Professional Activities (PACE) Murty Polavarapu murtyp@ieee.org Region 2 Meeting Baltimore, MD February 26, 2012
What is PACE? (Professional Activities Committees for Engineers) http://ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/default.asp
What is the process? Submit to R2 PACE Coordinator Idea Section approval Upon approval, conduct activity Get Money Submit Report
How did we do in 2011? 90% of Sections reported PACE activities Disbursed all funding from IEEE-USA (and 8.5% more) 31 total projects Listserv, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn Issues in funds disbursement 31-Jul-18
Goals for 2012 100% Section Participation 10% growth in projects More efficient funds disbursement Does your Section have a PACE Chair? 31-Jul-18
New for 2012 Report PACE meetings on vTools using “Professional” Category Incentive program for member engagement $200 payment to Sections Three or more events with a total of 100 member attendance IEEE-USA Annual Meeting (Cincinnati, May 3-6) attendance $750 for first-time attendees $500 for second-time attendees $250 for third-time attendees Need help? Call or e.mail me! 31-Jul-18