R-10 Chapters' Meet, Oct.,2009 in Kualalumpur, Malaysia

Report on IEEE-PES 2009 Region 10 Chapters' Meet
October 24-25, 2009, Kualalumpur, Malaysia

by Mr. P.Rajamani, Treasurer, Kolkata PE Chapter

The 2009 R10 PE Chapter Chairs' meeting was held in the Hotel Millennium from October 24 to October 25, 2009. There were 23 participants consisting of Chairs / representatives of 16 Chapters (Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Kolkata, Islamabad, Bombay, Hyderabad, Kerala, Singapore, Western Australia, Victorian, New South Wales, & Queensland), 4 Chapter Representatives, Region Representative, PES Vice President (Chapters), PES President, and PES Executive Director. There were as many as 17 training sessions along with one video display following the presentation by the PES President at the beginning.

Photo Session during the 2009 Chapters' Meet at Kuala Lumpur

The presentations by Chapter Chairs or their representatives, Chapter Representatives & Region Representative essentially centered round the following points: Significant Accomplishments in recent past in terms of Technical, Educational, & Professional Activities, Benefits to Industry and PES Members & Volunteer Participants, Recognition of Outstanding Performance of Members, Students & GOLD Program, Membership Development Program in terms of Admission (Recruitment) & Advancement in Grade and Significant Plans for near future. The presentations were informative and generated inquisitive interactions.

In addition to the routine activities, best practices as well as exceptional activities were presented on behalf of seventeen Chapters. The free and open exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences was immensely beneficial to the participants, particularly for those who were attending such meeting for the first time.

R-10 Chapters' Meet, Dec.,2005 in Bangkok, Thailand

Report on IEEE-PES 2005 Region 10 Chapters' Meet
December 18-20, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

by Dr. S. Chakravorti, Chairman, Kolkata PE Chapter

The second IEEE-PES Region 10 Chapters' Meet, the first of its kind was held in 2002, was started on 18th December 2005 at the Pathumwan Princessn Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, with the welcome drinks. The Chair of IEEE PES Thailand Chapter welcomed all the participants and introduced the IEEE PES volunteers from Thailand who had worked tirelessly to make this program successful. On 19th December 2005 in the pre lunch session, Dr. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, IEEE PES R10 Representative, discussed the Resources Available to Chapters. Dr. Lalit Goel, IEEE PES R10 South Chapters Representative, made presentations on the following: How to Motivate PES Chapters, Membership Recruitment & Retention, Distinguished Lecturer Program and High Performing Chapter Program. In the post lunch session, at first Dr. Lalit Goel discussed Outstanding Chapter Award & Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award, which was followed by the discussions on SAMIEEE, PES Web Pages & Communications by Dr. Subrata Mukhopadhyay. Dr. Subrata Mukhopadhyay also highlighted What's new at PES & Reports.

Photo Session during the 2005 Chapters' Meet at Bangkok

On 20th December 2005, Dr. Norman Mariun, IEEE PES R10 East Chapters Representative made presentations on IEEE / PES GOLD Program. It was followed by a detailed discussion on – How to Improve PES Services to Chapters. Finally goals were set for PES Chapters of Region 10 for 2006-2007.

Altogether 19 participants took part in this meeting out of which 7 were from India.

Chapters' Congress, Jul.,2000 in Seattle, USA

Report on IEEE-PES 2000 Chapters Congress
July 20-22, 2000, Seattle, USA

by Dr. S. Chakravorti, Secretary, Kolkata PE Chapter

The second IEEE-PES Chapters Congress, the first of its kind was held in 1996, was inaugurated on 20th July 2000 at the Renaissance Madison Hotel in Seattle, Washington, USA by Mr. Roger Sullivan, General Chair of the congress.

On 21st July 2000, four tutorials were held on Finance, Membership development, Technical activities and multi-subject. The participants were required to participate in each of these four tutorials, where leading IEEE PES activists explained the details of various IEEE activities. After the tutorials, regional caucuses were held and each of the ten regions was asked to submit one proposal, which will go straight to the executive board for consideration.

Photo Session during the 2000 Chapters' Congress at Seattle

The presentations by Chapter Chairs or their representatives, Chapter Representatives & Region Representative essentially centered round the following points: Significant Accomplishments in recent past in terms of Technical, Educational, & Professional Activities, Benefits to Industry and PES Members & Volunteer Participants, Recognition of Outstanding Performance of Members, Students & GOLD Program, Membership Development Program in terms of Admission (Recruitment) & Advancement in Grade and Significant Plans for near future. The presentations were informative and generated inquisitive interactions.

In addition to the routine activities, best practices as well as exceptional activities were presented on behalf of seventeen Chapters. The free and open exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences was immensely beneficial to the participants, particularly for those who were attending such meeting for the first time.