1. GOLD Committee Meeting 17-19 May 2013 Toronto Region 8 GOLD Committee
What’s up at GOLD R8
GOLD Committee Meeting
17-19 May 2013
Toronto
Region 8 GOLD Committee

2. R8 GOLD Committee in 2013
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3. Salima Kaissi - Morocco Section
Past Coordinator
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4. Nele
Reynders
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5. Elena
Pareja
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6. Amir
Zahoor
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7. Rafal
Sliz
Coordinator
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8. Current status of GOLD in R8
Total Region 8 Sections: 56
Total GOLD Affinity Groups: 38
Total R8 GOLD Members:
GOLD Members Percentage in R8 : 30%
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9. Current R8 GOLD Affinity Groups Status
* GOLD AG that has not submitted report last year is considered as inactive.
** GOLD AG that has not submitted report in last two years is dormant.
Total GOLD Affinity Groups 38
Active 27
New 4
Inactive * 2
Dormant ** 5
1/12/2019
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10. United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
GOLD in Region 8
GOLD members are distributed in Affinity Groups
Benelux
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iraq
Italy
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malta
Morocco
Nigeria
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Russia (Northwest)
Russia (Siberia)
Saudi-Arabia East
Saudi-Arabia West
Slovenia
South Africa North
South Africa South
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
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11. GOLD in Region 8
GOLD Affinity Groups in Sections
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12. New Affinity Groups - Newly Formed GOLD AGs (2013)
GOLD AG Current GOLD Members
Poland
Kenya
Lithuania
Slovenia
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13. GOLD in Region 8 Sections with inactive or without GOLD Affinity Group
Austria No GOLD AG 450/1274
Belarus No GOLD AG /45
Bulgaria No GOLD AG /273
Denmark Inactive GOLD AG 289/836
Estonia No GOLD AG /117
France Inactive GOLD AG /3555
Hungary No GOLD AG 110/402
Latvia No GOLD AG /121
Republic of Macedonia No GOLD AG /171
Romania No GOLD AG 259/897
Serbia and Montenegro No GOLD AG 275/698
Turkey Inactive GOLD AG /2110
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14. GOLD AGs that need attention
- Inactive Affinity Groups
= GOLD AGs that have not submitted report last year.
GOLD AG Current GOLD Members
France
Turkey
- Dormant Affinity Groups
= GOLD AGs that have not submitted report in last two years.
GOLD AG Current GOLD Members
Denmark
Saudi Arabia, EAST
Russia
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia, WEST
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15. So, what do we really do (Best Practices)???
GOLD Affinity Groups (AGs) maintenance
Recognition of outstanding volunteers and Affinity Groups
Increase the visibility and awareness of IEEE among young professionals
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16. GOLD AGs maintenance Initialisation of new Affinity Groups
Revitalisation of dormant groups, 7 groups are dormant and inactive
Recognition and motivation of young members to establish new AGs – still 20 Sections without GOLD AG
Assistance and cooperation with existing 36 AGs
Regular teleconference meetings with GOLD Chairs
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17. R8 GOLD Operation Guide New addition in GOLD Resources
Region 8 GOLD Operation Guide has been compiled for new Affinity Groups and new officers to understand GOLD functionality in concise and quick way.
Available online
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18. 2012 Affinity Group Reports
Successes
STEP events
Career Fairs
Cooperation with Student Branches
Increased number of members
Social media
Problems
Lack of motivated volunteers
Low attendance to organized events
Unknowledge of IEEE in industry
Sponsorship
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19. Membership Development data support
Supply GOLD Chairs with:
Membership Development data,
Statistics,
Idea of automatic reporting system
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20. Meetings with GOLD Chairs
Started in 2011: 2 meetings
In 2012:
4 meetings
10-13 participants every time
Successful, a lot of positive feedback from GOLD chairs
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21. Meetings with GOLD Chairs
Participation over
Interest is growing!
People are coming back!
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22. So, what do we really do (Best Practices)???
GOLD Affinity Groups (AGs) maintenance
Recognition of outstanding volunteers and Affinity Groups
Increase the visibility and awareness of IEEE among young professionals
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23. Recognition of outstanding volunteers and affinity groups
Annual Region 8 Outstanding GOLD Affinity Group Award for outstanding GOLD AG
Nominations and support for MGA GOLD Hall of Fame Award
A new initiative to establish Region 8 GOLD Exceptional Volunteer Award to recognize the remarkable work done by GOLD volunteers
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24. So, what do we really do (Best Practices)???
GOLD Affinity Groups (AGs) maintenance
Recognition of outstanding volunteers and Affinity Groups
Increase the visibility and awareness of IEEE among young professionals
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25. Increase the visibility and awareness of IEEE among young professionals:
Maintenance of Region 8 GOLD website
Activities in social media – Facebook(+15,3%), LinkedIn(+14,7%), Twitter
Regular input in GOLD Rush and R8 Newsletter
Remarkable involvement in Student Branch Congresses: ISBC13, CEuSBC13, MESBC13
Design and manufacturing of promotional materials
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26. IEEE R8 GOLD Webpage Updated on regular basis
Source of information for GOLD Chairs and GOLD members
Resources available
The most recent contact information
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27. GOLD Members Engagement on Social Media
As active as possible:
- news
- activities
- events
- social happenings
- etc….
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28. Involvement in small SBCs
Goal:
Increasing visibility of the GOLD community by promoting it among student members
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29. Involvement in small SBCs
Recent participation in the ISBC Porto 2013
During 2013 we will be as well in:
CEuSBC Opole
MESBC Beirut
HSBC Cyprus
UKRISBC
And in 2014 more!
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30. Visibility and advertisement
We have created GOLD advertisement material:
GOLD material for SBCs and Section Chairs: stickers and flyers
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31. Visibility and advertisement
Posters – T-shirts
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32. Issues of GOLD in Region 8
Diversity – one rule cannot be applied everywhere
Numbers…
GOLD is underrated (30% members!!!)
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33. Region 8 GOLD Committee
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34. Do not hesitate, contact us!!!
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@r8gold
# IEEE R8 GOLD
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