1. IEEE Southeast Con – IEEE Technical Activities
Kathy Land, 2018 Vice President, Technical Activities
April 19 –
Tampa, Florida, USA

2. The Big Picture IEEE Mission Technical Activities Mission
IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity
Technical Activities Mission
Inspire, Foster and Empower Technology-Centric Worldwide Communities
Technical Activities Vision
IEEE Technical Activities worldwide communities:
Develop a volunteer-led environment where technical thought leaders converge and create communities for people working in our fields
Solicit, refine and disseminate quality technical information
Organize technical gatherings to foster innovation and interchange
Nurture and promote innovative technical ideas and new technical fields

3. TAB 2018 – Goals and Vision… To Support You and Our Collective Opportunities
IEEE’s Strength – Technical Activities
Technical Member-Driven, Staff-Enabled Community

4. Technical Activities 2018 - Goals
Nurturing underserved and emerging segments including young professionals, industry (professional and entrepreneurs), and the IEEE Future Directions Committee.
Establishing OU partnering opportunities by looking at how to increase the value proposition for Societies/Councils to participate in Standards activities; partnering on continuing educational products with the IEEE Educational Activities Board; and exploring local industry engagement partnering and membership models with IEEE Member & Geographic Activities.
Continuing financial transparency and reporting through Society/Council financial guidance development; financial best practices; financial artifacts; and contracts approval processes.

5. Efforts to Increase Diversity and Inclusion
TAB is making strides to increase diversity amongst its many committees by approving inclusion of diversity recommendations within the charters of existing TAB committees.
The new language requests that committees strive to be more diverse in respect to such factors as gender, geographical region, and professional sector (academia/industry/other), and that committee membership reflect the diversity of the IEEE membership eligible to serve.

6. Reaffirmation of IEEE Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics and Nondiscrimination Policy
TAB approved a statement reaffirming the IEEE Code of Conduct,
Code of Ethics, and Nondiscrimination Policy.
This statement solidifies TAB’s dedication to ethical and fair treatment of all IEEE members, and reads:
“IEEE members are committed to the highest standards of integrity, responsible behavior, and ethical and professional conduct. The IEEE Technical Activities Board reaffirms its commitment to an environment free of discrimination and harassment as stated in the IEEE Code of Conduct, IEEE Code of Ethics, and IEEE Nondiscrimination Policy.”
Reinforcing codes and policies in existence is only the first step; TAB will continue to look ahead at new opportunities to raise awareness through education, easier reporting, messaging, training, and dialogue.

7. Motions for Improved Financial Transparency
… Leverage Continued TAB FinCom and FinTrans Efforts…
TAB also demonstrated its commitment to promoting financial transparency within the organization, which will allow IEEE and its Societies and Councils to make more informed financial decisions, by approving motions to convert indirect charges to direct expenses, as well as to change the distribution of infrastructure costs across all lines of operation:
Motion: TAB requests that the IEEE Finance Committee establish a plan, with a timeline, to convert all indirect charges to S/Cs to itemized direct expenses against each S/C’s lines of operation (periodicals, conferences, membership, education, standards, etc.).  Such reports should be automated and available monthly.
Motion: TAB requests that the IEEE Finance Committee establish a plan, with a timeline, for a new methodology to change the distribution of infrastructure costs across all lines of operation, to promote consistency and synergy in decision-making at all levels.  TAB requests that audits be performed to ensure that redistribution of costs occurs without a net increase in total allocated costs.

8. Improving the Contracts Approval Process
This year we have established an Ad Hoc with the goal of improving our contracts approval process. The charter is basically to establish a communication forum during TAB meeting series to discuss rationales and possible improvements to the current contracts approval processes.
The first discussion session was held Saturday, 17 February, to explore issues related to the IEEE contracts processes. More than 80 individuals attended with 50 participating in breakout sessions, which included decision authority, workflow transparency, risk management, efficiency of execution, and change management.  
Direct and Near-Term Improvements are Anticipated

9. IEEE Society/Council Young Professional Summit
The first IEEE Society/Council Young Professionals Representatives Summit was sponsored by the TAB Management Committee and co-located with the IEEE Board Series.
This 1.5 day facilitated leadership and strategy session brought together 24 Society/Council Young Professionals Representatives for the first time, to discuss: developing and communicating value; effectively contributing to Society/Council activities; key engagement strategies; and, creating new structures and driving action within existing Societies and Councils.
The session culminated in action plan development, and included a social networking event co-hosted by the IEEE Board of Directors, which provided a great opportunity for the Board to connect with many of our next generation leaders from within Technical Activities.

10. Improved Clarity with IEEE and TA Nominations & Appointments
The nominations and appointments process can be both frustrating and confusing.  The requirements for positions and availabilities vary. The TAB N&A committee has attempted to provide improved clarity for both Technical Activities and IEEE positions by providing a consolidated list of all available positions for both TAB and the IEEE, with details including term, criteria, nominee slate and appointment information, timeframe, committee/position description and responsibilities and meetings.
technical-activities-volunteer 
​Also on this page, under “How do I Express Interest in Future Opportunities”, is a slide deck, that provides tips and information for getting nominated and creating a successful nomination packet.  ​

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13. TAB 2018 – Who is FinTrans, What is Available?
Past, Present and Elected Society/Council Presidents Division Directors, and other TAB members who have expressed interest in promoting IEEE Financial Transparency
Informal, “Grass-roots” group, started by Ray Liu
2018 ExCom Chair is Roger Fujii
This is you! To Join Richard Baseil
S/C Roll-up reports
ta.ieee.org; select ‘Finance’ tab; scroll to ‘Society Financial Statements’; select your S/C
To Direct Link with your three letter S/C designator:
Conference Proceedings Content
ta.ieee.org/ieee-meetings-conferences-events
From drop down select your S/C and click view
Under conference Publication Reports, select ‘Annual Content and Usage Report’
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14. Activity Calls – Funding Proposals & Ad Hocs
TMC Funding Proposals
Two calls for TMC funding proposals
January 14 TMC proposal evaluation and vote
Next proposal deadline - April 20
Ad Hoc Committees (source: TAB Ops Manual)
To address a specific issue / (appointing authority, Vice President-Technical Activities)
Scope, membership, source of funding, and expected duration of each such Ad Hoc Committee shall be specified at the time of appointment.
The activities of an Ad Hoc Committee are expected to be completed by the end of the calendar year of the Committee’s formation, at which time the Ad Hoc Committee shall terminate.
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