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SCOOP, November
2003
https://www.ieee.org/scoop
Biannual issue for IEEE Section Chairs
and Treasurers
Vicki Waldman, Editor; Tracy Hawkins,
Manager Section/Chapter Support
IN THIS
ISSUE:
TRAINING
NEW OFFICERS (www.ieee.org/officers)
This
is the time of year that most IEEE Sections hold elections
and will soon have next year's officers ready to take over
the management of the Section. If you need job descriptions
and material for training incoming officers, you can go to
https://www.ieee.org/officers. There are links for
presentations, forms and information for the training of
incoming officers.
GOING
GLOBAL WITH EWEEK (www.eweek.org)
In
the United States, National Engineers Week 2004 will be
celebrated February 20-28. National Engineers Week
celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to our
quality of life and helps create the future engineering and
technology work force by promoting pre-college interest in
math, science and technical literacy.
National
Engineers Week headquarters is interested in learning
aboutEngineers Week or similar activities outside the United
States. They realize that engineering is a global venture
that can be celebrated worldwide and would like to lay the
groundwork for National Engineers Week to connect outside
the United States. You can help them learn more by
answering some questions on the E-week web site at
https://www.eweek.org.
Scroll
down to the link by the third bullet under "What's
New."
RECRUITING
AND RETAINING VOLUNTEERS, PART III
What
volunteers need: "A specific manageable task with a
beginning and an end*." When you have a position to fill,
be sure to have a job description available so you can let
your potential volunteer know exactly what they are being
asked to do and approximately how much of their time it will
take (job descriptions for many Section positions can be
found at https://www.ieee.org/officers.).
- If
you wait for people to offer their services, you may have
a long wait,
- so
ask them! But try to avoid doing this as a general
announcement at a meeting, in your newsletter or by
passing a sign-up sheet around the room. This
communicates that anyone can do the job. You will get
better results with a one-on-one contact. The "personal
touch" has worked successfully for the IEEE Buffalo
Section.
- Try
to collect as many sources of potential volunteers as
possible and
- don't
limit yourself to friends and current volunteers. Refer
to resources such as meeting attendance sheets and
results of interest surveys.
- (*from
"Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them" by Helen
Little; page 20-28, Panacea Press, Inc. Naperville IL.,
1999)
IEEE
GRANTS THROUGH THIRD QUARTER
2003
During the first three quarters of 2003,the IEEE
received 35 grants,
- contracts,
and cooperative agreements totaling US$886,376 in support
of its many conferences and programs. Grants were
provided for activities such as IEEE conferences for
student and invited speaker travel, publications, and
registration subsidies, Standards Development Support and
more.
- To
see a full list of grants received year to date,
visit
- https://www.ieee.org/services/financial/grants.
If you are interested in
- learning
more about seeking grant support for an IEEE program
or
- conference,
please contact Karen Galuchie, IEEE
Development Operations
Manager,
telephone +1 732 562 3915.
FINANCIAL
ADVANTAGE PROGRAM EMAIL ALERT
The IEEE Financial Advantage Program (FAP) is now
offering an additional service for IEEE members. Members
now have the option of subscribing to an opt-in quarterly
email newsletter that will keep them notified of changes or
additions to a variety of programs, including life, health,
automobile, home insurance, and credit cards. These email
alerts will contain information to help IEEE members
structure their benefits to meet their individual
needs.
- To
register to receive the E-FAP newsletter, go
to:
- https://imlc.ieee.org/./notifyme.jsp?ini=/webapps/ieee/config/e-fap.ini.
To learn more about Financial Advantage Program, visit
the FAP Web site at https://www.ieee.org/fap.
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