Domenic Georgantas – Chair, GOLD

Yamaris Soto – WIE

Tom Clark – Chair, LEOS

Bill Dixon – Acting Chair, AES

X Jerry Gibbon - R2 Chair, South Area

Amarjeet Basra - Chair, Northern Virginia Section

Paul Matthews - LEOS Vice Chair

Boniface Nwugwo – Member Computer Society

James Oliver – ED/SSC Chair

Gary Tartanian – COMSOC Secretary

Dick Schafer – Awards

X Steve Bonk – IEEE USA

Meeting called to order at 18:35

1. INTRODUCTIONS

2. EXECUTIVE REPORTS

· Chair (Brian Sequeira)

· Boris, John Dentler, and Brian attended IEEE-USA OPCOM meeting.

· The state legislative initiative on inventor rights is still on-going. A letter has been drafted and will be signed by the section chair.

· The draft policy for attendance of the section dinner was tabled until this meeting and will be voted on later this evening.

· Vice Chair (Boris Gramatikov)

· Boris attended Core track training on 15 Oct 2005. Very good financial guidelines for treasurers were presented. Breakout sessions were organized around membership, section operations, and relationships. The main recommendations by the IEEE for sections were: Increase membership value; develop web based interactive education, provide incentives to companies encouraging IEEE membership, provide tools for showing value to companies. The section can get an IEEE speaker on life skills for a section meeting.

· Educational activities were a big topic at the sections congress. There is a course in accreditation activities that appeared to be new. Continuing education was an initiative. Urged people to go to a portal called ExpertNow for educational materials. It is free until the end of the year but will cost about $20 after 1 Jan.

· On the local continuing education front: Boston section hires speakers. It costs them $500 to $1000 per day for the speaker. Boston sessions are primarily held on weekends. IEEE can poll members for topics and speakers.

· The section received an award for membership development from the Region largely due to efforts of Vil Arafiles.

· Full Section Congress report from the Vice Chair is attached at the end of the minutes.

· Treasurer (Bob Cuellar)

· Was not present. The section chair noted that a report was sent. Vil Arafiles stated that he would take bills to be paid to the treasurer. David Boyd provided a budget request for the Annapolis section.

· Secretary (Bill Semancik)

· Agenda and last meeting minutes posted and passed out at the meeting. Please send comments to Bill Semancik (wsemancik@ieee.org) for any corrections.

3. CHAPTER CHAIRS AND INDIVIDUAL REPORTS

Chair emeritus (Jeff Friedhoffer) Deadline for 2 December for election. Still do not have a Secretary.

Student Activities (Neville Jacobs) Currently there are 22 schools registered with 53 teams. This compares with 18 schools and 48 teams at this time next year. A presentation was made at the Tech Expo and the Teachers Workshop. The next exhibition opportunity is at ITEA conference in March. The number of automation kits on hand is getting low. These kits will be much more costly from the new kit provider. A motion was made to subsidize local schools for this year to current prices. Next year the price would be increased by $20 with the section subsidizing the difference. The plan is to limit the liability of the section to orders from outside the Baltimore section area. The motion was passed. The kit provider, Kelvin, needs to be paid for 50 basic kits that have been ordered. New web site is up and running.

Jay Gammerman followed up with asking for mentors for the current list of schools. There is now a kit available for connecting the robots to USB ports to computers that do not have serial ports.

EMC (Robert Berkovits) The new L-31 forms have been updated for EMC. The new chair has been elected.

Newsletter (Ron Aloysius). The November newsletter went out. There is still a decreasing the number of bouncebacks on the mailings. Monday Dec 5 will be the next SPS meeting. He is still trying to get a talk for the celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the theory of relativity.

Domenic Georgantas – Chair, GOLD - GOLD has been in contact with local colleges to attend student chapter meetings and to encourage joining the affinity group after graduation.

