1 Report of Region 10 GOLD Activities Plan in 2006 Yasuharu Ohgoe March 26-27, 2006 Chiang Mai, Thailand

2 Index About GOLD Member GOLD Program in IEEE’s View Functions of Regional GOLD Coordinator Recent Statistic of GOLD Affinity Groups Region 10 Projects for GOLD Members in 2006

3 IEEE Geographic Organization

4 IEEE Organization

5 IEEE Membership Grades

IEEE Regional Structure Areas Councils Regional Activities Board Regions GOLD Affinity Groups Sections Sub-Sections Student Branches Chapters WIE Affinity Groups Student Branch Chapters Student Affinity Groups

Functions of Regional GOLD Coordinator (I) 1.Encourage and help form GOLD Affinity Groups in the Region by mentoring GOLD leaders, assisting in the establishment of GOLD Affinity Groups 2.Maintain communication links with GOLD leaders in the Region. 3.Recruit leaders by working with the Regional Student Activities Committee to identify future GOLD leaders.

Functions of Regional GOLD Coordinator (II) lPromote participation in IEEE activities (e.g., conferences, Chapters, GOLD groups, etc.) to GOLD members at various events. lProvide reports to Region Director

9 Current GOLD Affinity Groups (2005 = 17  19) 1.Australia Capital Territory GOLD Affinity Group, Position Vacant 2.Bangalore GOLD Affinity Group, Sathyanarayan Balaji 3.Bangladesh GOLD Affinity Group, Rabiul Alam 4.Bombay GOLD Affinity Group, Ashok Jagatia 5.Calcutta GOLD Affinity Group, Jamuna K. Sing 6.Delhi GOLD Affinity Group, Shabana Mehfuz 7.Hong Kong GOLD Affinity Group, Tsz Kin Ken Chan 8.Karachi GOLD Affinity Group, Syed Kashif A. Alvi 9.Kerala GOLD Affinity Group, Jacob Iype 10.Lahore GOLD Affinity Group, Ahmed S. Bajwa

10 Current GOLD Affinity Groups (2005 = 17  19) 11.Madras GOLD Affinity Group, Mohd H. Sharma 12.Malaysia GOLD Affinity Group, Mohd H. Yaacob 13.New South Wales GOLD Affinity Group, Sampath S. Windsor 14.New Zealand North GOLD Affinity Group, Grace Lee 15.New Zealand South GOLD Affinity Group, Sharmalee T. Spalding 16.Singapore GOLD Affinity Group, Chin Teong Tan 17.South Australia GOLD Affinity Group, Dr. Andrew Piotrowski 18.Victorian GOLD Affinity Group, Charlotte N. Marra 19.Western Australia GOLD Affinity Group, Sek Shiong Tan

Objectives - GOLD Projects in 2005  Reenergize activities in IEEE GOLD Affinity Groups.  Networking IEEE GOLD members in Region 10.  Search for new IEEE GOLD leaders and encourage them to participate.  Start up new IEEE GOLD Affinity Groups in most of the Sections in Region 10.  Provide infrastructures for sharing information and experiences.  Provide soft-skills educational activities for GOLD member  Spread IEEE GOLD information to all IEEE Sections.

SAC and GOLD are collecting ideas how to increase interactions between Student Branches and the Sections.

Organize Joint GOLD / SAC Events (Committee, Regional and Section Levels) For instance: acquiring speakers, tours, IEEE funds for events/projects (at descretion of section), section-level volunteering, sharing the structure of IEEE at the section level, etc.

14 Proposal for Student & GOLD Congress 2006 Objective To open a platform for GOLD AF leaders to share their experience. To make a plan for GOLD Activities in R10 and mutually cooperation , July 2006

15 July 13 th, Thu ( Day 0 ) July 14 th, Fri Day 1 July 15 th, Sat Day 2 July 16 th, Sun Day 3 July 17 th, Mon Day 4 Registration Student/GOLD program GOLD program Students Cultural Activities Or Day Out Sessions Visit to Great Wall, Summer Palace, etc Or Return. (Return) – Over flow as of 25th March – Proposal for Student & GOLD Congress 2006

R10 GOLD Congress Participants GOLD leaders appointed by Sections Guest Speakers (International speaker) Some R10 Excom. Members Target participant number is 30. Registration Fee is USD 200. Financial support Accommodation – economy price supported by R10. Catering – R10 and partially supported by Beijing Section. Transportation – Section and partially supported by R10

17 Continuing Strategies for promoting GOLD Activity in R10 for 2005  Regional support for international GOLD activities in R10. Organized 2005 R10 GOLD AF Meeting  2006 Action: Co-organize GOLD Congress in Beijing with Student Congress

18 Continuing Strategies for promoting GOLD Activity in R10 for 2005  Increasing publicity of successful GOLD activities and regional support of GOLD activities. Web-based publicity  2006 Action: R10 GOLD Home Pages & Links. Web-based GOLD Tools  2006 Action: R10 Video Web-Based Lecture on Professional Enhancement for GOLD. Project-based support from R10  2006 Postponed to future.

2006 GOLD Projects l Region 10 GOLD Leadership Workshop l Region 10 GOLD Educational Activities l Student-To-GOLD Member Transition l Graduate Student Member & GOLD Member Networking l Region 10 GOLD Website

Key point summary Value Added to the Individual GOLD Member Thank you