NPSS AdCom 19 July 2014 Paris

1. NPSS AdCom19 July 2014Paris President’s Report Janet Barth

2. Division IV Meeting – 21 June • Presented comments from NPSS Review • Orgs were encouraged to consider activities with other Division IV organizations • Antennas and Propagation Society • Broadcast Technology Society • Consumer Electronics Society • Electromagnetic Compatibility Society • Magnetics Society • Microwave Theory and Techniques Society • Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society • Council on Superconductivity

3. TAB Meeting – 21-22 June

4. TAB Strategy – Bob Hebner • Change in the publishing and research enterprise globally are unlikely to provide sufficient funding for the Societies and Councils to continue their level of support of the communities and other activities. • TAB needs to help develop a strategy that permits Societies and Councils to thrive in this changing environment. • Changes in focus in budget, marketing, public policy, information technology, social networking, building trust through face-to-face interactions, and other emerging ideas. • Steps forward • Produce 20 page report with some recommendations • Looking for volunteers – Contact Bob Hebner atr.hebner@ieee.org

5. TAB Chair Report – JacekZurada • 2014 GOALS: Continuing Programs • Energize Student Branches cooperation with S/C and Chapters • Continue to support new technology initiatives • Existing TCs (as part of Future Directions) • Spontaneous technical communities • Improve financial transparency and reporting for TAB OUs through two AdHoc committees • TAB Finance Committee AdHoc Committee on Financial Reporting Simplification/Budget Transparency (Al Dunlop) • IEEE AdHoc Committee on Infrastructure (Bob Hebner)

6. Financial Transparency & Reporting to OUs • Long discussion on a motion to provide Organizations Units with a financial report (within 90 days) for each of their product lines that details: • Gross Revenues (incl. details of the IEL distributions) • Cost of Goods Sold (Direct and Indirect Costs of Production) • Marketing and Sales costs • General and Administrative expenses (incl. Corp. Overheads) • Investments & Other • Motion Passed but is probably not achievable

7. Treasurer’s Report • Ending 2013 S/C & TA Reserves = $240.7M • Total IEEE Ending Reserves = $328.7M • Quarterly Closeout Changing

8. Publications • Endorse revisions to the PSPB Operations Manual Section 8.2.2.A.3 – Prescreening of Articles by Editors – FAILED • Endorse revisions to the PSPB Operations Manual Sections 8.1.7.A, 8.1.7.E, 8.2.1.B, and 8.2.4.F.1 on Republication of Technical Articles in Periodicals – FAILED • Blake Lloyd, President, IEEE Industry Applications Society, presented a position against based on concerns about industry membership

9. Publications - Follow up on TCI Journal Proposal • IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (Phase 2) • Sponsorship - Financial: IEEE Signal Processing Society (60%), IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (20%), IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (20%); Technical: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society • “Agreed - the IEEE and SPIE medical imaging conference papers will not be actively solicited for TCI.” Denise M. Hurley, IEEE Signal Processing Society, Senior Manager, Publications & Conferences

10. IEEE Professional Productivity and Collaboration Tools (PPCT) • Project Status Report • PPCT is a joint project between MGA, PSPB, and TAB to develop services that help IEEE constituents do their work more easily. It combines tools that help collaborate with other professionals manage information collections and create new information advance careers. It is “Not just another social network.” • Projected Cost = $3.4M • Phase 1 completed 31 Oct 2014 • No date given for User testing

11. NPSS Review & FOI • Society Review Committee Report on NPSS Review - No major issues • Composed of nine strong technical committees, with separate bylaws and constitutions • Informal strategic planning process by ADCOM • Well managed publications: 2 transactions, quarterly newsletter • No flagship conference; each TC has own flagship event • Financially strong, consistent funding for new initiatives • Notable participation in humanitarian initiative in Haiti • Limited Distinguished Lecturer program, with innovative summer school programs in regions for outreach • Federated governance structure; diverse technical committees with central coordination • Strong volunteer program, emphasizing involvement beyond Society into IEEE, TAB • Outreach in Humanitarian project combining Society resources with industry, other support • Summer school programs to increase membership diversity • Transnational technical committee to increase geographic diversity of activities, global representation • Effective marketing materials distributed via the Society’s web site • NPSS Field of Interest (FOI) – approved by TAB to go forward for Board approval (housekeeping)

12. Community Solutions Initiative (CSI) • Presentation by PES & NPSS at the President’s Forum • The IEEE Community Solutions Initiative is a joint program with the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Science Society. • It’s mission is to use renewable energy and technology to improve lives of people in remote communities in a sustainable way. • Supports the IEEE Mission to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity • All other Societies were invited to support CSI • CSI became an IEEE Foundation Signature Program at the June 2014 Board Series meeting