San Francisco Bay Area Council Officer Training Workshop January 26, 2014

1. San Francisco Bay Area CouncilOfficer Training WorkshopJanuary 26, 2014

2. Sometimes a B– is good enough! But I’m an A student! Bill’s Basics: A minimal action solution to running a pretty good chapter or NB: This talk is for new officers, officers of “struggling” chapters, or established Chairs of an open mind. 2014 SFBAC Officer Training January 25, 2014Bill DeHope, past OEB Chair

3. What this talk is about (or not about) • How to be lazy. Get the credit of holding a major IEEE office without having to work hard. • How to learn. Know the basics and just a little more. Be competent and confident in your office. • How to prepare. Put in a little planning effort now and your chapter will reap benefits all year long. • How to improve. Leave your chapter better than you found it. Life is a process, not a destination. Nobility

4. Outline • Survival Skills! • Basic chapter organization • Who does what • The Plan • The basic rhythm and flow of the chapter year • I love it when a plan comes together • Meeting essentials • Choosing & inviting speakers • Meeting best practices • Keep it coming • Finding your successor • Leaving things better than you found them 2014 SFBAC Officer Training Workshop (DeHope)

5. The basic Chapter prescription You have 12 months to… • Account for money & assets Prove you’re not a thief • Hold two meetingsBut we’re planning on four • Ensure future success Find your successor

6. Don’t forget the paperworkAn IEEE chapter boils down to 3 forms: • Accounting = L50/NetsuiteThis is between you and your section Chair and section Treasurer Due next month! • Meetings = L31 meeting reports vTools (sites.ieee.org/vtools)  Due after each meeting. At least 2/year. • Succession = L10 officer reporting  vTools (sites.ieee.org/vtools)   Due Now!

7. Tools of the Trade • sites.ieee.org/vtools • Report officer Changes (L-10) • Schedule a meeting • Submit eNotice (sometimes flaky via vTools*) • Submit L-31 (meeting) report • Setup an election • Create web-in-a-box webpage • *e-notice direct:  www.ieee.org/enotice • scroll down to “submit an eNotice” • registration 1st time?  • e-notice questions:  KhanhLuu    k.n.luu@ieee.org     • www.ieee.org/concentration   to access CB account, CBRS • Stacey: s.negron-sheckells@ieee.org  to add/delete officers, get ATM cards • Know your Hop Number in order to transfer $ • Grid submissions:  editor@e-grid.net • Paul:    p.wesling@ieee.org

8. A little help, please… • http://ieee-elearning.org/CLE/ • IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence • SFBAC’s prior Officer Training talks • Coming soon to http://www.ieee-sfbac.net/ • Other section/regions: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/4/training.php • There’s general help at http://www.ieee.org • click on Volunteers(under “Resources for…” on right) • click on Member & Geographic Activities (Under Major boards and organizations) • click on Geographic Unit Operations Resources (left column links) • Click on Required Reporting & Rebates (left column) • note the L10 & L31 forms are all there (Link to L50 on right) • Note the other tools available on the Geo Unit Operations Resources page (eNotice, vTools, EWH, SamIEEE, etc) • There’s help from your section • There’s help here!

9. What we have here is a failure to communicate When it comes to accounting… • Do what your Section Chair says • Do what your Section Treasurer says • Some Sections NEED you to do COI, Info/minutes uploads, etc. with your L50 • This is usually just a simple explanation of last year’s revenue and expenses • Work with your Section’s Treasurer to ensure your section’s L-50 is on track; don’t be the Chapter that cheats everyone out of a full rebate! • Use Concentration Banking www.ieee.org/concentration • This is the 2012 Treasurer’s responsibility, part of officer handoff; both past and present Chair & Treasurer attest • This too shall pass…Jan & Feb actions

10. The last I’ll say about money • Money makes a great slave but a lousy master • Most IEEE entities over-emphasize $ • View $ as a tool to help you serve your members • Why would you need cash reserves of more than a few years? • Use Concentration Bankingwww.ieee.org/concentration • Why? • Make it easy on your Section • Can you guarantee the health of your chapter in 10 years? • Why not? Complex financial transactions (Possibly other ways of handling this?) • The folks that fight me on this have A+ chapters so Peace! • Know your Hop Number!

