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Orlando Section
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- SCOOP,
October 2004
Published for
IEEE Section Chairs
Vicki Waldman,
Editor; Tracy Hawkins, Manager Section/Chapter
Support
- Contents:
- 1. Volunteer Recruitment Tool
Kit
- 2. Neural Networks Society Changes
Name
- 3. IEEE Foundation Grants Support
Engineers around the World
- 4. Applying for Grants and
Contributions
- 5. Audit of IEEE Geographic
Units
- 6. Attention U.S. Treasurers:
Important Tax Requirements
- 7. Call for Fellow
Nominations
- VOLUNTEER
RECRUITMENT TOOL KIT
-
- Are you
frustrated with the effort to recruit members to
participate in
- your
IEEE local activities? Do your present volunteers have
less and less time to give to IEEE activities? Do you
recognize the efforts and talents of your volunteers at
events attended by their peers? If you have questions
about recruiting volunteers, or just need a few tips,
there is a new resource available to you.
-
- A
web-based volunteer recruitment tool kit has been
developed to provide IEEE geographic units (Regions,
Sections, Societies, Chapters, or Affinity Groups) with
ideas for recruiting local IEEE members who may be
interested in volunteering time to help lead or
participate in IEEE activities. The tool kit is composed
of several components that will assist in recruiting,
recognizing, and identifying the responsibilities of
volunteer positions.
- The
components include:
-
- *
Tips for recruiting volunteers
- * Job
descriptions for Section and Subunit officer
positions
- * The
importance of recognizing the efforts of
volunteers
- *
Customizable volunteer recruitment
brochure
- *
One-page handout or flyer (suitable for bulletin
boards)
- *
Help to survey local members about
volunteering
- * A
presentation based on the recruitment
tips.
-
- The tool
kit is located on the IEEE Section/Chapter Support site
at:
- https://www.ieee.org/vol-recruit.
Volunteerism is the core value of the
- IEEE!
NEURAL
NETWORKS SOCIETY CHANGES NAME TO COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SOCIETY
- The IEEE
Computational Intelligence Society is the new name for
the former IEEE Neural Networks Society. The new name
will be listed on the 2005 membership renewals. In
addition, if your Section formerly had a Neural Networks
Society Chapter, please note the new name when using
SAMIEEE or looking for submitted meeting, financial and
officer reports.
-
- For
complete information on the IEEE Computational
Intelligence Society, visit their website at
https://www.ieee-cis.org.
IEEE
FOUNDATION GRANTS SUPPORT ENGINEERS AROUND THE
WORLD
- Some of
the important functions of the IEEE Foundation are to
bring the exhilaration of scientific discovery to young
students, foster
- technological
innovation, preserve history, and promote public
awareness of the long-reaching effects of
engineering.
-
- At its
June 2004 meeting, the IEEE Foundation Board of Directors
awarded US$36,950 in new grants to projects that will *
develop a continuing education resource kit in
bioinformatics for engineers worldwide;
- *
provide resources and learning tools to Student Branch
leaders in Latin
- America;
and
- *
bring Internet access to engineers and engineering
students in Nigeria.
-
- To learn
more about these and the other grants the IEEE Foundation
awarded in 2004, go to
- https://www.ieee.org/organizations/foundation/html/2004grants.html
-
-
- APPLYING
FOR GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
-
- The IEEE
Grant Administration staff can assist volunteers with
obtaining grants and contributions from government
agencies, as well as private and corporate foundations to
support IEEE conferences, projects and
programs.
- Assistance
is provided with:
-
- *
Identifying funding sources
- *
Drafting proposals
- *
Understanding and following funding sources proposal
guidelines
- *
Submitting the proposals
- *
Compliance with funding sources regulations regarding
financial and
- technical
reporting
-
- You can
request assistance by contacting supportieee@ieee.org.
Find more information on the web at www.ieee.org/services/financial/grants/howto.xml.
-
AUDIT
OF IEEE GEOGRAPHIC UNITS
- In
response to recent corporate failures in the United
States, new laws, with their associated rules and
regulations, have been established to assure that public
companies fully disclose the results of their financial
operations. While these laws (and rules and regulations)
do not currently apply to IEEE, they represent 'best
practices' for financial reporting of nonprofit
organization financial results.
-
- In order
to begin complying with these 'best practices,' IEEE has
been
- working
on a means of including geographic unit financial results
in its
- audited
financial statements. It has been agreed that the
Sections and Councils, whose net assets exceed 1/5 of 1%
of the net cash value of the IEEE (roughly $205,000),
will have their results included in the IEEE audited
financial statements. Prior to consolidation of these
financial results, the annual financial reports (L50s) of
these units will be audited. The Units that met the
criteria, based on their 2003 L50s have already been
notified of the audit requirement.
-
- Questions
regarding these audits can be sent to Ken Maze
at
- k.maze@ieee.org.
For information about the L50 financial report, email
financial-report@ieee.org.
-
ATTENTION
U.S. TREASURERS: IMPORTANT TAX REQUIREMENTS
- All U.S.
Geographic Units are obligated to comply with the
Internal Revenue Service's information reporting
requirements for taxable income payments made to
individuals. The reporting threshold is the total of
payments to an individual that equal or exceed $600 in
the 2004 calendar year for services rendered and for
awards, honorariums, and prizes. Form 1099MISC must be
issued to each of these individuals by 31 January 2005.
A copy is filed with the IRS by 28 February 2005. It is
the IEEE Tax Compliance Department's job to prepare and
file the 1099s and Unit Treasurers must provide the
necessary information to complete the forms.
-
- Please
send the following information to the IEEE Tax Compliance
Department before 20 January 2005: 1) name and address
of the individual; 2) social security number; 3) the
total amount paid in 2004; and 4) a brief description of
the payments. It is recommended that IRS Form W-9 be
used to obtain the names, addresses and social security
numbers of each individual. The 1099 information can be
emailed to tax-compliance@ieee.org or faxed to
732-562-6832.
CALL
FOR FELLOW NOMINATIONS
- Nominations
are being accepted for the 2006 class of IEEE Fellows.
For the second year, nominations, references and
endorsements may be submitted electronically. The
deadline is 1 March 2005.
-
- At its
June 2003 meeting, the IEEE Board of Directors approved
changes to the process for nominating and electing IEEE
members to Fellow grade. The change established a new
nomination category for individual contributions, with
the goal of increasing nominations for members in
industry and encouraging nominations of application
engineers or engineering practitioners who have made
contributions of unusual distinction to the
profession.
-
- The
board also established a Fellow Nomination Resource
Center to help nominators locate the required number of
references to support a
- nomination.
-
- To
nominate an IEEE senior member or to learn more about the
Fellow program, visit www.ieee.org/fellows
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