1. Y. W. Liu Hong Kong Section ywliu@ieee.org IEEE Activities – (M ’ 79-SM ’ 02) COMMITTEES/BOARDS: MGA Awards and Recognition Committee, Member, 2001, 2004-05; Individual Benefits and Services Committee, Member, 2005-06. REGION: Region 10: Treasurer, 1995- 98; Secretary, 1998; Award Committee Chair, 1999-2006. SECTION: Hong Kong Section: Newsletter Editor, 1990-97; Secretary, 1997-98; Vice Chairman, 1999-2000; Chairman, 2001-02; Nominations and Appointments Committee, Chair, 2005. CHAPTER: Hong Kong CAS/COM Joint Chapter: Executive Committee Member, 1988-2007; Chairman, 1996. CONFERENCES: IEEE TENCON 90, Publication Committee Member, 1990; IEEE ISCAS 97, Publication Committee Co-chair, 1997; IEEE ICASSP 03, Local Arrangement Co-chair, 2003; IEEE TEMCON 06, Executive Committee Member, 2006. AWARDS: IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000.

2. R10 Award Report – 2007 Hirohisa Gambe - R10 Award Committee Chair for year 2007 Member – D.Y.Kim, Y.W.Liu, McDonald, Sankaran Y. W. Liu -R10 Award Committee Chair 08 Committee Member – Lance Fung Akinori Nishihara S V Sankaran

3. Award Strategy Establish greater publicity and prestige Promote R10 and HQ Award nominations Improve industry communication links and closer tie with sponsors Enhance visibility of Award with sister societies Joint Award with national society

4. R10 Award Program Outstanding Volunteer Award Distinguished Large & Small Section Award GOLD Award

5. 2007 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award Call for nomination was closed on September 30, 07. There were eight nominations. The following three volunteers have been selected as the winner : Enn Vinnal, Victorian section. R.K.Asthana, Delhi section. Tapan K. Saha, Queensland section. Enn Vinnal is invited to the R10 Meeting in February 2008. His traveling expenses will be sponsor by R10

6. Region 10 GOLD Award Call for Nomination was closed on August 31. 07 Sampath Kumar of Madras Section is selected as the recipient of R10 GOLD Award. Kumar is invited to the R10 Meet and traveling expenses sponsored by R10. The winner was also nominated to MGA GOLD Achievement Award Program Kumar has also been elected as the MGA GOLD Award recipient.

7. 2006 R10 Distinguish Large and Small Section Award The Award Instrument is a Certificate and $1,000 cash bonus presented in the R10 Meeting Assessment was made by the Section Annual Reports submitted before April 20, 2007. Malaysia Section is selected the winner of the 2006 R10 Distinguish Large Section Award Shikoku Section is selected the winner of the 2006 R10 Distinguish Small Section Award The two winning Sections were nominated to MGA Outstanding Large and Small Section Award And, Shikoku Section has been selected as the winner of MGA Outstanding Small Section.

8. 2007 R10 Distinguish Large and Small Section Award Evaluation base on the Section Annual report submitted Prepare your report using the suggest format for standard cooperation Send your Section annual report to Fanny Su before 1 April 2008 The report will be posted in the R10 Web Page for experience sharing

9. 2008 Award Budget Propose $4,500 budget for the R10 Award to support: - 1. $2,000 to the Large and Small Distinguish Section Award 2. Office expense 3. The travelling expense for the Outstanding Volunteer & GOLD Award

10. IEEE Honorary Member Honorary Members are elected by the Board of Directors ‘from among those who have rendered meritorious service to humanity in the IEEE’s designated fields of interest and who are not members of the IEEE Deadline 1 July 2008 for the 2009 Award Anthony Davies - Chair, IEEE Honorary Membership Committee seek your help to identify quality nominations

11. MGA Award William W. Middleton Distinguished Service Award - deadline for nominations 01 June William W. Middleton Distinguished Service Award Friend of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Awards - Nominations may be submitted at any time during the year Friend of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Awards

12. MGA Award MGA Achievement Award MGA Innovation Award MGA Leadership Award MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award Nomination deadline October 15

13. HQ Contact IEEE Regional Activities Attn.: MGA Awards, 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway NJ 08855-1331 ISA http://www.ieee.org/mga Tel 732 562 5507, Fax: 732 463 3657 Email: rab-awards@ieee.orgrab-awards@ieee.org

14. Suggestions and Comments are Welcome Thank You! Y. W. LIU - ywliu@ieee.org