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IEEE Region 3
Operations Manual


A.8. STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Objectives

To coordinate Region 3 student activities and provide advice and support for student activities to IEEE entities.

Responsibilities

Conduct a Region 3 Student Conference each year in conjunction with SoutheastCon. While the majority of the effort is performed by the host Student Branch, the Region 3 Student Activities Committee (SAC) establishes policy and provides assistance for various activities normally part of the conference, including the Student Paper Contest and a device contest.

Interact with the IEEE Student Activities Committee.

Represent student activities concerns of/for/to IEEE and Monitor Student Branch activities within the Region.

Ensure compliance to the Region's "Student Travel Policy" and provide a preliminary budget, based on the approved Student Travel Policy, to the Region 3 Finance Committee.

The Region 3 Regional Student Activities Committee Chair (RSAC) shall be a member of the Region 3 Awards and Recognition Committee and shall be Chair of the Student Awards Subcommittee.

Review and revise as appropriate the SoutheastCon Student Conference Manual.

Ensure the Annual Student Conference Hardware Design Contest Rules reflect the desired goals of the Region's contest, and are of appropriate specificity and complexity, and are relatively free of ambiguity.

Submit pertinent and timely committee information to the Region 3 Newsletter Editor.

Membership

The Chair of the Student Activities Committee shall be appointed by the Region 3 Delegate/Director with concurrence of the Executive Committee. The Chair's appointment is a one year term with an additional one year term at the discretion of the Delegate/Director.

The SAC Vice Chair is appointed by the SAC Chair with the concurrence of the Region Delegate/Director. The Vice Chair shall be responsible for such tasks as delegated by the Committee Chair.

The immediate past SAC Chair shall be a member.

One Student Activities Liaison to the Region 3 Professional Activities Operation Committee appointed by the SAC Chair with concurrence of the Region 3 Delegate/Director.

One past Region 3 Delegate/Director appointed by the Region 3 Delegate/Director will be a “Mentor”.

The Counselors of all of the IEEE Student Branches within the Region shall be members of the Region 3 Student Activities Committee.

The Regional Student Representative (RSR) shall be appointed by the SAC Chair with concurrence of the Region Delegate/Director.

Meetings

The Region 3 Student Activities Committee will meet annually at the Region 3 Student Conference held in conjunction with the Region's SoutheastCon Conference. The meeting will be conducted by the Region's RSAC. In conjunction with the annual Region 3 Student Activities Committee meeting, there will be a Student Branch Chair's Workshop conducted by the Region 3 Regional Student Representative (RSR).


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