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IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) shall be responsible to the IEEE Board of Directors and shall serve the needs of IEEE members by maintaining, enhancing, and supporting the geographic organizational units of IEEE. MGA shall be responsible for IEEE membership and member development. Membership includes recruitment, development, administration of admissions, retention, elevation, and service, as well as related operational and budget issues.
2010 MGA Challenge Results
Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) would like to thank everyone for their interest and enthusiasm toward this year’s MGA Challenge. MGA especially wants to thank those of you who took the time to submit very compelling and thoughtful proposals.
MGA received 54 proposals from all over the globe covering numerous topics including:
- Professional Development and Career Services
- Information Management & Technology Solutions
- Member Engagement & Retention
- Member Recruitment & Benefits
- Networking
- Industry Relations
- Pre-University Program
- Public Relations
After careful evaluation, MGA has chosen 4 projects for implementation in 2010. They cover nearly all of the topic areas you said were important to you. They are:
Coordinated Industry Contact and Employment Assistance Program
Submitters: Bill Harrison, Lee Stogner, Ed Kirchner
This pilot program will train volunteers in delivering employment assistance and career development services through companies that employ IEEE members. IEEE-USA and MGA will work in close cooperation to inform extensions and expansions of the pilot to Regions 1-10, with the customization of materials to a local geographic focus for Regions 7-10.
Submitters: Bill Harrison, Lee Stogner, Ed Kirchner
This pilot program will train volunteers in delivering employment assistance and career development services through companies that employ IEEE members. IEEE-USA and MGA will work in close cooperation to inform extensions and expansions of the pilot to Regions 1-10, with the customization of materials to a local geographic focus for Regions 7-10.
MyMobile IEEE
Submitter: Kim W. Tracy
MyMobileIEEE will develop mobile applications for IEEE members. These mobile applications will focus on better connecting members to IEEE products and services wherever they are.
Submitter: Kim W. Tracy
MyMobileIEEE will develop mobile applications for IEEE members. These mobile applications will focus on better connecting members to IEEE products and services wherever they are.
IEEE Promotional Video Vingnettes
Submitters: Martin Buehler, Tim Schoenfelder
This project will produce a series of 5-10 minute videos concentrating on topical areas of interest to members throughout their various life cycles (i.e., Students, GOLD, Members, Senior Members, Life members, WIE, etc.). Individual video vignettes will be consolidated in longer videos and made available for local meetings around the world to help explain the benefits of IEEE membership to both members and prospective members.
Submitters: Martin Buehler, Tim Schoenfelder
This project will produce a series of 5-10 minute videos concentrating on topical areas of interest to members throughout their various life cycles (i.e., Students, GOLD, Members, Senior Members, Life members, WIE, etc.). Individual video vignettes will be consolidated in longer videos and made available for local meetings around the world to help explain the benefits of IEEE membership to both members and prospective members.
IEEE Day
Submitter: Salima Kaissi
IEEE Day will be a global event held on 7-8 October 2010, in recognition of IEEE members -- past, present, and future -- on the anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. IEEE organizational units (regions, sections, chapters, affinity groups, student branches, etc.) will be encouraged to participate by providing local events for their members and encouraging the use of social networking to communicate members’ technological interests and successes.
Submitter: Salima Kaissi
IEEE Day will be a global event held on 7-8 October 2010, in recognition of IEEE members -- past, present, and future -- on the anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. IEEE organizational units (regions, sections, chapters, affinity groups, student branches, etc.) will be encouraged to participate by providing local events for their members and encouraging the use of social networking to communicate members’ technological interests and successes.
Plans for these four projects have begun. MGA will be working closely with each of the submitters to help them achieve their goals for 2010. These pilot projects will produce member services and benefits that will be rolled out to IEEE Geographic Units around the globe in the future.
Please keep watching this Web page for new information regarding these efforts, and congratulations to all the winners!
Highlights of MGA activities
- Browse the IEEE Merchandise Collection and purchase IEEE products for your IEEE event.
- Quick Start Training for Geographic Unit Leaders - The MGA Leadership Training Initiative Ad Hoc Committee is proud to announce the release of the Quick Start Training (for Geographic Unit Leaders), a new training program designed for Geographic Unit Officers in their first 30 days in office. Quick Start Training was developed to help new Officers more quickly understand the roles and responsibilities of their positions and begin the process of member engagement.
- The release of the Quick Start Training acknowledges our Section leaders' highest priorities as voted on at Sections Congress 2008 in Quebec City. Please refer to Sections Congress Recommendation #3.
- Update on SC08 Recommendations from Primary Delegates. The Congress provided a forum where the Section Chairs spoke as the collective voice of IEEE to share and discuss their views for change. The MGA Board has agreed to take ownership of each recommendation and will provide updates to SC08 attendees on a regular basis. Progress reports on each recommendation are available.
- vTools - Volunteer toolbox that simplifies Section administration by offering Web based software solutions that reduce time spent managing activities and assists in member development.
MGA mission
Inspire, Enable, Empower and Engage Members of IEEE
For the purposes of:
- fulfilling the mission of IEEE;
- enhancing the members growth and development through their life cycle;
- providing a professional home.
MGA guiding principles
- Membership is a core value of IEEE.
- Members shape IEEE's future.
- Members collaborate to create IEEE's future.
- IEEE enhances members' future.
MGA goals
- Increase member engagement.
- Improve relationships with and between members.
- Increase operational efficiency and effectiveness within MGA and its interfaces.
- Enhance collaboration with other organization units (MGA recognizes the intimate relationship between sections and societies and their chapters and will work with other organizational units of the IEEE to foster improved interaction).
- Increase membership.
- Increase the collaboration and cooperation between geographic units.
- Enhance the membership-related information available to the member and the geographic unit.
MGA strategies
- Increase the value of IEEE membership.
- Utilize member life cycle concept.
- Provide a simple, consistent interface to members and prospective members.
- Track member involvement and development.
- Make the process of joining and maintaining membership simple and straightforward.
- Facilitate member collaboration.
- Become more transnational in look, feel, and language, consistent with the IEEE bylaws.
- Strengthen the relevancy of IEEE membership to industry.
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November 2010 IEEE Meeting Series
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
17-22 November 2010
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