WHAT IS A Y P ?
WHAT IS A G.O.L.D. MEMBER?
No, these are not the answers to a
Jeopardy questions. A YP (Young
Professional) is an engineer with 0-10
years of experience regardless of
chronological age. A G.O.L.D. member
is a Graduate Of the Last Decade with
no regard to age. The YP program was
established in 1995 to increase
participation in the annual PACE
Conference among IEEE members who
graduated in the past ten years. The
GOLD program is an IEEE wide
program to bring Graduates Of the Last
Decade into greater participation in all
aspects of IEEE. If YOU are a
G.O.L.D., you are automatically part of
both of these groups. In many Sections
the GOLD members have formed
chapters which have their own programs
of particular interest and concern to the
more recent graduates. These programs
include social functions, networking
meetings, career presentations, etc. The
GOLD members also participate in the
regular activities of the Section.
We, the present leaders of the Virginia
Mountain Section, need your help in
planning activities and programs which
will be of interest to you, the Young
Professional, as well as to the more
mature professional. We are looking for
a YP who would be interested in
attending the 1998 Annual Professional
Activities Conference in Phoenix, AZ
Sept. 4-7, 1998, Labor Day Week-end.
This conference covers all those career
related topics which are extremely
important to all engineers but which
often are overlooked until one is facing a
lay-off or other career change. Most, if
not all, the cost will be covered by
PACE or the Section, or possibly your
employer as this is a continuing
education opportunity. If any one is
interested, please contact Dan Jackson
.
We also need some GOLD members
who would be interested in getting some
leadership and management experience
at low risk. The Section needs
volunteers for various Section and
Chapter officer and committee positions.
There is also the opportunity to form a
GOLD chapter within the Section if
enough interest is expressed by you as
GOLD members. If you are interested in
any of these opportunities contact Dan
Jackson or any
one of the officers listed elsewhere in
this Newsletter.
Without your input we will not know
what kind of programs you want.
Without YOU as active participants the
IEEE cannot continue as the world's
largest technical professional society
with 320,000 of the world's best
engineers.
...Dan Jackson - PACE Chair