1. REGION 6 NORTHEAST AREA SIX SECTIONS – FIVE AWARDS

2. NE AREA AWARDS CHAIR u Name:Linda R. Stuffle, P.E. u Employer:SECCS u Contact:208-233-7497 (H) 208-317-1478 (cell) 208-233-7564 (Fax) u E-mail:linda.stuffle@ieee.orglinda.stuffle@ieee.org

3. Section Award Chairs u Boise Section: Brooklin Gore u Eastern Idaho Section: Charles “Chip” Tolle u Eastern Montana Section: Dave Maehl u Montana Section: Jason Daughenbaugh u Utah Section: Ruehl Alder u Western Montana Section: Bill “Dusty” Rhoads

4. REGION 6 AWARDS NEW FOR 2006 u Outstanding Engineer Award u Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award u Region 6 Outstanding Section Award u Region 6 Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award u Region 6 Outstanding Student Branch

5. STUDENT BRANCHES Student Branches: o Boise State University o Brigham Young University o Brigham Young University - Idaho o Idaho State University o Montana State University (EE and EET) o Montana Tech o University of Utah o Utah State University o Weber State University

6. Outstanding Engineer Award Award is designed to recognize members of Region 6 who through their technical abilities have made outstanding contributions to their profession. It recognizes the development of new technical concepts, significant patents, development of new devices, development of applications, new designs, significant cost reductions using known techniques, etc. Nominee Suggestions:

7. Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award Award is designed to recognize members of Region 6 who through their professional and technical abilities have made outstanding and noteworthy contributions to the Institute, their communities, fellow professionals and fellow man. The award is not designed to recognize a single achievement, but rather collective contributions complemented by singular works exemplifying the objectives and attributes of IEEE. Nominee Suggestions:

8. Region 6 Outstanding Section Award Award is designed to recognize the outstanding Section based on its success in carrying out the objectives of IEEE through the implementation of Section programs. In this evaluation, recognition will be given to the successful maintenance of ongoing efforts designed to sustain the basic core activity of the Section and its components as well as recognizing innovative and creative efforts to develop and implement new programs or new entities such as Chapters and Subsections among others. Nominee Suggestions:

9. Region 6 Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award Organizational awards are provided to those companies, or divisions of a company that encourage volunteerism through its practices. In particular, the atmosphere created by the company to facilitate the IEEE volunteer(s) to do his or her job, or supporting the volunteer by permitting free or discounted use of company resources. Nominee Suggestions:

10. Region 6 Outstanding Student Branch Award is designed to recognize the outstanding student branch based on its success in carrying out the objectives of IEEE through the implementation of programs. In this evaluation, recognition will be given to the successful maintenance of ongoing efforts deigned to sustain the basic core activity of the student branch and its components as well as recognizing innovative and creative efforts to develop and implement new programs. Nominee Suggestions:

11. Nomination Format u For an Individual: Name, Contact Information, Title, IEEE Grade, Proposed Citation, Resume, Award Rationale, Name and Contact Information for Nominator u For an Entity: Name, Contact Information (Representative), Short Prospectus, Proposed Citation, Award Rationale, Name and Contact Information for Nominator

12. Here’s The Plan u You have the award criteria and nomination requirements. u Get them to me by 5/15/07. u If there are multiple nominations in one category, we’ll E-mail a vote. u One nomination will be sent to Region 6 for each category deemed viable. u The Area Awards will be presented at our Fall meeting. u IF there is a Region 6 winner, that award will be presented at the Region 6 Awards Luncheon in the fall.

13. Please sign-up to judge BA Memorial Scholarship essays this year!

14. CONSIDER ABET EVALUATION u It’s: Rewarding, Interesting and Valued u (Also fun) u One-day training session required u To apply or nominate someone else: o Go to www.ieee.orgwww.ieee.org o Education o Accreditation o EAC or TAC Program Evaluator Information o Application or Nomination Form