1. R10 Director’s Report Lawrence W.C. Wong 2012 IEEE Region 10 Director IEEE R10 Meeting 3-4 March 2012 Kolkata, India

2. Welcome IEEE Distinguished Guests: –Peter Staecker: 2012 President-Elect –Howard Michel: 2012 Vice-President, MGA –Tariq Durraini: 2013 President-Elect Candidate –Roberto de Marco: 2013 President-Elect Candidate IEEE R10 Section Chairs and representatives IEEE R10 Council Chairs IEEE Kolkata ExCom and representatives IEEE and R10 Award winners IEEE Staff 12/25/20152

3. Appreciations Zhisheng Niu –R10 Conference & Technical Seminar Coordinator Amarnath Raja –R10 Humanitarian Technology AG Coordinator Deepak Mathur –R10 Sections Congress 2011 Representative Om Prakash –R10 Student Representative 12/25/20153

4. 2012 IEEE R10 ExCom Operations Committee L Wong: R10 Director YJ Park: R10 Immediate Past Director T Fukuda: R10 Director-Elect M Ong: R10 Treasurer D Chong: R10 Secretary M Khalid: R10 Vice Chair, TA K Chun: R10 Vice Chair, MA R10 Advisory Committee YJ Park, JU Seo, J Mazierska, TS Low R10 Nomination Committee YJ Park, T Fukuda, L Wong R10 Elevation Committee K Chun, JF Wang, D Mathur R10 Audit Committee T Minami, YJ Park, HB Kang, E Mahinda R10 Technical Activities BM Ali: Conf & Tech Seminar S Aramvith: Educational Activities YW Liu: Professnl Activities & History D Mathur: Humanitarian Tech R Asthana: Industry Relations R10 Membership Activities HB Kang: R10 Mem Dev / Life Member T Minami: Awards & Recognition T Wong: GOLD T Hashimoto: Women In Engineering JF Wang: Section/Chapter Coordinator T Onoye: Student Activities A Kurian: Student Representative R10 Coordinators (Others) J Dong: Electronic Comms & Info Mgt Z Ahmed: Newsletter 12/25/20154

5. R10 Organizational Units 57 Sections (0 formed in 2011) 17 Sub-sections (3 formed in 2011) 6 Councils 469 Chapters (25 formed in 2011) 27 GOLD groups (3 formed in 2011) 24 WIE groups (4 formed in 2011) 837 Student branches (101 formed in 2011) 138 Student branch chapters (32 formed in 2011) 12/25/20155

6. As at 31 December 2011 ‘98‘99‘00‘01‘02‘03‘04‘05‘06‘07‘08‘09‘10‘11 Sections42 44 47 5256 57 Sub Sections454545698910122117 Technical Chapters 176189198213224244261288332372399433490469 Affinity Groups000610182131343943444958 Geographic Councils 45444444455666 Student Branches 183210235262287330376439490535583672749837 Student Branch Chapters 32 3038404144434960577498138 Student Branch Affinity Groups 0000016132129 53 83 Total Units4414835155726136907658749901,1051,1821,3501,5231,665 R10 Organizational Units

7. R10 Membership R10 is currently the largest IEEE region in terms of membership. At the end of December 2011 the Region had 97,393 total members: –R10 represents 23.4% of IEEE’s total membership. –R10 has 54,301 Higher Grade Members, 11,805 Graduate Student Members and 31,287 Student Members. Membership in the Region is up by 7.5% from December 2011, representing a gain of 6,800 members. Higher grade membership is up by 7.0% from December 2011, representing a gain of 3,546 members. Graduate Student Membership is up slightly by 0.1% December 2011, representing a gain of 17 members. Student membership is up by 11.5% from December 2011, representing a gain of 3,237 members.

8. Region Membership (As of 31 December 2011)

9. R10 Membership 12/25/20159 As at 31 Dec 2011

10. Region 10 Membership (as of 31 December 2011) Region 10 Membership by Grade REGION 10 - MEMBERSHIP TOTAL BY GRADE Dec-11 GradeDec-11Dec-10# Change% Change Honorary 10 00.0% Fellow 946894525.8% Senior Member 4,8664,4873798.4% Member 45,34242,5822,7606.5% Associate 3,1372,78235512.8% GSM 11,80511,788170.1% StM 31,28728,0503,23711.5% Total 97,39390,5936,8007.5%

11. Member Grade Distribution 12/25/201511 As at 31 Dec 2011 High student membership

12. R10 Membership by Section (as of 31 December 2011) Region 10 by Sections # of members Australian CT Section510 Bangalore Section5,765 Bangladesh Section843 Beijing Section4,768 Bombay Section5,029 Changwon Section222 Chengdu Section469 Daejeon Section986 Delhi Section4,624 Fukuoka Section793 Gujarat Section880 Harbin Section477 Hiroshima Section444 Hong Kong Section2,596 Hyderabad Section4,817 Indonesia Section700 Islamabad Section544 Kansai Section2,277 Karachi Section582 Kerala Section5,113 Kharagpur Section297 Kolkata Section1,709 Kwangju Section178 Lahore Section521 Macau Section152 Madras Section10,828 Malaysia Section2,400 Nagoya Section1,170 Nanjing Section1,511 NSW Section2,550 NZ Central Section310 NZ North Section737 NZ South Section280 N Australia Section160 Pune Section1,160 Queensland Section1,147 R10-Countries Outside Sections 240 Region 10 - Apo/Fpo90 Philippines Section256 Sapporo Section246 Sendai Section675 Seoul Section2,910 Shanghai Section1,004 Shikoku Section261 Shin-Etsu Section243 Singapore Section3,093 South Australia Section561 Sri Lanka Section1,116 Taegu Section303 Tainan Section875 Taipei Section3,847 Thailand Section657 Tokyo Section7,763 Uttar Pradesh Section1,744 Victorian Section1,936 Vietnam Section152 Western Australia Section 828 Wuhan Section 372 Xian Section 672