David Boyd (Annapolis Section). Student section president resigned. VP moved up and has taken over. Thad Welch is back and gave a demonstration of real time signal processing for student sections. Thad will be taking over student section coordinator. The Annapolis section has a budget problem. The chapter chair took an action to get some help to the Annapolis Section

Jerry Gibbons (R2 South): Section congress organizers did a good job of presenting different parts of the organization to the attendees. IEEE issuing credit cards so that officers do not have to place funds up front. Next section congress will be in Quebec, CA.

Region 2 meeting approved budget and regional assessment. Nominations opened for R2 director elect, R2 board position, awards. PACE proposals open for approvals. R2 meeting will be in February in Baltimore. R2 wants the section to update the officer list to the region as well as the national level.

Dave Sherman (SPS, EMB) EMB December meeting is scheduled on computational anatomy.

John Dentler (R2 Director elect) Plan is in place to get the region financially stable. An assessment of ~1% will be placed on the bills to fund people to go to the section congress. John needs latest copy of tax certificate.

Carole Carey – Passed out handout for Member Professional Awareness Conference 3 December. PACE conference to be held in Arizona in the spring. There is a new chair for the Engineering Society of Baltimore. February 18^th is the Fire Ball fundraiser. The November activities calendar was passed out for ESB.

Vil Arafiles (membership development) Still proceeding with membership development. Currently have about 25 member upgrades.

4. OLD BUSINESS AND REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS

Review of draft award dinner policy and recognition – We will have a procedure in place so that a list of volunteers and the supporting data will be given to a committee that will recommend invitations to the chair for the final decision. This would include the robot challenge and the student paper contest. The policy was documented in a series of e-mails. Motion was made and passed to accept the proposed policy for section award dinner. Process is documented below.
IEEE Baltimore Section Education Chapter - Received a request for starting a Baltimore section of the Education Society from the national level. However, there are no people identified as being potential officers. Brian is expecting those interested to present the petition to the section.
IEEE Mentoring Program Pilot Invitation - Call for Mentors – no report
Senior member drive Friedhoffer stated the date is 10 December from 1000 until 1400 at the HEM and he needs volunteers.
Engineers week – Friedhoffer stated we need to follow up with whether PES was going to follow up with the Engineers Week dinner.
Participation in IEEE-USA Inventor Rights initiative – see the Chair report

5. NEW BUSINESS

Chapters not meeting minimum IEEE requirements – WIE, AES. There was confusion about affinity groups. They only need two meetings so WIE meets requirements.

Have not heard from PES, AES to be meeting requirements. Everyone else will meet minimum requirements

Review of IEEE co-sponsored Accelerating Innovations Conference – Bill Semancik - Attended the IEEE sponsored Accelerating Innovations Conference in DC on 19-20 October. The conference offered little for the attendees. After the fact it was easy to see it the conference was primarily for the benefit of the legislators attending the conference.
Recommendation for participation in Project Lead the Way - Neville Jacobs - deferred
Steve Bonk – on IEEE USA Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy – They have provided input to OSTP, transportation security, input to NASA. Would like to get more people involved in Congressional Visit days and on the Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy. He currently works for SAIC. He will be IEEE congressional fellow this coming year to a legislator on the science committee.
Friedhoffer asked if new officer training should be offered again. Section officers agreed that the training should again be offered.

6. ADJOURN at 2035.

The minutes were prepared by Bill Semancik

Section Awards dinner process:

1) Form a committee each year comprised of Tom Patton, Dick Schaefer, Vice-chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.

2) Each year a Student Activities Representative (Jay Gamerman) will present to the committee, the volunteer data, and an oral de-briefing on those intangibles that cannot be readily put down on paper.

3) The committee establishes a criterion for different levels of recognition based on circumstances that pertain to that year. For example, financial duress in some year may constrain the nature of recognition that we extend to Robot Challenge Volunteers.

