1. Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Report Presenter: Brian Roberts, Region 1 GOLD Coordinator brian.roberts@ieee.org Graduates Of the Last Decade

2. Topics Year Over Year Membership Statistics Section GOLD Affinity Group Chairs 2011 Reported Events 2012 GOLD Action Plan 5/18/20152

3. 3 Geographic IEEE Gold Membership - February 2012 HIGHER GRADE w/o GSMsGraduate STUDENTSTOTAL MEMBERS REGION20122011Change20122011Change20122011Change #% #% #% 1 2,1682,156120.6%518604(86)-14.2%2,6862,760(74)-2.7%

4. 18 GOLD Affinity Groups Affinity GroupChairEmail Berkshire No Affinity GroupNA BinghamtonVacant BostonRhonda Phillipsrhondap@ieee.org BuffaloThomas Heckmannt.heckmann@ieee.org Connecticut Cynthia Armstrong, Larry Cole cynthia.armstrong@hs.utc.com, larryc@gmail.com Green Mountain No Affinity GroupNA IthacaYahya Mesgarpour Tousiym225@cornell.edu Long IslandAdam ChalsonChalsona@telephonics.com MaineFatemeh Afghahfatemeh.afghah@maine.edu Mid-Hudson No Affinity GroupNA Mohawk ValleyVacant New HampshireGregory Hovagimgregory.hovagim@baesystems.com New Jersey CoastDelfin Nevesdel.neves@gmail.com New YorkMichael HaroutunianMichael.Haroutunian@NYCT.COM North JerseyDandan Wangwangdan79@hotmail.com Princeton/Central Jersey Godwin Nwankwo, Usman Nasir godwinnwankwo@hotmail.com, usman.nasir@gmail.com ProvidenceShane Augustineshane.c.augustine@lmco.com RochesterDhireesha Kudithipudidxkeec@rit.edu Schenectady Fazel Yavariyavarf@RPI.EDU Springfield Shahab Rastegar, Jessica Lua SRastegar@iso-ne.com, Jessica.lua@gmail.com Syracuse No Affinity GroupNA Worcester CountyLarry Nelson Jrlnelsonjr@ieee.org 5/18/20154

5. 2011 GOLD Events 5/18/20155 Only 8 of 18 Affinity Groups held the minimum required number of events in 2011 Affinity Group 2011 Events BerkshireNA Binghamton0 Connecticut0 Green MountainNA Ithaca0 Maine0 Mid-HudsonNA Mohawk Valley0 New Hampshire1 New Jersey Coast0 Princeton/Central Jersey0 Schenectady1 Springfield0 SyracuseNA Affinity Group 2011 Events Boston6 Buffalo21 Long Island2 New York5 North Jersey3 Providence2 Rochester2 Worcester County2

6. My Action Plan 1. Update region 1 GOLD Chairs list 2. Hold kickoff telecon with GOLD Chairs 3. GOLD Chairs submit 2012 action plans 4. Hold bi-monthly collaboration telecons Next call on 4/18 5. Hold a joint section area event in all 4 Region 1 areas 5/18/20156 Section leaders please engage your GOLD Chairs to submit ASAP !

7. Action Plan Template 5/18/20157 Only 3 slides: 1.Committee Members (at least 2) 2.Funding Sources (there are many sources) 3.Planned Events (at least 2; 1 per committee member)

8. Section, You Have Help! Region 1 GOLD Coordinator: Brian Roberts brian.roberts@ieee.org brian.roberts@ieee.org Area GOLD Coordinators: –Northern: Rob Vice (vice@ieee.org) Boston, Worcester County, Providence, New Hampshire, and Maine Sectionsvice@ieee.org –Central: Aisha Yousuf (ayousuf@ieee.org) Schenectady, Mohawk Valley, Mid-Hudson, Springfield, Berkshire, and Green Mountain Sectionsayousuf@ieee.org –Western: Vacant (Contact R1 Coordinator) Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Ithaca Sections –Southern: Visan Koshy Varghese (visankoshy@gmail.com) New Jersey Coast, Princeton-Central Jersey, North Jersey, New York, Long Island, and Connecticut Sectionsvisankoshy@gmail.com 5/18/20158

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