Sections Outreach Committee (SEOC) – 20 June SEOC Meeting update

Antonio Ferreira – SEOC Chair

For EAB

21 June 2008 Denver, CO, USA

Section Outreach Committee

Mission: To identify and facilitate the educational needs of the public, the profession and IEEE members.

Scope: Will have the lead responsibility within EAB for building and maintaining strong working relationships with IEEE Regions, Sections and Chapters in order to work with these organizational units as partners.

SEOC Composition

Old: SEOC Chair; three appointed voting members; and up to 2 additional voting members; VP-EA as an ex-officio member without vote; Regional Education Chairs shall serve as Corresponding Members without vote.

June/2006: SEOC Chair; 10 Region Education Chairs to serve as ex-officio voting members; VP-EA as an ex-officio member without vote.

SEOC Membership 2008

Chair: A. C. Ferreira

Region 1: B. Beheshti Region 6: K. Bakhru

Region 2: J. T. Gibbon Region 7: S. Adham

Region 3: J. P. Donohoe Region 8: F. Klett

Region 4: W. O. Serre Region 9: N. Lerendegui

Region 5: F. B. Grosz Region 10: N. B. Mariun

VP-EA: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

* a change in the Region Education Chair in IEEE database is not automatically updated in the SEOC distribution list

IEEE Section Outreach Committee Update & Outcomes

The SEOC held a face to face committee meeting on Friday, 20 June

( 19 attendees – All 10 Region Education Activities Chairs )

Main points: Present EAB (including Products & Services ) What the committee expects and needs from EAB

and what EAB expects from the committee.

What EAB needs from SEOC

Help identify locations for: TISP workshop for 2009 Standards Workshops Accreditation workshops

Help identify IEEE Education Partners Program partners in academia and industry

What EAB needs from SEOC

Promote IEEE Expert Now Section-Chapter Program.

TryEngineering.org: send student and other member profiles in technical areas, topics for lesson plans, topics for emerging technologies

Provide contact of Newsletter editors and deadlines so EA can promote programs of EAB

What SEOC needs from EAB

Identify key issues of success and problems of our programs

Create a calendar of EAB activities & update the Resource guide and post on both the EA & MGA website

Job description for the chairs

Communication with SEOC members

Change SEOC face to face meeting to earlier date ?

THANK YOU !