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PACE Committee Report
By
Hamid Vakilzadian
Region 4 PACE Committee Chair
Region 4 e-Meeting
January, 2008
2007-08 PACE Committee Members
Chair: Hamid Vakilzadian
• Student Professional Awareness – Kristi Brooks
• Government Activities – Burton Loupee
• Employment and Career Services – Tarek Lahdhiri
• Technical Policy Activities – Jim Fancher
• Pre-College Education – Steven James
• Sections’ PACE Coordinator
Responsibilities
• Promote the professional interests of the local members
of Region 4 sections
• Promote more professional activities within the Region 4
sections and student branches
• Provide means for communicating the professional needs
of the members to be communicated to Region 4 and
IEEE-USA
• Bring IEEE-USA’s and Region 4 Employment and Career
Service opportunities to the Region 4 members
• Encourage and support Professional Development (PDS)
seminars within sections
Responsibilities (Cont.)
• Promote:
– S-PAC (Student Professional Awareness Conference)
– S-Pave (Student Professional Awareness Ventures)
– S-PAW (Student Professional Awareness Workshop)
activities in student branches
• Advocate the profession to students, engineering
community, and public
• Strengthening Pre-College activities
• Support Affinity Groups and WIE Activities
Highlights of 2007 Activities
Precollege Activities – Steven James
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Nomination of 4 for Teacher/Engineer Awards
http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/pec/t-e-partnership.html
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Presentation of IEEE Benefits to Red River Valley Section
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Help on development of “Starter Kits” for PEC Activities
more info and “how-to” develop Pre-college activities:
http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/pec/index.html
Highlights of 2007 Activities
Student Professional Awareness Conference (S-PAC)
Activities - Kristi Brooks
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Michigan State University, Feb 19th
North Dakota State University, Mar. 6th
Valparaiso University, Mar. 30th
Presentation of Design Squad at 2007 Annual
Meeting
Contribution for the development of SPAW
Highlights of 2007 Activities
IEEE-USA Technical Policy Committee Activity – Jim Fancher
7 Technical Policy Committees
– Communications Policy (no new positions)
– Transportation & Aerospace (no new positions)
– Critical Infrastructure Protection (no new positions)
– Energy Policy (one new position on Petroleum Electric Hybrid
Vehicle, PEHV)
• Attended 3 Energy Policy Committee meetings
• Other R4 members active on this committee: Dr. Fernando
Alvarado, of Madison WI and Mr. Kevin Taylor of the SE
Michigan Section
– Medical Technology Policy (no new positions)
– R & D Policy (no new positions)
– ad hoc Tech Policy Workshops and Seminars (no new positions)
Highlights of 2007 Activities
IEEE-USA Government Activities Committee (GAC)
Burton Loupee
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Attending monthly telecon meetings throughout the year.
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Attending the meeting at the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
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Attending a congressional Fly-In meetings with the legislator's offices
and working on the H1-B legislation in March
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Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort (CARE)
– CARE has been experimenting with enrolling all members of a Section in
the program. This Section-by-Section program would put all members of a
Section in CARE and would give members the opportunity to opt-out.
– Recommendation: R44 should get at least one Section to try it.
Highlights of 2007 Activities
• Funding for 17 PACE projects in Sections/subsections:
Cedar Rapids, Central Indiana, Coulee, Chicago, Iowa Illinois,
Southeastern Michigan, Milwaukee, Nebraska, Red River Valley,
Rock River Valley, Twin Cities, Toledo
• Presentations at IEEE-USA Annual Meeting on PACE training and
PDSs fundamentals
• Updating PACE training and PDS presentation slides
• Representation of R4 views on PACE Committee Meetings
Funded PACE Projects
No.
Section
Project Name
Project
Type
Date
Project
Cost
Funding
Amount
1
Southeastern
Michigan
Robofest 2007
Precollege
2/5/07
$39500
$2,000
2
Red River
Valley
"Stuff You Don't
Learn in Eng.g
School"
PDS
2/6/07
$6150
$1,000
Twin Cities
Making a
Transition to
Manager
PDS
2/8/07
$5,500
$1,000
4
Chicago
Career
Networking
Group Web
Presentation
PDS
3/1/07
$550
$200
5
Iowa-Illinois
QC Elite FIRST
Robotics Team
Precollege
3/24/07
$48,000
$200
3
6
Cedar Rapids
ProCon 2007
PDS
4/19/07
$12,500
$1,000
7
Central
Indiana
Stuff you don’t
learn in eng.
school
PDS
4/25/07
$3,050
$400
8
Twin Cities
Six-Sigma
Workshop
PDS
6/4/07
$1,000
$500
Subtotal
$6,300
Funded PACE Projects Cont.
Project
Project
Funding
No.