4) The committee makes determination whether special circumstances apply to some given individual(s) that warrant exception to the criterion in the treatment of that(ose) individual(s).

5) The committee makes it recommendation to the Chair.

6) The Chair reviews, and, in consultation with the committee makes changes before forwarding to Tom Patton/Dick Schaefer to extend invitations.

IEEE Sections Congress 2005

Oct 14 - Oct 17, 2005

"Promoting a World Class Volunteer Community"

IEEE Sections Congress, held every three years since 1984, provides IEEE Section leadership with a priceless opportunity to impact the future of the IEEE.

Sections Congress:

· is the ideal place to network and share knowledge;

· provides a means to increase leadership skills and a working knowledge of the IEEE;

· is a venue for expressing opinions and concerns through recommendations for action, which will be used by the IEEE Board of Directors to guide the IEEE into the future.

The goals of the 2005 Congress will reflect the theme of "Promoting a World Class Volunteer Community", and are three-fold:

1. to provide an opportunity for delegates to gain information and training skills;

2. to network and build relationships with other volunteers within the IEEE;

3. to serve as a forum for Section representatives and other local leaders, enabling them to voice – on behalf of the collective membership – the ideas, issues, and recommendations which will impact on the development and growth of the IEEE throughout the world, reinforcing its vitality and relevance to those it serves.

In addition to the individual growth and networking fostered by the Sections Congress, there are more far-reaching results. The caucuses generate specific, practical recommendations for action. On Monday morning, during the Closing Ceremony, the delegates had the opportunity to assign a priority level to each of the recommendations through the balloting process. The results were announced as part of the ceremony, and were delivered to the IEEE Executive Committee for implementation in strategic planning for the future of the IEEE.

Core Track Training (Oct 15, 2005)

PDF materials available from:

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/sc/2005/core-track-training.htm

On Saturday morning (Oct 15, 2005), all attendees were requested to attend core track training sessions. The documents below were presented during these sessions

Contact: sc-coordinator@ieee.org

Breakout Session Presentations

MEMBERSHIP

SECTION OPERATIONS

RELATIONSHIPS

Presentations available on the web

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/sc/2005/SC2005sessions.htm

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Grades & Elevations
There are numerous IEEE member grades ranging from Student to Fellow. In this session, programs for elevating members to higher grades will be presented. Examples of successful elevation programs will be described including Associate to Member, Member to Senior Member, and Senior Member to Fellow elevation programs. The benefits of Life Membership will also be discussed.

SAMIEEE for Membership
The on-line SAMIEEE database contains a wealth of information useful to the Section leadership. Knowing the basic data about the members and volunteers is an essential first step in all of our growth and development activities. In order to take advantage of the information, attendees will be exposed to techniques of data mining as well as protection of member privacy in support of Section activities.

Some of the topics to be presented will include: how to get data for membership elevation programs, potential career development programs, identifying candidate volunteers and company searches, etc.

Who Can be an IEEE Member?
New and exciting opportunities for IEEE membership have recently emerged. This session will cover the expanded base of potential IEEE membership and how Sections can reach out to these potential new members. The session will also cover recent trends in IEEE membership.

GOLD Members
What is GOLD? How do GOLD members fit into Section activities? This session will discuss the importance of activities undertaken by Sections in supporting GOLD Affinity Groups’ efforts to reach out and engage recent graduates.

Member Benefits
What do IEEE members get for their dues? This session will provide an overview of changes in IEEE member benefits. Successful programs that Sections have used to communicate IEEE benefits to Section members will also be described.

Member Segmentation Study
The Member Segmentation Study is one of the largest studies IEEE conducts. Over 3,500 members from around the world participated in the 2004 survey, providing a sample that is statistically representative of the entire Higher Grade membership population. The study explores members’ needs, values and behaviors, which allows IEEE to better understand, and therefore better serve its members. Additionally, the information collected helps to design programs and services tailored to members' expressed needs, and consequently should result in improved recruitment and retention.

