Region 1 Director-Elect Report

Vince SocciDirector-Elect, IEEE Region 1

IEEE Region 1 Board of Governors Meeting24 August 2013Providence Hilton

Pete’s Director’s Report

Pete is recovering … wish him well!

Assessment increase was rejected at Board of Director’s meeting series

We will need to make appropriate adjustments to our annual budget

Ethics hotline efforts have met resistance

Some sections remain non-compliant to concentration banking requirements

Two special awards to be presented to our Sections

Area Chair elections before lunch

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Progress Against Plans for DE Tenure

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Support Pete as directed– Represent him where needed– Attack assigned issues

Observe Region, USA, and Global Operations– Board Meetings– Understand the operation of the Region, Region

Leadership, and IEEE/IEEE-USA boards

R1 volunteer leadership training– Remote training model– Ensure volunteers are trained

Prepare a strategy for my tenure as director– Socialize my 4 key initiatives, Identify champions– Strategize key events during my tenure (SC14, USA14)– BoG roster preparation

Format for Candidate Presentations

IEEE President, R1 Director, NOT IEEE-USA President

10-minute floor time for each candidate– Used at the discretion of each candidate

– Hard stop at 10 minutes – mid-sentence if necessary

– Both candidates present during both presentations

– Order selected by coin toss

10-minute Q&A– 4 pre-selected, anonymous questions

– Submit your questions to Sandy at lunch – Sandy and I will select 4 and provide them to the candidates during lunch

– 1 minute per candidate to answer - No rebuttals

– Order alternates for each question

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Thinking Ahead to the Next Administration

R1 Director Responsibilities

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Delegate to R1 ExCom

Lead and Impact IEEE

R1 Term Initiatives for 2014-2015Maximize Member Value

Determine cost vs. benefitsKey resources are money and volunteer time. Assess how we spend these resourcesReduce wasteUse savings to increase value

Support IEEE members’ careers R1 jobs for R1 engineersImprove industry relationsFacilitate career networkingPrepare our members for engineering needs within R1Support the career life-cycle

Invest in Engineering ProfessionPrecollege students: InspirationUniversity students: Top-notch curricula. GOLD members: Mentoring and professional guidance. Seasoned engineers: Continuing education and training

Develop IEEE reputation/credentialsRecognized competence and integrity Certifications and continued education for IEEE members. IEEE lead standards developmentIEEE-USA active and accurate in position statementsTechnical societies CEUs

Taking Action on Key Initiatives

These are development efforts, not sustaining efforts– Status Quo is not good enough

Leadership– Term Initiatives Leader

– Need a champion in each area

Project Plans– Define improvements needed

– Actionable, resourced plans

– Real deliverables

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Visibility in to Future Meetings

I expect to develop an outlook for future meetings– When, where, what

– Venues coordinated

Please coordinate with your sections to solicit proposals for venues– Hotels, universities, alternate venues all can be considered

– We do not have firm plans yet. We are looking for options.

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Questions?