PACE Committee Report to Region 3 Committee
Jan 23, 2012

Objectives:
* Have two or more Sections hold a Professional Development Seminar or 
    a Student Professional Awareness event (S PAC, S PAVe, S PAW)  in 2012
* Have two additional Sections start formal preparation for PDS/SPAC  events
to be
    held in 1st half of 2013 (these events require 4 to 6 months to plan
and implement)
* Train and mentor newly appointed PACE Chairs
* Maximize Section/Council PACE Chair participation in IEEE-USA Annual
Meeting and PACE training

Section Chairs are requested to send me their 2012 PACE Chair name and
contact information as soon as possible.  PACE Chairs are encouraged to
attend the PACE meetings at the IEEE-USA meeting in Cincinnati, OH, 3-6 May
2012; this is an ideal opportunity for new PACE Chairs to learn about the
PACE network and for seasoned PACE Chairs to learn about new resources.
Procedures for requesting travel expense subsidies and subsidy amounts
available will be communicated to PACE Chairs (Section Chairs when PACE
Chair has not been appointed and identified) in February.

Section/Council PACE Chairs are encouraged to hold a Student Professional
Awareness
Conference (S-PAC)in 2012.  There is still time to plan and hold an S-PAC
before the end of the Spring semester.  An S-PAC held at the beginning of
the school year is a great way to get students involved in the IEEE and the
Student Branch at their school; such events should be planned with returning
students and current Branch officers before the end of the Spring semester.
S-PACs are an excellent way to build Section:Branch relationships and
promote higher grade member contact with students and paves the way for
graduating students to become actively involves in Section activities.
PACE Project funding is available to support M/S PACs.

Section and council PACE Chairs are requested to report on planned
Engineer's Week activities and other PACE related plans for 2012.

Action item for all PACE Chairs and Section/Council/Chapter/Branch Chairs:
   Review the PACE Handbook (Revised April 2011), see link below.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb 19-25, 2012, Engineer's Week 

Mar , 2012, SoutheastCon 2012 and Region 3 meeting (PACE session)
         Wyndham Hotel, Orlando, FL
         https://www.southeastcon2012.org/

May 3-6, 2012, IEEE-USA Annual Meeting (PACE committee & PACE volunteer
training)
         Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 

https://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2012/default.asp

USEFUL LINKS
PACE information: https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/default.asp
S PAC, S PAVe, S PAW
https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/spac/index.html
Professional Development Seminar
https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/mpac.asp
PACE Leader's Handbook
https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/documents/PACEHandbook2011.pdf

John Montague, Life SM
R3 PACE Chair
montague@ieee.org
(803) 479-1457 Mobile

IEEE MGAB IT Oversight Committee, member
IEEE South Carolina Council, Vice Chair
IEEE Columbia Section, MD Chair
IEEE Computer Society MGAB, R3 Chapter Coordinator