11. And don’t forget Officer Reporting • Due ASAP, another Jan-Feb task like finances • The Officer Reporting Form, the ol’ L-10, via vTools at sites.ieee.org/vtools • So who does this? • Some say outgoing (old) Chair • Some say incoming (new) Chair • Some say the Teller’s Committee(whoever ran your election) • If you use vTools for your election, you might find an auto-report function…Trust, but verify • Just do it! (You’ll need membership numbers.) • And let your Section officers know—they’ll fwd it to the Grid • You did all pay your dues, right? 2014 SFBAC Officer Training Workshop (DeHope)

12. What’s the secret of chapter success? • The trick is planning your meetings • Play it safe: plan 2 before summer and 2 after • If you miss one (or both) you’ll still survive as a chapter • What follows is an “odd month” plan with January & July “off” • Note the events happen serially—no parallel processing! • Mid-January: Officer Training; Chapter ExCom Kickoff mtg/plan 1st meeting Chair submits L-10 Officer Report • Early February: Treasurer submits last year’s L-50 input to section • Mid-March: 1st Technical Meeting Plan 2nd meeting • Mid-May: 2nd Technical Meeting Plan 3rd meeting • Mid-September: 3rd (penultimate) Technical Meeting Call for nominations Plan 4th meeting • Mid-November: 4th (final) Technical Meeting Hold election Approve a budget/plan for new year • December: Begin L-50 financial reporting

13. Chapter organization simplified: • Treasurer • Learn your job in January (from last year’s Treasurer) • Do your job (for 13 months) • Learn your next job • Secretary • Do your job • Learn your next job • Vice Chair/Speaker Coordinator • Do your job • Learn your next job • Chair • Do your job (nag!) • Find your successor Suggested officer progression/rotation

14. Local Chapter Officer Duties in detail • Treasurer • pay the bills, maintain the checkbook & other finances • communicates performance-to-budget to other officers • track assets (cash-on-hand, computer eqpt, coffee pot…) • responsible for preparing next-year’s budget • provides yearly financial report to your Section for L-50 • Secretary • tracks meeting attendance, submits L-31 • maintains a member/guest database (past attendees) • Takes and maintains “minutes” • Maintains the Speakers List of past & potential speakers • assists VC in publicity & venue reservations • Default webmaster • Vice Chair/Speaker Coordinator (SC or VC) • invites, coordinates, and introduces technical speakers • back-up Chair (when Chair is absent, whether physically or…) • Chair • calls & chairs meetings (sgt@arms) sets agendas, appoints committees • nags everyone to keep to The Plan (the Yearly Calendar & 60-day cycle) • Announces, runs, and reports a yearly election • the conduit to, and representative of, the Section • responsible for a chapter meeting all IEEE requirements Suggested officer progression/rotation

15. Hey, but what about minimal action? • Treasurer • pay the bills, maintain the checkbook & other finances • communicates performance-to-budget to other officers • track assets (cash-on-hand, computer eqpt, coffee pot…) • responsible for preparing next-year’s budget • provides yearly financial report to your Section for L-50 • Secretary • tracks meeting attendance, submits L-31 • maintains a member/guest database (SAMIEEE, past attendees) • maintains “minutes”, Speakers List of past & potential speakers • assists VC in publicity, venue reservations; default webmaster • Vice Chair/Speaker Coordinator (SC or VC) • invites, coordinates, and introduces technical speakers • back-up Chair (when Chair is absent, whether physically or…) • Chair • responsible for a chapter meeting all IEEE requirements • calls & chairs meetings (sgt@arms) sets agendas, appoints committees • nags everyone to keep to The Plan (the Yearly Calendar & 61-day cycle) • Announces, runs, and reports a yearly election • the conduit to, and representative of, the Section Suggested officer progression/rotation