Educational Opportunities at the Section Level
This session will focus on continuing education opportunities offered by various IEEE organizations. Specific examples of successful Section Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs will be detailed.

Unemployed Members
This session will provide Section leaders information about the tools and resources available to help unemployed IEEE members. Section-level programs to help local unemployed IEEE members will also be presented.\

Career/Life Management Skills for Success
How does IEEE membership map into various career phases from pre-college through retirement? In a competitive environment and changing economy, what are the skills needed to further a member's career and keep it balanced? How can the Section provide programs to assist its membership in career development? These and other issues will be discussed in this session.

Programs for Membership Growth
This session will provide a basis for Section leaders to create and manage sustainable local membership programs to increase membership in the Section. Examples and how-to's will be described, as will the key factors that motivate a potential member to join IEEE and encourage member retention

Challenges of International Sections
IEEE Sections outside of the United States face many challenges in "doing business". This session will address those challenges, including questions of legal status, language translation and travel issues, regional differences and national society membership as related to IEEE membership.

Women in IEEE (WIE)
This session will discuss women's issues in the engineering profession, with a focus on how the various IEEE units (Regions, Sections, Chapters) might approach these issues. This session will describe the WIE Affinity Group and the Section level programs and initiatives intended to effectively serve IEEE women members.

Consultants
This session will describe the Consultants Network Affinity Group, how to form one, and the relationship between the Consultants Network, technical Chapters, and the Section itself. Examples of successful Section level programs that support IEEE members who are consultants will be presented.

SECTION OPERATIONS

Newsletters
Newsletters are the glue that binds a Section together and, at same time, are a potent Marketing tool. If done properly, every member can be reached, and your Section work will get visibility among industry and academia. Considerations to be discussed include audience, content, design, publication frequency, marketing and advertising, distribution and interaction with other channels, like the Section website.

Marketing & Public Relations
A little marketing and public relations can go a long way in getting name recognition within the community, recruiting new members and keeping current members informed. Concepts and best practices will be presented.

Affinity Groups/Chapters in Sections – Management
Affinity Groups and Chapters bring another dimension to the Section. Learn how to effectively manage and support Affinity Groups/Chapters for the benefit of Section members.

Maintaining Healthy Chapters
Find the best practices that have been gathered over the years to keep Chapters healthy and active part of a Section’s programs for its members.

Awards & Recognition
Since IEEE activities are managed by unpaid volunteers, recognizing the volunteer’s contribution is one of the most important things a Section leader can do. Developing a Section awards program is easy. Learn the tips and tricks used by the most successful Sections.

Electronic Services for Section Volunteers
Do you know of all the electronic services the IEEE provides to Section/Chapter/Affinity Group leaders? Are you using SAMIeee, eNotice, ListServ, Entity Web Hosting, Restricted Access Directories, Virtual Domain Hosting, etc.? Learn about all the services available and choose those best suited for managing your Section.

Financial Management
Learn financial management tips to running a Section. From L-50s to bank accounts, this session will cover it.

Program Planning
Program planning made easy for new Section management. This session will concentrate on operations planning for the near term.

Making Section/Chapter/Society Conferences Work (Panel)
Panel discussion on planning and hosting large conferences, conferences in conjunction with Societies, and related topics. Models for partnerships, special considerations, and how to avoid potential problems are some of the topics expected to be covered.

What Makes a Great Section Web Page
What are the “must haves” of a Section web page? This session will present tips from expert webmasters.

Volunteer Recruitment
How and where to find Section volunteers that can bring new energy and fresh ideas for running a Section.

Planning Successful Meetings
A little planning can go a long way towards having effective, action-generating meetings that will keep the Section running smoothly.

Strategic Planning for the Section
Strategic planning allows Section leaders to prepare for the future. How far ahead should the plan extend? What are the key strategic issues to consider in strategic plan? How might a Section’s leadership go about developing such a plan?

