IEEE EAB Section Outreach Committee SEOC

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IEEE EAB Section Outreach Committee(SEOC)
Gozde Bozdagi Akar SEOC Chair 2006 June Board
Series Minneapolis, MN
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2006 SEOC Members

• Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Chair, Turkey Section (R8)
• Donald Dunn, Houston Section (R5 )
• José Antonio De la O Serna, Monterrey Section
  (R9)

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2006 SEOC Corresponding Members

• Howard E. Michel R1 EA Chair
• Richard D. Klafter R2 EA Chair
• John Patrick Donohoe R3 EA Chair
• S. Hossein Mousavinezhad R4 EA Chair
• Roger E. Ziemer R5 EA Chair
• Keshoolal Bakhru R6 EA Chair
• Scott Lowell R7 EA Chair
• Victor F. Hannah R8 EA Chair
• Antonio de la O R9 EA Chair
• H P Khincha R10 EA Chair

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Section Outreach Committee Charter

• GENERAL
• The Educational Activities Board (EAB) Section
  Outreach Committee (SEOC) reports to, and is a
  Standing Committee, of the EAB.
• MISSION
• To identify and facilitate the educational needs
  of the public, the profession and IEEE members.
• SCOPE
• The SEOC will have the lead responsibility within
  EAB of building and maintaining strong working
  relationships with IEEE Regions, Sections and
  Chapters in order to work with these entities as
  partners.

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SEOC Objectives for 2006-2007

• Primary objectives
• Launch a Member Version of Expert Now IEEE
• Monitor the post-REPCOM implementation of
  admissions
• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in TISP
• Assist EAB in identifying needs and opportunities
  in non-US accreditation and model curriculum
  development
• Disseminate information on tryengineering.org to
  IEEE sections
• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in
  continuing education in Standards
• Secondary objectives
• Convene Education Chairs of Regions to
  disseminate content
• Launch the on-line one- stop shop for all IEEE
  educational offerings

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SEOC Workplan -1/5

• Expert Now IEEE
• Send a letter to Reg, Section Chapter Ed Chairs
  with directions to disseminate information to all
  members include information about free trial
  offer
• Develop guidelines for Section use of Expert Now
  before September launch (using Singapore Pilot as
  the model) with different pricing for Members/Non
  Members
• Have a competition for Content module development
  by Sections. RAB EAB share the costs with
  Sections Regions. Goal is 2 or 3 modules for
  2007 Presented to RAB, they are in favor

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SEOC Workplan -2/5

• Monitor the post-REPCOM implementation of
  admissions
• Form a joint subcommittee of EAB and AA will
  be discussed w/AA on Sunday morning
• Develop with AA a mechanism to sample and check
  how the membership is effected by the
  dissolvement of REPCOM, monitor the quality
  (define quality) of incoming members of IEEE

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SEOC Workplan -3/5

• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in TISP
• Communicate to Educational Chairs in the Regions
  and ask them to have members attend the TISP
  meeting who intend to go to the schools

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SEOC Workplan 4/5

• Assist EAB in identifying needs and opportunities
  in non-US accreditation and model curriculum
  development
• Work with RAB to come up with a job description
  of Regional EA chairs RAB in favor
• Regional EA chair will be the main contact point
  for contibutions from regions on model curriculum
  development
• Main contact point for Expert Now promotion
• Work with RAB for an EA chair meeting/workshop in
  2006 and 2007 date will be decided. RAB in
  favor
• EA staff will write 3 articles on EAB
  initiatives, products, new member benefits etc
  and Regional EA chairs will help with its
  publication in regional newsletters in 2006.
  Part time writer is hired

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SEOC Workplan 5/5

• Disseminate information on tryengineering.org to
  IEEE sections
• Develop a promotion plan
• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in
  continuing education in Standards
• Work on propoting this initiative and helping
  identification of sections needs
• Explore possibilities for developing an Expert
  Now module on how to develop patents for US,
  European, and others.