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IEEE
Orlando Section
Monthly
https://www.ieee.org/orlando/ SCOOP, September 2003 https://www.ieee.org/scoop Biannual issue for IEEE Section Chairs and Treasurers Vicki Waldman, Editor; Tracy Hawkins,
Manager Section/Chapter Support Sections
and other subunits have long discussed
cost-effective methods of communicating with
members. In June, the Regional Activities Board
approved a change to the RAB Operations Manual
addressing this very issue. The
change was approved as follows (wording refers to
Sections, but this change also applies to
Subsections, Chapters, and Affinity
Groups): "Reasonable
efforts should be made to notify all members of
Section meetings. Methods of communication could
be hard copy distributions, email distributions in
keeping with IEEE email policies, and Section web
site updates. Not less than once a year a hard
copy mailing should be sent to the active Section
membership including at least the following
information: how to subscribe to the Section email
list, the URL for the Section's web page, and how
members may update their contact information in the
IEEE master database." The
specific references are RAB Operations Manual
9.4.D.5, 9.5.C.2, 9.6.C.5, 9.9.C.2. For more
information, contact Tracy Hawkins,
t.hawkins@ieee.org,
+1 732 562 5512. With
Sections Congress (SC) 2002 just behind us, and SC
2005 just ahead (in Tampa, Florida), the Regional
Activities Board has instructed staff to begin
planning for Sections Congress 2008. Would you
like your Section to host SC 2008? Site selection
criteria are available upon request from Tracy
Hawkins (t.hawkins@ieee.org).
The deadline for submissions is 31 December
2003. (First
in a series on the subject) What
are your expectations when looking for new
volunteers for your Section? Are your expectations
realistic? Here is a breakdown of volunteerism in
a typical membership organization (taken from pages
14-15 of "Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep
Them" by Helen Little; Panacea Press, Inc.
Naperville IL., 1999) ·
Approximately 5% of the membership serve as
volunteer leaders: officers, board members, and key
committee and task force chairs. ·
Another 15% of the membership are active
volunteers: project team leaders and work team
leaders. ·
Approximately 75% of the membership volunteer
occasionally, participate in some activities and
use some services. ·
The remaining 5% are critics. You've probably
noticed that they do not participate but tend to
complain about everything. This group keeps the
other 95% from becoming complacent. Next
month, we will list the 12 basic needs of
volunteers. Each month thereafter, one of the 12
needs will be written about in more detail, along
with actual successful volunteer recruiting
practices of IEEE Sections. Speaking
of which? Does your Section have a volunteer
recruiting/retaining practice that you would like
to share? You can send it to Vicki Waldman at
scoop@ieee.org,
or share it on the Section/Chapter Volunteer Forum
Virtual Community, at https://www.ieeecommunities.org/section-chapter_vol. Five-Year
Anniversary In
1998 GOLD Affinity Groups began forming and have
grown steadily each year to a total of 65 groups in
2003. The GOLD Committee is celebrating this
five-year anniversary by recognizing past GOLD
Affinity Group Chairs with a new IEEE officer pin
for the Affinity Group Chair. The Committee is
providing 22 pins to IEEE members ? 5 in this group
are now Senior Members, all are still active in
membership and 6 have continued in an IEEE
volunteer positions including Section Chair and
Region GOLD Coordinator. Many
of the volunteers in this group were instrumental
in forming the first GOLD Affinity Groups and, in
turn, helped to motivate the next group of IEEE
GOLD leaders. The GOLD Committee congratulates
every IEEE member who volunteers their time and
efforts in IEEE activities and extends its thanks
to all our GOLD Affinity Groups Chairs
worldwide. For
more information, please contact Cathy Downer at
c.downer@ieee.org 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 of the four awards
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
2003.
For a description of the awards and to submit
award nominations, visit
https://www.ieee.org/rabawards.html. Questions may
be sent to rab-awards@ieee.org 2004
MEMBER-GET-A-MEMBER (MGM) /STUDENT-GET-A-STUDENT
(SGS) CAMPAIGN Do
you have a good IEEE experience to share with a
colleague? Why not tell your peers about some of
the benefits that you have experienced as an IEEE
member? You can help make your colleagues more
informed about IEEE, and at the same time earn
yourself an incentive for successfully recruiting
them. IEEE
conducts the MGM and SGS campaigns annually to
encourage members to actively recruit their
colleagues or fellow students to become IEEE
members. The program makes sense, since who is
better equipped to extol the benefits of membership
than our existing members? This year's program
will run from 2 September 2003 through 15 August
2004. In return for their efforts, a small
financial "thank you" will be awarded to all
recruiters that can be used as a credit towards
IEEE or Society membership dues, or towards the
purchase of IEEE services and products. For
rules of the programs and recruiting tips, visit:
https://www.ieee.org/mgm
or contact Felicia Taylor via email at
f.taylor@ieee.org. By
1 September, election ballots will have been mailed
to all IEEE voting members in Regions 1-10, who are
of Member grade and higher. Prior to receiving
your ballot packages, we encourage you to visit the
Candidates' website to familiarize yourself with
the Candidates' Statements of Candidacy and their
biographical information. You can also visit their
personal websites from this page, by following the
instructions on the chart. Visit:
https://www.ieee.org/organizations/corporate/candidates.htm
for this information When
you return your ballot, assure that your annual
election ballot is counted by using the
postage-paid envelope provided in your ballot
package and return the SIGNED ballot in time to be
received before noon on 3 November 2003. Use
sufficient postage for delivery to the United
States. Please
do not mail your ballot to the Operations Center
with other correspondence. IEEE
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