Mentoring Program
Mentoring, the one to one development of an engineer's career, is making a comeback in both the industry and within the IEEE. Mentoring develops not only our younger members and volunteers, but also can benefit us all. Learn how to start a mentoring program to help guide one another in service to the IEEE, the profession, and our own careers. Find out what other Sections are doing and how their experience can be applied to your Section. Younger members and new volunteers are the future of the IEEE - learn how mentoring can be especially powerful for getting them involved and motivated.

Leadership Development
Leadership development, the imparting of both IEEE management skills and professional leadership skills, is critical to the growth of our volunteers in their volunteer involvement, their careers, and their personal growth. In this session you will learn about professional leadership skills that you can present in your Section, plus you will learn about building networks within your area and region in order to pool resources for maximizing this training and its effectiveness.

Making the IEEE Code of Ethics Real at the Section Level
The IEEE Code of Ethics can be used to help Section members make the right ethical decisions in their professional lives.

Professional Activities Programs
Learn what resources and programs the IEEE has for setting up professional activities/career-boosting activities within the Section.

Rejuvenating Inactive Sections & Chapters
Time proven strategies for rejuvenating Sections/Chapters. Learn what help is available to restart an inactive Section or Chapter.

RELATIONSHIPS

Working with Students & Student Branches

This session will describe activities to foster student participation in Section activities as well as IEEE in general. This session will include information on the needs of student members and how those can be met through Section involvement, with a particular focus on the identification and development of student leaders.

Section/Chapter/Society Relationships, Society Perspective
How can Societies and Sections work together to support their Chapters? Many Societies have existing mechanisms, such as Chapter Coordinators, Chapter Chair meetings, and special funding programs.

Section/Chapter/Society Relationships, Section Perspective
What efforts should a Section be making to ensure that its Chapters have all of the resources needed to serve the technical needs of members? Delegates will learn how to work with their Society and Section contacts to maximize their efforts locally.

Leveraging Standards and Publications in Sections
Section leaders will learn how to use the resources of IEEE to develop and conduct activities for their members as well as to provide member benefits more locally. This session covers resources related to Professional Activities, Standards and Publications.

Leveraging Educational Activities in Sections
Section leaders will learn how to use the resources of IEEE to develop and conduct activities for their members as well as to provide member benefits more locally. This session covers resources related to Educational Activities

Successful Partnerships with non-IEEE Technical and Professional Groups
Many opportunities exist for IEEE Sections to partner with non-IEEE technical and professional groups to enhance local services to members. This session will describe how some Sections are successfully identifying and implementing these partnerships. It will also include a brief overview on how Sections can leverage relationship with National Societies to enhance programs for members and attract non-IEEE members of National Societies.

Successful Partnerships with Educational Organizations
This session will describe how IEEE Sections can identify opportunities to partner with educational organizations (universities, technical institutes, colleges, technology training groups) for mutual benefit.

Establishing Successful Relationships with Industry
This session will describe programs to build successful relationships with Industry and Corporations. This will include finding mutual benefits with industry and corporate partners.

Enhancing Your Section through Community Activities
This session will highlight activities such as participation in community events that enhance the image of the IEEE Section in the community. Sections will learn how to find opportunities for members’ professional development through community activities such as organizing community events. This session will also give information on successful pre-College community programs to increase awareness of technology and engineering. Examples will be given of programs that target young people activities (after-school programs, Scouts, Girl Guides). Suggestions on how IEEE Sections can encourage members to participate on Boards or working groups for museums, hands-on science centers and similar organizations will be given.

Organizing Pre-College Activities in Schools
This session will present case studies of successful programs that target pre-college activities in schools. Section leaders will learn of programs directed at students and programs that raise the level of science education and technical literacy of teachers.

