State of the Region Keith Moore Director October

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IMPORTANT LINKS IEEE Support Center – URL: https: //supportcenter. ieee. org/app/answers/list/p/1975 IEEE Membership – IEEE membership offers access to technical innovation, cuttingedge information, networking opportunities, and exclusive member benefits. URL: https: //www. ieee. org/membership_services/index. html IEEE Member Get a Member Program – URL: https: //www. ieee. org/membership/join/member-get-amemer. html 2 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) Gift of IEEE Membership -Help someone build a platform for success -URL: https: //www. ieee. org/membership/join/gift. html IEEE Collabratec® – A research, collaboration and professional networking platform offered to members, researchers, authors and volunteers. – URL: https: //ieee-collabratec. ieee. org 3 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Student Activities – URL: https: //students. ieee. org/ – URL: https: //ieee-collabratec. ieee. org/app/community/60/ IEEE Young Professionals – URL: https: //yp. ieee. org/ – URL: https: //ieee-collabratec. ieee. org/app/community/20/ IEEE Women in Engineering – URL: https: //wie. ieee. org – URL: https: //ieee-collabratec. ieee. org/app/community/35/ 4 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Life Membership – URL: https: //www. ieee. org/societies_communities/geo_activities/life_ members/ieee_life_membership. html IEEE Geo Petitions – The geographic organizational units of IEEE that can be formed by petition are Councils, Sections, Subsections, Chapters, Affinity Groups, Student Branches, Student Branch Chapters, and Student Branch Affinity Groups. – URL: https: //www. ieee. org/communities/forms_petitions. html 5 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) MGA v. Tools - URL: http: //vtools. ieee. org Events – used for creating and managing organizational unit events Officer Reporting – an online reporting tool that enables authorized volunteers to make modifications to the officer roster Voting – enables online officer elections organizational units Web. In. ABox – a wizard-like tool to generate simple section/chapter/affinity group websites that are automatically updated Student Branch Reporting – Student Branches can submit annual plan 6 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) MGA v. Tools - URL: http: //vtools. ieee. org e. Notice – an electronic newsletter subscription service that has been developed for IEEE organizational units to facilitate email distribution of newsletters, meeting notices, social events, and IEEE conference materials OU Analytics – a new visual business intelligence tool for volunteer access to member data. Survey. Monkey Apply/Fluid Review – a tool used to collect, organize and evaluate awards and nominations Check. Box – Survey tool Remote Conferencing and Screencasting – tools for conducting and recording remote or offline meetings 7 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Mobile Apps – Your mobile gateway to IEEE. Apps are available at: https: //www. ieee. org/mobile-apps/index. html IEEE TV – Video production services, and a streaming video platform that features content from IEEE members and events, including livestreamed broadcasts – URL: https: //ieeetv. ieee. org 8 6/12/2021

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Senior Member – URL: https: //www. ieee. org/membership_services/member ship/senior/index. html IEEE Fellow Activities – URL: 9 6/12/2021 https: //www. ieee. org/fellows

IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) The CLE is an online training resource targeting multiple audiences. Elected or appointed volunteers have access to Action Plans (checklists) in CLE, to help them perform in their roles. There are Action Plans available for 23 volunteer leadership roles across all the geographic units (e. g. , Section, Student Branch, etc. ). The CLE also targets those interested in the Volunteer Leadership Training Program (Vo. LT), and provides content for conference organizers. The CLE is part of IEEE members’ benefits and it provides selfpaced access to on-demand content. All IEEE members and volunteers can access the CLE using their IEEE Account. URL: https: //ieee-elearning. org/CLE 10 6/12/2021

https: //mga. ieee. org/resources-operations/geographic-unit/reporting-rebates/financial IMPORTANT LINKS (continued) IEEE Net Suite Primary bookkeeping tool where financial activity is captured by the Geographic Units Net Suite Access: https: //system. netsuite. com/pages/customerlogin. jsp? country=US Note: Not every volunteer has access to Net. Suite. Access is granted on an as-needed basis 11 6/12/2021

DEADLINES Financial Reporting – Section Rebate plus 10% Bonus – Deadline February 15, 2020 – Section Rebate only – Deadline February 28, 2020 – Visit: https: //mga. ieee. org/resources-operations/geographicunit/reporting-rebates/financial Fellow Nominations – Deadline March 1, 2020 – Visit: www. ieee. org/fellows for additional information 12 6/12/2021

