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Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB) Liaison Report. to Standards Activities Board (SAB) MGAB Liaison David Schultz March 26, 2010. MGAB formed this year.
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Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB) Liaison Report to Standards Activities Board (SAB) MGAB Liaison David SchultzMarch 26, 2010
MGAB formed this year • The IEEE-CS Chapter Activities Board has merged with the Membership Committee to form the new Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB) • Prof. Sankaran chairs the MGAB • My specific function this year is to chair the Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP)
MGAB Organization • Sankaran has organized the MGAB into three committees • Membership Development Committee (membership functions from old Membership Committee) • Geographic Unit Operations Committee (Regional Representatives from old CAB) • Awards and Recognition Committee (including DVP and Member Visitor Programs)
Summary of Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP) • Speakers are nominated and approved for inclusion in the DVP • Chapters invite DVP speakers to address an upcoming chapter meeting • The program has a budget to include travel reimbursements for DVP speakers • We have speakers from all fields of computer science and engineering • We would welcome additional speakers from the Standards arena
Status Report for DVP (as of December 2009) • Last fall, we received 12 strong nominations for new DVP Speakers • We anticipate 25 or 30 DVP visits this year • DVP budget was cut last year, and will probably be cut further in 2010 • Money lasts longer when speakers combine several chapter visits into a tour
Geographical Distribution of DVP Speaker Requests (for 2009) • Last year, the DVP speaker requests were distributed as follows • 23 in North America • 5 in Latin America • 1 in Asia • 0 in Europe • 29 speakers total for 2009
Geographical Distribution of DVP Speaker Requests (for 2008) • In 2008, for comparison, the DVP speaker requests were distributed as follows • 14 in North America • 8 in Latin America • 2 in Asia • 3 in Europe • 27 speakers total for 2008
Geographic Distribution of DVP Speakers (for 2010) • As of January 2010, here is the geographic distribution of speakers, by continent • North America – 20 • Latin America – 10 • Asia – 14 • Europe – 3 • We’re trying to recruit additional speakers from Europe – let me know if you can think of any potential candidates