2005 Sections Congress Recommendations

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/sc/2005/SC05_Recommendations.htm

The process started with work in the Regions and their committee meetings and culminated with a vote by the primary delegates to determine the highest priority recommendations.

Primary delegates from over 240 IEEE Sections met on 17 October 2005 to prioritize the recommendations that were developed in the Region & Issue Caucuses. The top ten recommendations are identified in priority order with the remaining recommendations being shown for your information (in a random order).

The appropriate IEEE organizational units will be assigned the responsibility of responding to a recommendation (ranked within the top ten). Progress reports on these items will be provided on a regular basis.

1. Increase membership value. Include as part of the basic membership free limited access to online publications, products and services or one free society membership with increased benefits according to membership grade, volunteer contributions, and years of membership. To be implemented by 2007 membership year.

2. Develop web-based interactive seminars, downloadable and on-line electronic presentations on technical subjects including an exam which, when completed will provide CEU/PDH credit for participants. Available to members at minimal cost; students, unemployed, life members, and presentations at sections and chapters at no cost. 50 CEU awardable tutorials - Q32006.

3. Provide incentives to companies encouraging employee involvement in the IEEE. Reach out to companies showing the value of IEEE membership (Provides better understanding of current trends in the industry, networking, professional development, and continuing education).

4. IEEE should provide to organizational units and members new tools that demonstrate the value of IEEE membership, both in terms of the advantages to employers and the benefits received by members; for implementation by 4Q2006.

5. Update, expand, and improve the IEEE Job Site to:

· Expand marketing world-wide, visible to both large and small employers

· Develop materials to create more effective job searches

· Provide on-line guidance/training for unemployed and underemployed members

· Make it easier for employers using the Job Site

6. The IEEE Board of Directors shall direct the Regional Activities Board to find means to increase awareness of the value and expertise that IEEE members add to society, but particularly to their employers.

7. Further develop interactive training toward specific volunteer functions. There shall be quick-start, basic, and advanced training that is easily updatable. Feedback shall be collected on the training effectiveness. Entity leaders upon assumption of office will be notified via an e-mail of training availability. Pilot - 4Q06, Training - 4Q07

8. Often, we lose the expertise of past leaders while new leaders end up re-inventing the wheel. Records retention requirements are ill-defined. IEEE shall institute guidelines, mechanisms, and resources for capturing, archiving, searching, and delivering collective records, knowledge, and wisdom of past and current volunteer leaders. Guidelines and pilot - 4Q06.

9. To recruit and retain members, IEEE should automatically provide recognition for years of membership in the form of a progressive series of benefits; for implementation by 4Q2006.

10. Create IEEE Digital Video Library in 2007 - Provide web-based continuing education that captures presentations in conferences, societies, sections, and chapters and provides virtual speakers for other sections and society meetings. Presentations would provide valuable training courses to all IEEE members.

The following recommendations were also presented to the delegates.

· IEEE will enable Sections to process incoming credit and debit card transactions by 2006. This feature will simplify financial transactions.

· The IEEE should continue to develop interactive internet based section management and communications capabilities in 2006. Such capabilities should include a web based calendar to Personal Information Manager Interface and adding Instant messenger ID’s to MyIEEE profiles.

· Create a process to enable membership dues to be paid to sections in local currencies by 2007 for the 2008 renewal. Allow member to renew on the Web without credit cards with the section paying IEEE.

· To raise public awareness of IEEE worldwide, the IEEE Board of Directors shall direct the six sub boards to find means to implement a worldwide IEEE day to be celebrated on Alexander Graham Bell’s birthday annually, in every IEEE country and every Section on the same day, by 2007.

· IEEE Corporate Communications shall develop a public relations program to be implemented worldwide, and designed to raise awareness of IEEE and the IEEE brand. The program is to be launched by 1st Qtr. 2007 and reviewed for results in 3 years using appropriate metrics by the Board of Directors.

