Chapters ReportPresented by:

Jan Van der Spiegel

Boston15 August 2012

Chapter Growth

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76 Chapters

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1 New Chapter since Feb 2011

• IEEE Bahia, Brazil Section ED/SSCS Joint Chapter (17 June, 2011)

76 Chapters Worldwide

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Chapter Alerts – June 2011

Groups without a chair: Chicago Romania

Chapters in danger of being dissolved: Belarus Romania Tucson Chicago 52011

Chapter support

The SSC Society provides abundant chapter support: Annual maintenance subsidy ($2,000 single chapter

cap, $1,000 joint chapter cap; Sept 1 deadline) Extra subsidies for special events (up to $5,000; 2

application windows: Apr 1- May 1; Oct 1-Nov 1) Distinguished Lecture program and annual DL tour Regional Chapter meetings Outstanding Chapter Award Educational materials (tutorials, short courses, e-

learning modules)62011

Chapter SubsidiesAnnual Chapter Maintenance

Budget: $35K – since 2008Deadline: Sept. 1

Special Extra Events Budget: raised from $30K to $39.6K in February

Two application windows: April 1 – May1; Oct. 1- Nov.1

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Chapter Extra SubsidyProgram History

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SSCS Extra Chapter Subsidy Financial History

In February 2011, AdCom increased the Extra Subsidy budget to $39.6K

Chapter Event Name Event Date Approval Period Amount Awarded Total Year17,020.00 200634,500.00 2007

$18,090.00 200821,000.00 Fall 08

7,700.00 Spr 09 5,300.00 Fall 09

Benelux Student Congress 4-8 August late Spr 10 window 2000.00 $18,800.00 Spr 10 Kitchener-Waterloo VLSI Workshop

November 2010 Fall 2010 Window 2750.00

Italy Two Short CoursesJan., May 2011 Fall 2010 Window 2000.00

Beijing PhD Student Forum May 2011 Fall 2010 Window 2100.00 6,850.00 Fall 2010

Central Texas Fabless Seminar April 2011 Spr 2011 Window 1000.00Seoul A-SSCC Sponsorship Fall 2011 Spr 2011 Window 5000.00Taipei NPIE Seminar June Spr 2011 Window 3000.00Green Mt., VT Nano Workshop October Spr 2011 Window 5000.00 14,000.00 Spr 11

Fall 2010 Window

Spring 2011 Window

History

Notable Chapter Events and Projects since we last met: from Denver, to Ukraine, to

Too many to mention them all … from Denver to Ukraine,… to Seoul and Taipei.

Our Annual Chapter Luncheon

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32 Chapter Representatives Brainstorm Membership Development in roundtable discussions led by the chairs of especially active SSCS chapters.

San Francisco, February 2011

Upcoming Event

6th Region 10 Chapter Meeting in Jesu, Korea

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Chapters Social Media Initiative

Steering Committee Volunteers

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Member SSCS ChapterJan Van Der Spiegel Chapters Chair

Bruce Doyle (Chair) Denver

Alvin Loke (Co-Chair) Denver

Andrea Baschirotto Italy

Kandala Chari India Council

Bruce Hecht Boston

P.-C. Huang Taipei

Taewook Kim Seoul

Member SSCS ChapterC.-N. Kuo Taipei

T.-C. Lee Taipei

H.-P. Ma Taipei

Fan Ma Singapore

Shahriar Mirabassi Vancouver

Robert Peruzzi Lehigh Valley

Haoxing Ren Central Texas

Zhijian (Cliff) Xie Central North Carolina

Administration & Social Media Coordination: Katherine Olstein, IEEE

Chapters Social Media Initiative

Goal:• To improve the value of Society membership

through meaningful and timely information exchange, to facilitate networking, and to foster a stronger sense of community.

• To reverse the alarming decline in SSCS membership by raising awareness of Society membership value through increased global synergy across active chapters

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Examples of What to Share on LinkedIn?

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• Suggestions for good speakers and topics• Feedback from recent seminars• Remote access information for upcoming chapter

seminars• Advice or lessons learned from running chapter• Chapter recruiting successes• Chapter-student interactions• Questions on speakers, topics, chapter logistics, etc.• ….

Other IEEE Social Media presence IEEE: Facebook IEEE

Communication Society

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Thanks to

SSCS Office: Katherine Olstein Anne O’Neill

Chapter’s Committee members: Bruce Hecht Alvin Loke Jan Van der Spiegel (Chair) Eric Vittoz Domine Leenaerts

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