Section
Project Name
Type
Date
Cost
Amount
9
Toledo
MATHCOUNT Competition
Precollege
6/20/07
$1,000
$500
10/1/07
$5,600
$400*
10
Toledo
2007 Inst. Night
Membership
Development
11
Milwaukee
Introducing Eng. to Students
Precollege
10/3/07
$1,600
$600
12
Rock River
Valley
US FIRST Robotics
Competition
Procollege
10/23/07
$28,000
$2,000*
13
IowaIllinois
Girl Scout Engineering
Activity
Precollege
10/28/07
$1,900
$150
14
Nebraska
Career & Membership
Awareness Workshop
PDS
11/16/07
$1,070
$400
15
Coulee
Robotics Project
Precollege
11/16/07
$12,250
$500*
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Leadership & Project
Management track
PDS
12/4/07
$5,800
$3,000
14 Sections
Annual Meeting Travel
Support
PACE
Training
9/1/07
N/A
$7,000
16
17
Subtotal from Previous Page
$6,300
Total
$20,850
2007 IEEE-USA PACE Funding
Funds from IEEE-USA for PACE, CY-2007
Item
Budget Allocation
for 2007
Spent in
2007
Actual Transfer
for 2007
IEEE-USA Professional
Development Funds for
Regions 4
$11,156.27
$10,850
$11,156.27
IEEE-USA Funds for 2007
Annual Meeting
$4,733.00
$4,769.31
$4,769.31
IEEE-USA funds for PDS
Projects (additional)
$2,000
$2,000
IEEE-USA SSVR Funds
Used for PACE projects
$2,900
$2,900
$20,519.31
$20,825.58
Total
$15,889.27
Sections Attended at 2007 Annual Meeting
Section
1.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
No. Participated
Arrowhead 0
Calumet
0
Cedar Rapids
2
Central Illinois
0
Central Indiana
4
Central Iowa
2
Chicago
3
Fox Valley Subsec. 0
Northwest Subsec. 1
Fort Wayne
1
Iowa-Illinois
1
Madison
0
Milwaukee
0
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Section
No. Participated
Nebraska
Northeast Michigan0
North-eastern Wisconsin
Rock River Valley
Siouxland
South-eastern Michigan
Southern Minnesota
Coulee Subsection 1
Toledo
Twin Cities
1
West Michigan
Missouri Slope
Red River Valley
No. of Section Participated: 14
3
0
3
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
2007 IEEE-USA Annual Meeting Program
Aug. 31 – Sept. 3
• Friday 8/31/2007
– Technical Sessions until 5:00 PM – revenue generation
– PACE Training: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
– Breakout Sessions: 8:30-10:30 PM
• Brain Storming on “What Can I Do to Improve IEEE-USA?”
• Saturday and Sunday 9/1-9/2 (8:00 – 5:30)
– Three parallel tracks on various PACE topics including PDS
fundamentals
• Monday 9/3/2007 (8:00-12:00)
– R4 Brain Storming Session and presentation of action items
Mark Your Calendars!
2008 Annual Meeting
• When: April 25-27
• Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Indianapolis Indiana
R4 will reimburse some of the expenses for one
participant from each section/subsection
• Sections are encouraged to send more ExCom
Members on Section Support
For registration and more info., access the URL:
http://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/2008annualmeeting/default.asp
Professional Engineer License
• New Requirements: B.S.+30 Credit Hours or an MS degree
• Civil Engineers are primarily the national proponents of this
increased requirement.
• Oppositions by the state board of engineers in the states
that are being considered
• Inform members to allow those who have a position on the
Bill to contact their state senators
• Sections may take also a position and reflect it to their state
senators through their section chair and PACE chair
PACE Committee Plan for 2008
• Kristi Brooks
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Attend the S-PAC meetings
Implement S-PAC recommendations at the region level
Hold 3-4 S-PAC workshops at the Region level
Hold Design Squad in 2-3 schools
• Steven James
– Represent R4 in pre-university committees
– Organize 3-4 pre-university activities at the region level
– Write a proposal for IEEE-USA PEC funding of the project material
for 2 school needs
– Promote TIS program and other successful Pre-college projects at
the region level (goal 3 sections, one in each area)
– Ensure R4 has at least 2 nominations for the Eng.-Teacher
Partnership Award (IEEE-USA)
– Work with IEEE-USA PEC in securing corporate sponsorship of
teacher grant/reward program
PACE Committee Plan for 2008
• Tarek Lahdhiri
– Conduct R4 resource awareness seminars within sections (at least
one in each area by June 08)
– Determine, disseminate, and present Employment and Career
Services info to the R4 sections
– Offer PDS workshops to the R4 sections
– Promote ECS and CWPC webnars
• Burton Loupee
– Attend and present R4 views at IEEE-USA Government Activities
Committee
– Report the activities to the region
– Promote Region 4 to get at least one section to sign up for CARE.