· IEEE shall develop a presentation tool that entity leaders can use to develop presenter-configured training material for volunteers. This would be a presentation ‘generator’ that has selectable attributes that can be presenter-defined to meet specific operational unit needs. The pilot shall be available by 4Q06, and the tool by 4Q07.

· To better retain our young members, IEEE should develop a transitional program of better relevance to members with less industrial experience (students and GOLD), including an advertising campaign and incentives; for implementation by 2Q2006.

· Build the "IEEE Network" by teaching personal skills. On a person-person basis globally provide the tools needed to maintain long relationships for job advancement, career management, and technical vitality. Skills to include leadership, management, mentoring, networking, and transitional skills to leadership / public service. Two region pilot - EOY2006.

· Financial benefits: Local IEEE units outside the U.S. to be allowed to develop local Financial Advantage Programs in collaboration with HQ. To be developed no later then 4Q 2006.

· Address un-employment and under-employment:

· A Rapid Response team of resume/skill/ entrepreneurial coaches would be formed to take action in a geographic or specialization area in need

· Skill coaching should be available for engineers changing specialization and for job searching

Educational Activities

IEEE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Web access: IEEE portal è Education è …

The IEEE Educational Activities Board is responsible for coordinating the educational activities of the IEEE. The volunteer and staff members of IEEE Educational Activities carry out this responsibility by developing educational programs to ensure

(1) The technological literacy of pre-college students,

(2) the continuous maintenance and improvement of engineering education programs through active participation in accreditation activities, and

(3) the development of continuing education products and services that serve the professional development and lifelong learning needs of electro-technology professionals worldwide.

For more information, visit https://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/ or email education-services@ieee.org.

Continuing Education

•Expert Now IEEE (New)

Expert Now IEEE is a new, innovative product line which features the best of IEEE’s educational content delivered in one-hour long online learning modules. It contains the latest information on emerging technologies and seminal works presented at the best of IEEE’s conference tutorials, short courses and workshops and is available 24x7 worldwide with the benefit of eliminating time away from work and travel costs. Best topics from conferences. At the beginning it will be free (late 2005). See modules! Advisible to invite a local expert when running a module. In 2006 will be paid.

Demo: www.mounsoon5.com/index.html

•Educational Activities Partners Program

Education Partners, exclusively for IEEE members, offers on-line degree programs, certifications and courses at up to a 10% discount to members. The Partners are a carefully selected number of universities and corporations reviewed and approved by highly qualified IEEE volunteers to ensure members receive the most effective learning resources.

•Standard Education (SETF)

•CEU's

Webinars with certificate. As rapid changes in technology compel engineers to update their technical knowledge, and as licensing for engineers becomes an increasingly important issue, many engineers are seeking access to training programs that offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs). IEEE is an Authorized Provider of CEUs through The International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and has adopted IACET guidelines and criteria for all its continuing professional development programs.

•Society Education

Links to Society Education Resources by society

•Society Outreach (SOOC)

The Educational Activities Board (EAB) Society Outreach Committee (SOOC) reports to, and is a Standing Committee, of the EAB. Its mission is to offer a quality and financially viable service to Societies/Councils in the identification and production of valuable and timely educational products and services.

•Section Outreach (SEOC)

The Educational Activities Board (EAB) Section Outreach Committee (SEOC) reports to, and is a Standing Committee, of the EAB. Its mission is to identify and facilitate the educational needs of the public, the profession and IEEE members. Scope: The SEOC will have the lead responsibility within EAB of building and maintaining strong working relationships with IEEE Regions, Sections and Chapters in order to work with these entities as partners.

•Continuing Professional Education (CPEC)

The Educational Activities Board (EAB) Continuing Professional Education Committee (CPEC) reports to, and is a Standing Committee, of the EAB. Its mission is to identify and serve the educational needs of working professionals by being the resource of choice for quality educational products and services. Scope: To assure that the continuing education materials developed by the EAB show high educational quality.

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