IEEE Region 5 PACE Related Job Descriptions
Regional PACE Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES
The role of the Region 5 PACE Chair is to promote professional activities within the
Sections of Region 5. The Region 5 PACE Chair also serves a liaison role to facilitate
communication between section members and the IEEE-USA.
Specific functions of the Region 5 PACE Coordinator include, but are not limited to:
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Represent PACE as a standing member of the Region 5 Executive committee
structure, and, if feasible, establish a PACE Committee as a standing committee of the
Region structure (which may require a bylaw change). Each Regional PACE Coordinator should
be assisted by a team of program specialists who keep abreast of IEEE programs in their
areas and support Sections, Councils, Societies, and Chapters that wish to undertake local
activities. These program coordinators and the Regional PACE Coordinator constitute the
Regional PACE Committee. The PACE Program Coordinators should be responsible for the
following areas: |
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The Program Coordinators are appointed by the Regional Director with
recommendations from the Regional PACE Coordinator. They serve in the same capacity on the
Regional Director's Committee, and as the Regional delegate to a corresponding IEEE-USA
committee. Detailed descriptions of the coordinator's responsibilities are attached. |
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The regional budgets of each of the PACE Committee members is determined by the Region
5 Executive Committee and the Regional Director. The detailed budget for each committee
chairperson is provided in the Region 5 Annual Budget. |
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A detailed description of the functions of each Regional PACE Program Coordinator is
Hypertext linked for reference. |
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Advise, encourage, assist, and support Section PACE Chairmen in the Region
in their efforts to: |
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Represent PACE as a standing member of the Section structure, and, if
feasible, establish a PACE Committee as a standing committee of the Section structure
(which may require a bylaw change). Each Section PACE Coordinator should be assisted by a
team of program specialists who keep abreast of IEEE programs in their areas and support
and conduct local activities within the Sections, Councils, Societies, and Chapters. These
program coordinators and the Section PACE Chairperson constitute the Section PACE
Committee. The PACE Program Chairs should establish bi-directional links with their
counter part on the Regional PACE Committee and with their support should be responsible
for the following areas: |
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State Government Activities |
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Career Enhancement Activities and Employment Assistance Activities |
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Pre-college Education Activities |
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National Engineers Week Activities |
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Student Professional Awareness Activities and MPAC |
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Technical Policy Activities |
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Life Member and Member Advancement |
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Professional Education Activities |
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Student Professional Awareness Activities and Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) |
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Awards - IEEE-USA Awards, Regional Activities Board Awards, and Regional Awards |
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Establish a two-way communication network to facilitate local and national
response to critical IEEE-USA and Technology Policy Council issues. |
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Participate in pre-college education efforts, National Engineers Week activities, and
allied activities within the Section that could benefit from PACE collaboration. |
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D. Submit an annual plan of Section's PACE activities to the Regional PACE Coordinator
(by December 1 each year). |
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Submit an annual report on the Section's PACE activities to the Regional PACE
Coordinator (by December 1 each year). |
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Identify an individual within the Section, Council, Chapter or Student Branch that has
demonstrated exemplary service to advancement of the goals of IEEE and IEEE-USA and
prepare and nomination for these individuals for one of the IEEE, IEEE-USA, IEEE-RAB,
Regional, or Section Awards. |
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Design, develop, and implement projects to enhance professional activities
within the Sections, Councils, Chapters and Student Branches. Projects suitable for
Regional annual meetings or conferences include IEEE-USA information exhibits;
professional activities workshops; M-PACS and S-PACS. |
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Provide or assure PACE leader training for new Section PACE leaders and establish a
continuing training process to alert Section PACE leaders to new PACE project ideas for
Section PACE activities. |
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Review, endorse, and forward requests from Section PACE Chairmen for Regional
Professional Activities Support Funds to support Section PACE activities. |
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Prepare and submit an annual funding requests report, with supporting documentation,
for PACE project funding by December each year so that these requests may be included in
the PACE Regional Activities Committee's annual budget projection. |
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Submit an annual report on Regional PACE activities to IEEE-USA in July of each year,
prior to the annual national PACE Workshop. |
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Support and attend the annual IEEE-USA PACE Conference and encourage Section PACE
Chair participation by: |
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Communicating the importance of the attendance of Section PACE chairs at
the IEEE-USA PACE Conference. |
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Coordinating funding requests for funding of PACE chair travel expenses to attend the
IEEE-USA PACE Conference. |
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Assisting the PACE Conference committee, if requested, with the PACE Conference
workshops. Host Regional Section PACE chair meetings at the conference. |
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Contact the Regional Director in November of each year to suggest the
appointment of the Regional PACE Committee Coordinators for the coming year. Confirm the
appointments by December 15 and report the results to the PACE Regional Activities
Committee Chairman by January 1, along with the Section PACE appointments reported by the
Section PACE Chairmen. |
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