16. Bare Bones Local Chapter Officer Duties • Treasurer • pay the bills, maintain the checkbook & finances • communicates performance-to-budget to other officers • track assets (cash-on-hand, computer eqpt, coffee pot…) • responsible for preparing next-year’s budget • provides yearly financial report to your Section for L-50 • Secretary • tracks meeting attendance, submits L-31 • maintains “minutes”, Speakers List of past & potential speakers • maintains a member/guest database (SAMIEEE, past attendees) • assists VC in publicity; venue reservations Use the Grid! • Webmaster? You gotta’ be kidding • Vice Chair/Speaker Coordinator (VC) • invites, coordinates, and introduces technical speakers • back-up Chair (when Chair is absent, whether physically or…) • Chair • responsible for a chapter meeting all IEEE requirements • calls & chairs meetings (sgt@arms) sets agendas, appoints committees • nags everyone to keep to The Plan (the Yearly Calendar) • announces and runs a yearly election • the conduit to, and representative of, the Section Suggested officer progression/rotation

17. But Remember: Healthy Chapters have a better survival rate than Bare Bones Chapters

18. Chapter Extra Credit: Thrive, don’t just survive • Shoot for monthly meetings (parallel processing required!) • Host a short course/seminar in the Spring or Fall • Have a summer fling/outing—fun for all • Take pictures of your meetings, improve your website • Chair thanks the Excom with a nice year-end dinner • Chair hosts a backyard BBQ for the Excom • Recognize volunteers; advance your members • Host a joint meeting with a less-active chapter in your section • Support your Section/Council with added volunteers • help your Section Chair with Section responsibilities • recruit new volunteers for your Chapter • promote your chapter’s Chair to a Section officer position (don’t recycle) • Participate in and promote community service • science fairs, scholarships, Engineer Week visits, etc. • help out your PACE & GOLD entities, college branches Outreach!

19. Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail • Have regular technical meetings • Have regular planning meetings • Create a 2014 calendar ASAP • A 4-talk year can be done serially; more frequently needs parallel processing • Plan & Train in January • L-50 in February • 1st meeting in March • 2nd meeting in May • 3rd meeting in September w/ call for Nominations • 4th meeting in November w/ election • This schedule allows planning the n+1stmtg at the nthmtg • This schedule allows 2 months of Grid publicity • Officers must know their duties and what’s expected • The Speaker Coordinator is the critical position • I suggest that’s the Vice Chair • Who is it in your world?

20. The key to a successful chapter are its meetings! Technical Meeting Basics • Pick a speaker (and a Plan B or 2) • Excomplanning task • Invite a speaker/set a date • Find a location • Publicize (get an audience) • Meet • File L-31 (vTools!) details to follow…

21. Technical Meetings: Basic Questions with no wrong answersBut you do have to answer them! Now! • Excom Planning Meetings • *before the TM? (least action) • after the TM? (esp. if TM is a dinner mtg.) • separate from the TM? (for the well-oiled chapter) • electronically? (Recommended only if you have a prioritized list of speakers) • Food • *nothing? (least action; partic. for younger chapters) • snacks? (marginally more work, limits venues?) • dinner? (for the well-oiled chapter; price break for IEEE members) • When? • 6 pm (“right after work”; natural time for dinner meetings) • *7 pm (permits a burger stop beforehand; lighter traffic) • Noontime (weird, but works for some “close-knit” chapters) • Be aware of seasonal issues (popular conferences, holidays, summer, etc) • Where? • *corporate locales, *colleges, public libraries, govt labs, local restaurants, • ease-of-commute, nearness to commuter hubs, central location • avoid getting in a rut; choose 1 meeting per year outside of your box • Everyone loves an on-site tour (provide good directions) • Ask your section for their “Preferred Venues” document

22. Choosing a speaker is the main purposeof Excom chapter planning meetings! • Don’t break the rhythm or your schedule is shot • Keep and maintain a past & future speaker list • This is your chapter’s most important document • The “future” part of the list should be prioritized • If your list is long, could you do this just once a year? • The actual success/failure of one meeting might influence who you invite to successive meetings • Frequent planning meetings allow feedback/course correction to the speaker coordinator • You don’t want him burning bridges • You don’t want him developing his own agenda • Updating the prioritization of the future speaker list is the main purpose of planning meetings. • But don’t forget budgeting, workshops, outreach, succession planning, recognition etc. if you wantan A+ chapter.

