1. Regional GOLD Summary 2006 & Plan in 2007 REGION 10 ANNUAL MEETING R10 GOLD Coordinator 2007 Yasuharu OHGOE Nexus Karambunai Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 24-25 March 2007

3. l To increase value and worth of IEEE services and programs to young professionals and recent graduates. l To promote and coordinate the establishment, support, and sustainability of GOLD Affinity Groups. l To develop programs and foster relationships to provide tangible value to members; Promote the GOLD program to students; Recruit, develop and nurture volunteers. l GOLD activities are focused on GOLD members needs in the following fields. l Technical career building l Soft-skills training l Networking/Mentoring etc. Vision

4. Current R10 GOLD Affinity Groups 1.Australia Capital Territory GOLD 2.Bangalore GOLD 3.Bangladesh GOLD 4.Bombay GOLD 5.Calcutta GOLD 6.Delhi GOLD 7.Hong Kong GOLD 8.Karachi GOLD 9.Kerala GOLD 10.Lahore GOLD 11.Madras GOLD 12.Malaysia GOLD 13.New South Wales GOLD 14.New Zealand North GOLD 15.New Zealand South GOLD 16.Queensland GOLD 17.Singapore GOLD 18.South Australia GOLD 19.Victorian GOLD 20.Western Australia GOLD

5. Current R10 GOLD Affinity Groups 1.Australia Capital Territory GOLD 2.Bangalore GOLD 3.Bangladesh GOLD 4.Bombay GOLD* 5.Calcutta GOLD* 6.Delhi GOLD 7.Hong Kong GOLD* 8.Karachi GOLD 9.Kerala GOLD 10.Lahore GOLD* 11.Madras GOLD* 12.Malaysia GOLD* 13.New South Wales GOLD 14.New Zealand North GOLD 15.New Zealand South GOLD* 16.Queensland GOLD 17.Singapore GOLD* 18.South Australia GOLD 19.Victorian GOLD 20.Western Australia GOLD* * Red means healthy group.

6. Report of R10 GOLD Activities in 2006 1.Regional support for international GOLD activities in R10. Organized R10 GOLD Congress 2006 joint to Student Congress

7. IEEE Region 10 GOLD Congress 2006 Report Organizer: IEEE Asia Pacific Region and IEEE Beijing Section R10 GOLD Congress 2006 Committee Yasuharu Ohgoe (Chair) Li Dan (Vice Chair) Y W Liu (Treasurer) Ji Xingrui (GC - SC Liaison) Official webpage: http://www.r10sc2006.org July 14th (FRI) – 15th (SAT), 2006 High-tech Mansion Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

8. Report of R10 GOLD Activities in 2006 2.Increasing publicity of successful GOLD activities and regional support of GOLD activities. Web-based publicity  2006 Action: Establishment of R10 GOLD Home Pages & Links (http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/gold/). Web-based GOLD Tools  2006 Action: Have not been accomplished. Local level GOLD Activities  2006 Action: 68 events has been reported from R10 GOLD Affinity Groups in 2006.

9. Activities for 2007 l to improve the health of all the local GOLD Affinity Groups. l To increase the awareness of local GOLD activities by R10 GOLD Website and creating a newsletter (together with WIE). l To increase the value of being the GOLD members by a web-based Seminar and organizing local events. l Call for organizers for the next GOLD congress 2008. GOAL: This year our main focus is…

10. Continuing Strategies for promoting GOLD Activity in R10 for 2006  2007 1.Regional support for international GOLD activities in R10. Organize Web-based Seminar  2007 Action: Madras Section GOLD Affinity group will set up. Organize the next R10 GOLD Congress in 2008  2007 Action: Call for organizers for the next GOLD congress (SAC/GOLD/WIE).

11. Continuing Strategies for promoting GOLD Activity in R10 for 2006  2007 2.Increasing publicity of successful GOLD activities and regional support of GOLD activities. Web-based publicity  2007 Action: Using R10 GOLD Home Pages & Links, increase the awareness of local GOLD activities. (http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/gold/index.html) E-mail based GOLD Tools  2007 Action: Creating newsletter for R10 GOLD/WIE. Project-based support from R10  2007 Action: Supporting local Affinity Groups for their activities.

12. Continuing Strategies for promoting GOLD Activity in R10 for 2006  2007 3. Others Bi-monthly GOLD chair virtual meetings will be organized, so that all the GOLD chapters present in Region 10 can be made active. Developing a Internet Forum to keep in touch for the GOLD and Student Branches. A R10 calendar highlighting significant events available at each country. Taking GOLD to rural population. Increase GOLD Volunteers strength through introduction of “ local GOLD activities ”.

14. Please contact to me R10 GOLD Coordinator 2007 Yasuharu Ohgoe E-mail: yas@f.dendai.ac.jpyas@f.dendai.ac.jp R10 GOLD Coordinator 2008 Helene Hoi-Ying Fung E-mail: helenefung@yahoo.com.auhelenefung@yahoo.com.au

16. ActivityBudget Project-based support for GOLD Affinity Groups, web-based Seminar and Creating Newsletter 6,000 $ Support GOLD coordinator to attend GOLD meeting 2,000 $ Total 8,000 $ Proposed Budget for R10 GOLD Activity in 2007