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IEEE
Orlando Section
Monthly
https://www.ieee.org/orlando/ SCOOP, October 2003 https://www.ieee.org/scoop Biannual issue for IEEE Section Chairs and Treasurers Vicki Waldman, Editor; Tracy Hawkins,
Manager Section/Chapter Support The
required annual reports of officer, meeting and
financial activity are the basis for Section and
Chapter funding in the form of Section
Rebates. There
are some notable changes for the upcoming
reporting/rebate season. The
IEEE Regional Activities Board approved the
following increases for the 2004 Rebate: Remaining
the same is the membership rebate of $3 per Member,
Student or Associate grade member; $1.50 per
Affiliate; and $4.00 for each Senior or Fellow
Grade member. And don't forget that your Section
can earn a bonus of 10% of the total rebate for
reports electronically submitted or postmarked by
the reporting deadline of 20 February 2004. Minimum
reporting requirements must be met and reports must
be approved for each unit in order for the rebate
to be paid (for details, see the 2004 Rebate
Schedule at https://www.ieee.org/scsreports). Another
change this year will be in the method of
distribution of forms normally sent to the Section
Secretary for meeting and officer reports. An email
reminder notice will be sent, along with the URL
for the web forms. Hard
copies of the forms will be mailed only upon
request. As
in previous years, a package containing the hard
copy forms will be mailed to Section Treasurers for
completion of the financial report (L50), although
use of the Excel form, available on the web, is
encouraged. The L50 report form, instructions and
information will be updated and available for
Treasurers on the Section/Chapter Support web site
by 10 December 2003. All
forms and instructions for Secretaries and
Treasurers can be found at https://www.ieee.org/scsreports. Your
Section needs volunteers to help with tasks such as
planning meetings, creating newsletters and web
pages, tracking finances and producing reports,
etc. But does your Section find recruiting and
retaining volunteers to be difficult? You know what
the Section needs, but what are the needs of a
volunteer? According to one expert*, there are 12
basic needs that all volunteers share: (*
from "Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep
Them" by Helen Little; page 19, Panacea Press, Inc.
Naperville IL., 1999) In
upcoming issues of SCOOP, these needs will be
addressed individually and in more
detail. Some
IEEE members have found that one of the benefits of
membership is using their IEEE connection to help
ease their way into new surroundings. Whether
traveling for business or making a permanent move,
having a ready-made contact in a new area has been
a positive experience for many. Read
about your colleagues' experiences, Region 8's
pilot "Golden Welcome" proposal, and more, on the
Section/Chapter Volunteer Forum virtual community.
If you are not already a member of this community,
go to https://www.ieeecommunities.org/section-chapter_vol
to request membership. Section
Chairs: on or around October 20, we will be sending
you an email with a link to short survey about the
SCOOP newsletter. Please take a few minutes to
complete the 10-question survey. The more feedback
we receive from you, the better we can help meet
your needs! As
a nonprofit organization, the IEEE must abide by
strict rules relating to both the receipt and
awarding of any contribution of funds or
equipment. If
your Section has received, or regularly receives
contributions, be sure to communicate with the IEEE
Development Office (supportieee@ieee.org). They
can assist you in acknowledging the donation and
conforming to IEEE Policies relating to
contributions. If
your Section is considering making a donation or
contribution of either funds or equipment to
another organization, you must first submit a
request to your Region Director. Your Region
Director will then determine what approvals are
needed, if any. Remember,
that IEEE funds are only to be used for scientific,
technical and educational purposes. If a
humanitarian need arises in your community,
encourage your members to contribute to the many
organizations which specialize in the field. IEEE
Sections cannot be a conduit for such
contributions. Acknowledging
the importance of encouraging and stimulating
students' professional development in the electric
power industry and wishing to honor one of its
founders, the CH2M Hill Foundation renewed its
sponsorship of the Student Prize Paper Award in
Honor of T. Burke Hayes, for five years, beginning
in 2003. This
Prize Paper Award, presented by the IEEE Power
Engineering Society, recognizes an outstanding
original student paper in the science and practice
of electric power engineering. To learn more about
this Award and other IEEE Power Engineering Awards,
go to https://www.ieee.org/pes,
and select "Awards" from the left hand
menu. For
more information about the IEEE Foundation and how
to apply for grants, go to https://www.ieee.org/foundation. |
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