23. The Plan in detail Do loop n=1,4

24. + The Plan in detail (for printing)

25. The Care and Feeding of Guest Speakers See you at 10:45 • Start (or conclude) with an Excom planning meeting • Choose the speaker wisely (with some backups) • Invite the speaker (convincingly) • Follow-up with the speaker (abstract & bio, reminder) • Promote the speaker • Properly introduce the speaker • Thank the speaker • verbally • in kind • with a letter

26. More at 10:10 So how do Chapters die? • Gross misconduct of officers? • <1% occurrence • Field dies out, jobs go away, technical interest wanes? • <5% occurrence • No, cause of death is usually the Unholy Trinity: • Overextension of existing officers • Lack of succession planning • Burnoutof existing officers • Usually Chapter ExCom Planning takes place before or after technical meetings… • So what happens when you go a long stretch without a technical meeting? No planning gets done either! • Dereliction of duty on the part of Secretary, Speaker Coordinator? • Chair failed to motivate, nag, keep to schedule. • All are signs of burnout.

27. Part of leadership is grooming your successor • Planned obsolescence isn’t always bad. • All real leaders do this. You know I’m right. • It’s a common challenge before promotions • Learn-a-job, do-a-job, teach-a-job, then move on. IEEE: 2 terms max • Think of parenting. You have ~30 years to make your child independent of you. You’re not doing anyone any favors if they remain dependent after that. • This doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the Chair’s primary job—all year long! • Define your chapter’s needs;have clear job descriptions • Who will make a good leader?Recruit/“court” that person • Who are regulars at your meetings? Take pictures! Ask questions! • Ask for volunteers for simple tasks…research an issue, bring cookies…at meetings and at work/other meetings. Creation isn’t easy

28. Attention Chairmen: Don’t forget an election! • Get your chapter thinking about it early in the year • Announce a Nominating Committee • Independent, avoid conflict-of-interest • Have a “slate” of candidates • Members must be free to nominate • Minimal Action: Chair announce election and request nominations at the penultimate technical meeting of the year • sample announcement follows • if you haven’t been grooming a replacement, do this EARLY • Get buy-in from existing Excom officers in advance • Look for “fresh blood” to bring into rotation • Consider “moving up” to a Section officer, other position • Hold the election • at the final technical meeting of the year • sample (paper) ballot attached • tally votes; “Teller’s Committee” should be independent, no CoI • announce winners to IEEE via L-10

29. Election announcement: penultimate meetingan “IEEE pitch” or e-notice example…. • Nominations for the 2014 Executive Officers of the • Oakland/East Bay Chapter of the • Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society • Can be sent to • Bill DeHope, Nominating CommitteeLawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave. L-153 Livermore, CA 94550 • w.dehope@ieee.org

30. Election ballot: final meeting of the year IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences SocietyOakland/East Bay Chapter Executive Committee Ballot2015 Chairman: Joe Blow ____________ Vice Chairman/Speaker Coordinator: Mary Smith ____________ Secretary: Lois Lane ____________ Treasurer: Joe Smith ____________ ( vTools permit every-member elections, but some find the samieee interface difficult )

31. Concluding Advice: Be Regular • Have regular meetings (irregularity is bad) • your members will love you • your chapter won’t die • don’t let the patient die on YOUR shift ! • Plan! Have a yearly calendar (a map!) • “Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail” • By Golly, now’s a good time to do it • Handy-dandy planning chart for a 4-meeting year • Minimum: 2 meetings & L-31’s, election & L-10, L-50 input • Let your Section know what you need • Know your Section Chair; Chapter Chair must go to ExComs! • coffee pots, cookies, pizza...we have more money than time • view $$$ as a tool to help you serve your members!

