Educational Activities Board (EAB) Meeting

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Educational Activities Board (EAB) Meeting

• 19 November 2004
• Hyatt Regency Hill Country
• San Antonio, Texas
• James M. Tien, VP-EA

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Outline

• Concerning IEEE
• 2004 Considerations
• EAB Related Actions
• PWG Recommendations
• Concerning EAB
• Alignment With IEEE 2004 Strategic Issues
• XELL Initiative
• Continuing Concerns
• Motions

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Concerning IEEE 2004 Considerations

• BDO Seidman Report No New Action
• Infrastructure Oversight Committee No New
  Action
• What Happened To The 3, 2003 AdHoc Committees in
  2004
• Governance Reconstituted Into Powers Working
  Group and Documents Working Group
• Financial Simplification and Understanding
  Unclear
• Trust and Communications Unclear
• 2004 AdHoc Committee Industry Relations,
  Membership Models
• 2004 Stats
• 349K Members 62K Students, 25K Associates, 229K
  Members, 27K Senior Members, 6K Fellows
• In Addition to Students, 24.6K Life Members,
  Etc., 39.0 Of All Members Pay Less Than Full
  Dues
• 1,259 IEL Members 803 Academic, 329 Corporate,
  127 Government
• Reserves Projected 102.6M ( 20.8)
• 2004 Budget
• Net Budget Projected 6.7M On 243.3M Revenues
• New Initiatives 1.7M On Dividends Interest of
  1.7M
• 2005 Budget
• Net Budget Projected 2.9M On 251.5M Revenues
• New Initiatives 1.0M On Dividends Interest of
  1.9M

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Concerning IEEE EAB Related Actions

• 2004 EAB Board Report To Be Received By IEEE
  ExCom EAB Should Be Proud of Its 2004
  Accomplishments!
• XELL Progress Ranked 1 2005 Initiative (Funded
  _at_ 300K) Thanks SOOC, CPEC, SEOC
• Standards in Education Task Force (With Grant
  Applications to IEEE Foundation NSF), REPCOM,
  Engineering Accreditation Workshop (Bangkok),
  Etc. Thanks APC
• EMerit Badges for Boys Girls Thanks PCEC
• Development of On-Line Member Survey Thanks PAC
• Raising EABs Visibility Appreciation Thanks
  ARC
• Public Awareness Actions Industry Summits
  Potential 3-Year, 9M Epcot/Disney World Project
  Not Pursued
• Membership Development Committee Expands By One
  To Accommodate New EAB Representative

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Concerning EAB Alignment With IEEE 2004
Strategic Issues

• 1. Products and Services
• 1.1 Users have difficulty accessing and
  navigating through IEEE information and
  intellectual property
• 1.2 The conference business is one of the most
  volatile lines of business for IEEE XELL
  Initiative Addresses Issue
• 1.3 Universal digital archives and increased
  interest in self-publishing by authors pose a
  threat to IEEEs position amongst the world
  leaders in technical publishing
• 1.4 The current IEEE business model is outdated
  in the context of the current business climate
• 1.5 IEEEs role in engineering education is not
  well defined EABs Activities and XELL
  Addresses Issue
• 1.6 The value proposition of IEEE membership is
  being questioned
• 1.7 IEEE lacks content for practicing engineers
  and in new, emerging fields XELL Addresses
  Issue
• 1.8 IEEE does not have an effective methodology
  or process to identify the future needs of its
  members and customers
• 2. Volunteerism
• 2.1 IEEE does not have enough volunteers for some
  positions
• 2.2 IEEE has difficulties finding qualified
  volunteers, especially for higher level positions
• 2.3 IEEE is not effectively leveraging the
  expertise of its experienced volunteers
• 3. Industry Relations
• 3.1 Too many industry managers do not recognize
  the value of IEEE XELL Addresses Issue

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Concerning EAB Continuing Concerns

• Remaining Concern
• Responding To RAB Assigned Sections Congress 02
  Recommendations
• Item 4 (With TAB) Provide a more diverse and
  robust selection of web-based tutorials,
  including emerging technologies, as a free
  membership benefit XELL
• Item 22 (With Corporate Communications and USA)
  Develop a comprehensive set of programs to
  promote public awareness of engineering, starting
  at the grade school level PAC
• Item 23 Develop teaching materials to teach
  problem solving skills and critical thinking to
  K-12 students, to prepare more students to pursue
  engineering PCEC
• Item 34 (With RAB and USA) Engage industry,
  academia and governments to promote the life-long
  career through commensurate compensation,
  continuing education professionalism of the
  engineer CPEC
• Item 39 (With Products and Services Committee,
  RAB, TAB, Transnational and SA) Implement member
  services in all six official United Nations
  languages NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
• Prospective Concern
• Making XELL a reality and developing a viable
  business plan

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Concerning EAB 11/17/04 OpCom Motion

• Charge the EAB Accreditation Policy Council to
  carefully examine their recent annual activities
  and budgets for the purpose of proposing and
  justifying a more balanced 2006 budget, including
  a possible restructuring of APC activities, a
  possible reduction in ABET billing, and a
  possible 1.00 increase in IEEE US member
  assessment for ABET activities.

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A Personal Statement

• It Has Been My Pleasure and Privilege To Have
  Served As Your Vice President for 2003-2004. We
  Have Jointly Initiated XELL It Fills A Critical
  Void And Serves the Public, the Profession and
  Our Members in a Technically Excellent and
  Financially Responsible Manner. Please Continue
  To Join Me In Assuring Its Promulgation and
  Success. Thanks!