DEADLINES (continued) IEEE Foundation, Inc. - Apply for a Grant IEEE Foundation invites grant applications exclusively from IEEE organizational units (sections, regions, societies, affinity groups, student branches, and major boards) Projects must address the pre-defined theme identified by the IEEE Foundation Deadline is July 12, 2020 Learn about the process and more. Visit https: //www. ieeefoundation. org/grants 13 6/12/2021

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION (continued) IEEE Humanitarian & Philanthropic Committed to advancing technology for the benefits of humanity through IEEE’s diverse humanitarian and philanthropic programs To learn more, visit https: //www. ieee. org/about/ieeehumanitarian-philanthropy. html? WT. mc_id=mbl_hp_dog 17 14 6/12/2021

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION (continued) IEEE Payment Manager Simplifies Conference Payments A new application to help facilitate disbursements for conference organizers Application allows the direct automated processing of domestic ACH payments for Concentration Banking (CB) users A web-based service replacing an email-based process Allows authorized signers on CB accounts to create conference payment requests Questions – contact MCE Business Operations & Intelligence team at conferencepayments@ieee. org 15 6/12/2021

Sections Congress 2020 The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board is hosting the IEEE Sections Congress 2020 (SC 2020) in Ottawa, Canada, at the Shaw Centre August 21 -23, 2020. More information can be found at: https: //mga. ieee. org/resources-operations/sectionscongress/2020 https: //www. facebook. com/IEEESC 16 6/12/2021

Concur Expense Reimbursement Concur, the new Volunteer Expense Reimbursement tool, is now available to IEEE Regions! - Sign in with IEEE web account - Notifications at each step of the process - Events or event types have an associated category identifier (4 levels) - A mobile app to upload your receipts More information and a video tutorial: https: //corporate. ieee. org/resources/travel, -medical-andinsurance/ieee-expense-report. 17 6/12/2021

Vote! Balloting for the 2019 IEEE Annual Election has begun! Information about the candidates and access to your ballot is available electronically on the IEEE Annual Election Site. For your vote to count, be sure to click the "Submit Ballot" button on the ballot summary page. 18 6/12/2021

Director Elect Nominations Call for Nominations: 2021 -2022 Region 6 Director. Elect Candidates Are you ready for the greatest IEEE leadership challenge of your career? IEEE Region 6 will be electing the 2021 -2022 Region 6 Director-Elect during the 2020 IEEE elections and we’re searching for a few excellent candidates. If you are interested in serving as the Region 6 Director or wish to nominate a qualified colleague, contact Kathleen Kramer, Chair of the IEEE Region 6 Nominations Committee, by November 12, 2019, and complete a candidate information form. 19 6/12/2021

2020 Region 6 Op. Com Meeting SAVE THE DATE! The 2020 Op. Com meeting LAX North Embassy Suites February 7 -9, 2020 20 6/12/2021

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Seattle, WA | October 17 -20, 2019 The 9 th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2019) is an international flagship conference sharing practical technology enabled solutions addressing the needs of underserved populations and resource constrained environments around the world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG). Registration is now open and the early registration deadline is September 19. Keynotes and remarks from Neil Sahota, UC Irvine (AI for good); IEEE-USA President Tom Coughlin. 21 6/12/2021

Sus. Tech 2020 Technologies that improve Air, Water, Energy, Food and Human Life http: //site. ieee. org/sustech April 23 -25, 2020 at Double. Tree by Hilton Hotel, Santa Ana, CA, USA 22 The Sus. Tech Conference is designed to explore the development and application of science, engineering and technology that improve Sustainability of Air, Water, Energy, Food and Human Life. It brings together scientists, engineers, technologists and scholars from multiple disciplines to hold a dialogue on environmental issues and collaborate on ideas to develop and utilize innovative tools and intelligent systems to address them. 6/12/2021

Rising Stars 2020 3 -5 January 2020 Tropicana Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Where Students and Young Professionals Come to Connect and be Inspired 23 6/12/2021

Thanks again for everything you do! Have Fun! Use your powers for good! Be BOLD! 24 6/12/2021