32. Summing up… • Know the minimum IEEE chapter requirements • Although it’s good to strive to do better than barely surviving • Have a plan…Work the plan—Be Regular! • The key chapter building block is the Technical Meeting • Plan, Invite, Publicize…before the meeting • Properly Introduce your speaker and field questions • Don’t forget the IEEE pitch, Thanks, & a yearly election • There’s help available • Your section’s officers • they have experience, ideas (maybe) and money (really, they do!) • IEEE website; vTools, eNotice, and regional and national personnel • Me! Bill DeHope (925) 424-6413 email: dehope1@llnl.gov

35. Extended IEEE introduction slide #1 Introduction to the IEEE… • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(http://www.ieee.org) • World’s largest (~360,000) technical professional society • Our charter: • “Scientific advancement and diffusion of knowledge”“Advancement of the profession”“Use skills to enhance the quality of life for all people” • Our strengths: • Peer-reviewed proceedings, practical publications, newsletters • International conferences & workshops with proceedings • 46 active technical Societies & Councils • Active local Chapters; grassroots involvement of membership • Professional support; personal networking opportunities • Member services (e.g. bargain life insurance)

36. Trans. on Advanced Packaging Trans. on Antennas & Propagation Trans. on Applied Superconductivity Trans. on Automatic Control Trans. on Biomedical Engineering Trans. on Broadcasting Trans. on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory & App’s II: Analog & Digital Sig. Processing Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Trans. on Communications Communications Lett. Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Trans. on Components and Packaging Technologies Trans. on Control Systems Technology Trans. on Education Trans. on Electronics Pk’g Mfg Trans. on Electron Devices Electron Device Lett. Trans. on Electromagnetic Compatibility Trans. on Energy Conversion Trans. on Engineering Management Trans. on Evolutionary Computation Trans. on Fuzzy Systems Trans. on Geoscience & Remote Sensing Trans. on Image Processing Trans. on Industry Applications Trans. on Industrial Electronics Trans. on Information Theory Trans. on Info Technology in Biomedicine Trans. on Instrumentation & Measurement J. of Lightwave Technology J. on Selected Areas in Communications J. on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Trans. on Magnetics Trans. on Mechatronics Trans. on Medical Imaging J. of Microelectromechanical Systems Microwave and Guided Wave Lett. Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques Trans. on Multimedia Trans. on Neural Networks Trans. on Nuclear Science Trans. on Oceanic Engineering Photonics Technology Lett. Trans. on Plasma Science Trans. on Power Delivery Trans. on Power Electronics Trans. on Power Systems Proceedings of the IEEE Trans. on Professional Communication J. of Quantum Electronics Trans. on Rehabilitation Engineering Trans. on Robotics and Automation Trans. on Signal Processing Trans. on Speech & Audio Processing Signal Processing Lett. Trans. on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans Part B: Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews Trans. on Semiconductor Manufacturing J. of Solid-State Circuits Trans. on VLSI Systems Trans. on Vehicular Technology Computer Society Publications Trans. on Computers Trans. on Knowledge & Data Engineering Trans. on Parallel & Dist’d Systems Trans. on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence Trans. on Software Engineering Trans. on Visualization & Computer Graphics Extended IEEE introduction slide #2 Refereed Publications of IEEE…

37. Intl Conf on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC) Intl Conf on Asian Green Electronics (AGEC) Intl Conf on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing 1st Consumer Comm’s and Networking Conf (CCNC) 17th Intl Conf on VLSI Design 9th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials – INTERMAG Intl Symposium on Nanoelectronic Circuits & Giga-Scale Systems (ISNCG) 7th Intl Topical Workshop on Contemporary Photonic Technologies (CPT) Intl Conf on Mobile Data Management (MDM) 1st European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks 17th Intl Conf on Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT) Sensors for Industry Conf (SIcon) Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conf ASP-DAC Intl Workshop on Electronic Design, Test & App’s (DELTA) ACM/Intl Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification & Synthesis of Digital Systems (TAU) 2nd Nefertiti Winter School in Microwave Photonics 6th Intl Conf Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT) IEEE/IAS PCIC Electrical Safety Workshop Intl Workshop on System-level Interconnect Prediction(SLIP) 10th Intl Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) Intl Solid-State Circuits Conf -ISSCC Nanoscale Devices and System Integration (CNDSI) Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE) Intl Zurich Seminar on Communications (IZS) Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI) Conf on Optical Fiber Communication - OFC Applied Power Electronics Conf and Exposition - APEC BAST Workshop: Pacific Northwest Test Modern Prob’s of Radio Engineering, Telecommunications, and Computer Science (TCSET) Euroregional Workshop on Thin Silicon Devices 17th Conf on Software Engineering Education and Training INFOCOM Pacific Rim Intl Symp on Dependable Computing (PRDC) Aerospace Conf NanoTech 5th Latin AmericanTest Workshop - LATW 13th Annual Wireless and Optical Communications Conf IEEE/CPMT 20th Semiconductor Thermal Measurement & Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM) Intl Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems & Software (ISPASS) 5th European Workshop on Ultimate Integration of Silicon Intl Conf on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM) 36th Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST) Intl Workshop on Junction Technology (IWJT) National Radio Science Conf (NRSC) ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas 2nd Annual IEEE/ACM Intl Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO)… Extended IEEE introduction slide #3 IEEE Conferences… …Plus 359 more!

38. Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Antennas and Propagation Society Broadcast Technology Society Circuits and Systems Society Communications Society Components Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society Computer Society Consumer Electronics Society Control Systems Society Council on SuperConductivity Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Education Society Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Electron Devices Society Engineering Management Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Industrial Electronics Society Industry Applications Society Information Theory Society Intelligent Transportation Systems Council Instrumentation and Measurement Society Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Magnetics Society Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Nanotechnology Council Neural Networks Society Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Oceanic Engineering Society Power Electronics Society Power Engineering Society Product Safety Engineering Society Professional Communication Society Reliability Society Robotics & Automation Society Sensors Council Signal Processing Society Society on Social Implications of Technology Solid-State Circuits Society Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Vehicular Technology Society Extended IEEE introduction slide #4 The 42 Technical Societies of IEEE…

39. Extended IEEE introduction slide #5 The Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Our favorite!… • One of the smaller societies (~6000 members) • Publish Trans. on Plasma Science, Trans. on Nuclear Science • Host ICOPS, NSS/MIC, PAC • Typical research fields represented • fusion technology • semiconductor processing; plasma-assisted CVD • charged particle acceleration; beam transport • pulsed power technology and applications • physical electronics: solid-state, vacuum, and plasma devices • nuclear diagnostics and instrumentation • radiation effects • medical imaging • nuclear power; reactor instrumentation and controls • computational electromagnetics • Many members have physics backgrounds

40. $ $ Viewed “Technically” The Technical Activities Board Viewed Geographically The Regional Activities Board Extended IEEE introduction slide #6 Understanding IEEE Organization…

41. Extended IEEE introduction slide #7 IEEE / OEB / NPSS • Our Technical meetings • ~ Every other month • No “memberships” required • Announcements in IEEE Grid Magazine • Grid on-line: http://www.e-grid.net • Announced via chapter mailings • Please sign our attendance sheet

42. Extended IEEE introduction slide #8 Recent OEB-NPSS Technical Talks … • James Morgan, LLNL, A Physicist in Arms Control • Jasmina L. Vujic, UCB, Nuclear Power for the 21st Century • Bill DeHope, LLNL, Advances in Flash Radiography • Jasmina L. Vujic, UCB, Nuclear Energy: Beyond Today • Paul M. Grant, EPRI, The Coming Age of Superconductivity • Glen Dahlbacka, LBNL, The Chabot Space and Science Center • Monica Blank, CPI, Characteristics and App’s of Gyrodevices • David Price, Physics Intl,The Decade Quad X-ray Simulator • Bill Moses, LBNL, Nuclear Detectors for Cancer Imaging

43. Extended IEEE introduction slide #9 Why join IEEE?… • Member $ benefits (e.g. group life insurance rates) • Discounts on books, publications, conferences • Career benefits; professional advancement • You’ll be perceived as a stand-out • You will rise “above the crowd” • Many employers cover dues (Ask!) so, why not? • Be a giver, not a taker • It’s the right thing to do • It’s the professional thing to do • Ethics strengthening & support • Member friendships, camaraderie, personal networking

44. Extended IEEE introduction slide #10 Joining IEEE is easy! http://www.ieee.org

45. Extended IEEE introduction slide #11 • 2010 Chair : Bill DeHope • 2010 Vice Chair: Joe Mauger • 2010 Secretary: Paul Banchero • 2010 Treasurer: Ed Lampo Introducing our speaker... Introducing our Local Chapter Officers…