1. Presentation to the Systems Council Mark Montrose Division IV Director Elect IEEE PSES Representative m.montrose@ieee.org Montreal, Quebec Canada April 11, 2008

2. Chapter Support Program RAA (Responsibility/Accountability/Authority) is under VP – Services Provides financial support to Chapters to help with expenses related to hosting meetings, speakers or local events/activities. This support program is not related to the Distinguished Lecturer financial support program. A chapter can use one or the other mode of financial support from the Council. The maximum amount of support will be $600/year per chapter. Multiple requests may be made as long as the calendar year amount does not exceed $600. Chapter support is not limited to only Systems Council Chapters but may be used in conjunction with joint chapters. For this situation, pro-rated use of funds must be shared. The Chapter requesting funding will make a written request to the VP of Technical Operations who will then approve or disapprove. If approved the request goes to the Council Treasurer for disbursement from IEEE HQ. Sufficient details on use of the money must be made in the formal request.

3. Distinguished Lecturer Program RAA (Responsibility/Accountability/Authority) is under VP – Technical Operations Provides an opportunity for recognized experts to speak about Systems Engineering to interested parties, namely Council Chapters and interested affiliates. Chosen for a 2-year term by the BOD. The hosting chapter is responsible for selecting a speaker, dates and to provide [supplemental] funding. Maximum of 3 talks/year, funded at $750/talk (R1-R7) or $1K (R8-R10). For Non-North American speakers, the amount is reversed. Talks may coincide with a business trip. Under this situation the employer subsidizes travel expenses. If combined with personal holiday, pro-rated expenses are paid. Under no condition can marketing or promotion of oneself occur while a distinguished lecturer.