1. Sections Congress 2011 Nita Patel R1 SC11 Coordinator, nita.patel@ieee.org 2010 Region 1 Summer Meeting Newark, NJ 11 March 2011

2. Process Review March 2010 – Overview of process August 2010 – brainstorming session December 2010 – Compilation & consolidation Jan-Feb 2011 – Ranking by section members March 2011 – ExCom vote on recommendations April 2011 – Submission to SC11 committee

3. Recommendations: Survey Results - #1 Better tools and services for unemployed members and for career growth + More publications relevant to industry Need champions

4. Recommendations: Survey Results - #2 Membership Reward Program (MRP): Program allowing members to earn points for participation in IEEE activities. Champions: Soon Wan, Uri Moszkowicz, Rob Vice and Ravi Todi

5. Recommendations: Survey Results - #3 Update IEEE mission to protect rights of the engineering profession Champions: Dan Sommers and others

6. Recommendations: Survey Results - #4 Create public, professional, profile web- page for members (similar to LinkedIn) Need champions

7. Recommendations: Format Recommendation Why is this recommendation being submitted? MGA Goal/Strategy/Other goal Supported Identified measures of success Part of a previous Sections Congress? Proposed Champion for this recommendation

8. Sections Congress 2011 Nita Patel R1 SC11 Coordinator, nita.patel@ieee.org 2010 Region 1 Summer Meeting Newark, NJ 11 March 2011

9. Recommendations: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – R2 ideas Digital libraries Payment flexibility Recognition for practitioners SC08 #10 – sustained membership

10. Recommendations: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – R3 ideas Professional development soft skills training Increase industry awareness of value of IEEE membership Collaboration with other engineering professional organizations Bottom-up communication

11. Recommendations: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – R4 ideas Do more for public relations & government activities Be more visible to engineers who are not members More communication between student branches Toolkit for membership development Structured professional certifications

12. Recommendations: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – R5 ideas Continuing education eLearning system Move from pushing email to allowing members to pull data Better search tool for IEEE information Provide credits against dues to recent graduates Reward student branch advisors for membership retention

13. Recommendations: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – R6 ideas Get PACE events more easily logged Get information out to members