PACE Committee Plan for 2008
• Jim Fancher
– Attend and present R4 views in IEEE-USA Technical Policy
Committees
– Report the policies to the region
• Hamid Vakilzadian
– Determine and fund an effective and long lasting PACE project at
the region level
– Survey topics of importance to the sections and train an Xcom/R4
member to deliver one as a workshop to the R4 sections
– Review and recommend funding of the sections’ PACE projects
– Discuss the recommended action items of the 2007 annual
meeting with the R4 PACE committee and plan to implement 2
items.
PACE Committee Plan for 2008
• Hamid Vakilzadian
– Participate in the IEEE-USA PACE committee meetings and
report the results back to the region
– Promote professional development seminars (PDS) and
encourage 2-3 sections to organize one.
– Provide PACE training for the sections, if needed.
– Hold quarterly telecon meetings with Section PACE chairs
– Collect, disseminate, and report the R4 PACE project to IEEEUSA
– Review sections’ PACE Projects
– Promote Annual Meeting participation
Appendix A
2007 Annual Meeting Report
Annual Meeting Recommended
Action Items
How Can I Help to Improve IEEE-USA?
• Pre-college activities
• Improving innovation within the U.S.
• Increasing U.S. membership
• Improving communication with our members
R4 Recommendations onPre-college
activities
• Encourage R4 members to engage with their school
system through IEEE products (TISP, design squad, etc.)
and volunteering.
• Participate, mentor, and fund non classroom science and
engineering programs such as First Robotics, Science
Fair, Future City, etc. with emphasis on 5th-9th grades.
• Provide tutoring for students through student branches.
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• Make Middle School and High School Science and Math
teachers and counselors a member of IEEE and educate
them on the TISP
• Have specialized teacher for math and science
R4 Recommendations on Improving
innovation within the U.S.
• Put innovation Inst. infrastructure in place at Region and
Section levels through PACE activities speakers and
Innovation Inst. passing the goals of the institute to the
membership.
• Review section’s activities to address non- traditional
and risk taking options which may fit better individual
situations with focus on innovation.
• Organize creativity workshops and brain storming
sessions at the section events.
R4 Recommendations on Increasing U.S.
membership
• Have heavily differentiated rates for IEEE member and
non member activities and products.
• Emphasize IEEE’s value by restricting access to certain
information to members only.
• Have membership drive open house at the section level
which also includes family friendly activities.
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• Raise awareness of IEEE through national marketing
campaign.
R4 Recommendations on Improving
communication with our members
• Improve quality (info contents and timeliness) of the
newsletters and web sites
• Have IEEE info (local events) sent to members and non
members
• Organize study groups at chapter and/or section levels
for topics of interest.
Appendix B
2007 PACE Committee Reports
IEEE-USA PACE Committee Meeting
Report (May 2007)
• Adequately prioritizing IEEE programs
• Finding ways to produce revenues
• Poor student retention – loss 75- 89% students
between college and employment
• Who should organize the annual meetings and
possible name change (PACE Committee?)
• Urge all members to take personal responsibility for
their own competitiveness
• Conducting successful annual meeting
IEEE-USA PACE Committee Meeting
Report (May 2007)
• Successfully organize IEEE-USA programs: SPACs,
PACE projects, and Congressional Visit Day
• Sending GOLD members to Annual Meeting
• Length of the annual meetings (2 or 3 days?)
• Region PACE Calendar
• Main Speaker Database for IEEE for the place of the
society database
• Voluntary Contribution Fund
IEEE-USA PACE Committee Meeting
Report (Oct. 2007)
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Suggestions for the 2008 Annual Meeting Committee
– Poster Session
– PACE Leadership Training Session and PDS Session
– What to do with last Annual Meeting Recommendations?
– No Technical Workshops on Friday
– 2-day meeting – starting Friday afternoon, ending Sunday morning
– Location: possibly in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or St. Louis
– Audience: Sections Leaders, Section PACE Chairs, Region
Leaders, GOLD Leaders
– Day/Time Slot for various Topics and Speakers
– Possible Breakout Session Topics on:
• a national US issue
• an IEEE issue
• a local issue
IEEE-USA PACE Committee Meeting
Report (Oct. 2007)
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Region PACE Fund Financial Status Reports/Requests
Discussion of Society/Division Representative
IEEE-USA Activities on
– Grassroots (Government Activities Committee)
– Congressional Visits Day (CVD)
– Educate the attendees on a certain issue such as
(need to select the issue)
– Invite the local elected officials (or congressional
aids) to attend
– Overview Session on Products and Services