13. Election Statistics R10 voting rate of 11.10% compared to average global voting rate was 12.88% Sections with highest voting rates: –1 st : Northern Australia 18.75% –2 nd : Beijing 17.49% –3 rd : Vietnam 15.96% 12/25/201513

14. IEEE Updates (1/3) Change in Volunteer term of office (approved by MGAB in June 2011) –All Section officers must be elected. This election can be conducted annually or every two years. An individual may serve two consecutive terms of office. –A lifetime term limit shall be established for Section officers. An individual shall not normally serve in a position for more than 3 terms (i.e. 6 years) provided there is at least a one term break. –The MGA Operations Manual to be revised to incorporate text which explains how an individual may be removed from the position and how an individual can be suspended from office. 12/25/201514

15. IEEE Updates (2/3) Changes in petitioning procedures in MGA Ops Manual (Approved by MGAB in Nov 2011) –Petition organizers to submit a business plan summary for the proposed OU that includes planned meetings and activities for initial 6 months. –Parent OU must endorse the formation of a new geographic unit prior to submission of the petition to staff. –IEEE members unable to sign petition due to geographic distance may submit an email with their ID with subject header indicating their agreement to be a member of the unit and to participate in activities. –A copy of the completed petition form to be sent to Parent OU AND to the Region Director (or designee). RD (or designee) may reach out to organizer to discuss/validate the goals and objectives –Petitions with > 25% of the petitioners being new (members for <14 days) result in follow up inquiry by staff to organizer to determine if an event such as a membership drive was driver of so many new members –Staff sends email to a all petitioners requesting concurrence that they signed the petition 12/25/201515

16. IEEE Updates (3/3) New IEEE reserves allocation policy (approved by IEEE Board in Nov 2011) –Geo Units to share in both the gains or losses of reserves –All Geo Units with a 3 Year Average Reserve to Expense ratio of 200% or more and with a 3 year average balance in Net Assets of $20,000 or more (USD) at year end shall contribute 12/25/201516

17. 2011 Highlights Operationalized rigorous petition validation process Approved 2 nd TENCON Series POCO in July 2011 in Beijing, China R10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress in Auckland, NZ 1 st R10 Webcast on Membership Dev in Nov 2011 IEEE Pakistan Fund disbursed to 4 projects New IEEE-HKN chapters in R10: –University of Hong Kong –Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering, New Delhi Student activities: –Xtreme Competition  50% of teams from R10  1 st (Chulalongkorn) & 2 nd (Muratuwa) winners from R10  5 of top 10 teams from R10 70 new Fellows from R10 (inc. Zhisheng Niu) 12/25/201517

18. Goals for 2011 - 2012 Bring greater value to members –Promote DLP, TAB Colloquia, Technical seminars and regional conference –Enhance member benefits –Identify and promote volunteers to MGA and TCs Empowering Sections/Chapters –Establish mechanisms to guide, advice and assist IEEE volunteers to meet the needs of members –Develop and adopt effective, accountable and transparent entity governance Strengthen inter-OU collaborations –Building stronger linkages and awareness between local entities and IEEE headquarters –Encourage and facilitate inter-OU collaborations Launch New Initiatives Program –Initiate strategic programs and projects to seed and catalyze interest, excitement and vibrancy in Sections and Chapters –Leverage on internet technologies to bring services to members and to facilitate sharing and networking 12/25/201518

19. Goals for 2011-2012 PlansActions Bring greater value to members R10 Technical Seminars Operationalized Pakistan Fund (4 projects) Facilitated formation of IEEE-HKN chapters (U of HK, Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering) Comprehensive slate of R10 nominees for IEEE committees Empowering Sections/Chapters Supporting volunteer training workshops, eg. CLW 2011, S/W/G Congress 2011, SC2011 Enhance petitioning process Strengthen inter-OU collaborations Advice & mediation to aid problem resolution Facilitate networking & dialogue, eg. IC & CLW 2011 Launch New Initiatives Program 2 nd TENCON series approved R10 Webcast Enhanced awards program, eg. WIE HT activities in India 12/25/201519

20. Plans for 2012 PlansActions Bring greater value to members Facilitate AG formations, such as WIE, IEEE-HKN, HT Promote awareness of committee positions Intensify N&A nominations Increase members from industry Empowering Sections/Chapters Supporting volunteer training workshops Enhance petitioning process Improve sustainability of student branches Improve retention Strengthen inter-OU collaborations Advice & mediation to aid problem resolution Facilitate networking & dialogue Launch New Initiatives Program 2 nd TENCON series launch R10 Webcast – R10 MD, volunteer training, etc. Establish R10 DLP Grow HT activities Revamp R10 website Facilitate OU legalisation 12/25/201520

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