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IEEE
Orlando Section
Monthly
https://www.ieee.org/orlando/
- SCOOP,
September 2004
Published for
IEEE Section Chairs
Vicki Waldman,
Editor; Tracy Hawkins, Manager Section/Chapter
Support
- Contents:
VOTE
IN THE IEEE ELECTION AND GET YOUR SECTION
RECOGNIZED
- Annually,
the IEEE members are requested to participate in the
IEEE
- elections.
This is your opportunity to provide input to determine
who will serve on the IEEE Board of Directors, Regional
Activities Board, Technical Activities Board, IEEE-USA
Board and the Standards Association Board. The ballots
have been mailed and must be returned PRIOR to 1 November
2004. For the first time, members may cast their ballots
either electronically or by mail. Instructions and codes
for electronic transmission are provided in the election
ballot materials.
-
- In the
2003 IEEE Election, only 15% of the eligible voters
returned a valid election ballot. This percentage
reflects the recent trend in which the amount of ballots
returned has decreased. In an attempt to increase the
number of ballots returned, the Regional Activities Board
has agreed to recognize two Sections (one large/one
small) that have the highest percentage increase in the
number of ballots returned in the IEEE annual election.
A Section is considered large if it has 501 or more
members.
-
- Please
remind the members in your Section to return their
ballots. If your Section has the highest percentage
increase in the number of ballots returned, the Section
will be recognized for its efforts. To see how many
members of your Section voted in the 2003 election,
please see the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/voting/.
-
- Visit
the IEEE election website
- (https://www.ieee.org/corporate/elections/candidates.xml)
for the most
- accurate
and up-to-date information on all candidates and
election
- categories.
In addition to selecting candidates, this year members
also are being asked to vote on a constitutional
amendment containing revisions to the wording of the IEEE
Constitution. For detailed information on these changes,
visit https://www.ieee.org/about/whatis/bylaws/changesgrid.xml.
MAKING
UPDATES TO MEMBER RECORDS
- Do you
get too many email bounces using your Unit's SAMIEEE
data? Ideally, IEEE members keep their email addresses
and phone numbers up to date when renewing membership via
the web or as needed throughout the year. To do this,
they can use the web based "change of profile" form
(https://www.ieee.org/coa),
by sending an email to address-changes@ieee.org, or by
contacting IEEE Member Services directly at
1-800-678-4333 (1-732-981-0060 outside of the
US).
-
- However,
some members do not make these changes in a timely
manner, so what can you do as a volunteer, if you have
the correct contact information? There is a link on the
SAMIEEE website, https://www.ieee.org/samieee,
titled "Report Data Corrections to IEEE." Located on the
lower left sidebar, it was created to assist the
volunteers with this task.
-
- Using
this web form allows you to report member data
corrections directly to Member Services, on behalf of a
member in your organizational unit. Follow the directions
making sure you type in "SAMIEEE Recipient Submission" in
the Other Reason field. Once a correction is made to the
IEEE membership database it will appear in a new or
refreshed query in SAMIEEE following the weekly
maintenance refresh.
NEW
OFFICER ROSTER SEARCH FEATURE
- We are
happy to announce a new feature added to the online
Rosters on the IEEE web site at
https://www.ieee.org/roster. We have added a roster name
search and enabled it for use in navigating the online
rosters.
-
- This new
tool allows authorized users to search for IEEE
volunteers
- regardless
of the roster in which they are named. With the
deployment of this new search capability comes expanded
access rights. Now anyone in any of the major rosters
can view ALL rosters. Searching for an IEEE volunteer
will retrieve contact information as well as all the
current positions held. You need your IEEE web account
to access the Rosters.
-
-
- RECRUITING
AND RETAINING VOLUNTEERS, PART XII
-
- What
volunteers need: "follow up to see that the task is
completed*" and "an opportunity to provide feedback when
the task is finished*."
-
- You can
monitor the progress of the volunteer task and provide
feedback, but don't hover. Keep in mind that volunteers
are colleagues and partners, not subordinates or
employees. Be positive, acting as coach and cheerleader,
but don't allow yourself to get over-involved by doing
the work yourself, even if it sometimes seems easier.
If, despite your best efforts, a volunteer does not
perform, you can release him or her from the
commitment.
-
- When the
task is completed, or even if the volunteer is released
from the commitment, it is a good idea to solicit
feedback. Volunteers appreciate the opportunity to share
their opinions. In addition, the Section will learn
about problems encountered and may be able to prevent
potential difficulties in the future and possible loss of
volunteers.
-
- (*from
"Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them" by Helen
Little; page 61-71, Panacea Press, Inc. Naperville IL.,
1999)
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-
ENHANCEMENTS
TO IMPROVE IEEE UCE/SPAM FILTERING SERVICE
- On 15
September, the IEEE rolled out enhancements to the IEEE
UCE/Spam Filtering Service for members with an IEEE email
alias.
-
- New
features include:
-
- * An
option that combines the tagging and blocking of UCE
(spam); messages with a low spam score will be tagged,
messages with a high spam score will be blocked, thereby
reducing the amount of spam received over
time.
-
- * The
ability to add email addresses you always want blocked to
a
- blacklist,
and those you never want blocked to a
whitelist.
-
- *
Improved identification technology that will more
accurately target
- possible
UCE/spam messages.
-
- * An
additional layer of anti-virus protection beyond what is
already
- provided
via the IEEE Email Alias Service.
-
- Members
with an IEEE email alias may sign up for the IEEE
UCE/Spam Filtering Service at https://uce.ieee.org/.
Members who already use the filter may update their
profiles starting 15 Sept. to select from among the new
options.
-
- To
obtain an IEEE email alias, visit
- https://eleccomm.ieee.org/personal-aliases.shtml.
-
- For any
questions regarding the enhancements or the IEEE UCE/Spam
Filtering Service in general, email
uce-admin@ieee.org.
CALL
FOR RAB AWARD NOMINATIONS
- The
Regional Activities Board is currently accepting
nominations for the prominent RAB Awards:
-
RAB Achievement Award
-
RAB Innovation Award
-
RAB Leadership Award
-
RAB Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award
-
- The RAB
Awards and Recognition Program seeks to honor the
outstanding efforts of some of the most invaluable IEEE
Volunteers who have made substantial Regional
contributions through innovative projects, exemplary
leadership, service, and by fulfilling the goals as
related to Transnational Activities. Each prestigious
award has a unique mission and criteria, and offers the
opportunity to honor distinguished colleagues, inspiring
teachers and corporate leaders.
-
- These
awards, the most prestigious RAB has to offer, are
designed to
- recognize
outstanding efforts by IEEE volunteers. These are NOT
technical achievement awards. The deadline for
nominations is 15 October 2004.
-
- More
information and nomination forms are available at the RAB
Awards Website: https://www.ieee.org/rabawards.
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