1. IEEE Region 6 Fall Central Area Meeting Chair: Mostafa Mortezaie mmortezaie@devry.edu Student Activities Chair: Kate Jenkins catherine.ann.jenkins@gmail.com Santa Clara University, Kennedy Mall April 25, 2015

2. Agenda Time Activities 8:00 AM Registration/Breakfast 8:30 AM Introduction/Region 6 News 9:15 AM Section and Student Branch Report 10:15 AM Break 10:30 AM Parallel Tracks Track I: Design Contests Track II: Micromouse teams preparation Track III: Section Officer Breakout including YP/WIE 12:00 PM Lunch (Invited talk by Nick Vandewalle, on Scalable Raspberry Pi architecture) 1:00 PM Campus Tour 1:30 PM Micromouse Competition 4:30 PM Awards & Closing Remarks

3. IEEE World Map Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.) Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) Region 3 (Southern U.S.) Region 4 (Central U.S.) Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.) Region 7 (Canada) Region 8 (Africa, Europe, MiddleEast) Region 9 (Latin America) Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) Region 6 (Western U.S.) Geographic Units in IEEE

4. IEEE USA Map Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) Region 3 (Southern U.S.) Region 4 (Central U.S.) Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.) Region 6 (Western U.S.) Geographic Units in IEEE Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

5. IEEE World Map Region 6 (Western U.S.) IEEE Region 6 Map Geographic Units in IEEE

6. Central Area Hawaii IEEE Central Area Map Region 6 Geographic Units in IEEE Central Area PNG Monterey CSU Fresno UC Santa Cruz SanJose SU Santa Clara U Standford Northwestern Poly DeVry Fremont UC SF Cogswell College CSU Hayward UC Berkeley USU Sacramento UC SDavis University of Hawaii USC Chico UNReno Uof Pacific

7. Central Area Website http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/central_area/

8. 8 Sections in the Central Area: Hawaii, Oakland East-Bay, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Clara Valley and Northern Nevada IEEE Region 6 Central Area ExCom: ChairMostafa Mortezaie Student Activities ChairKate Jenkins Awards and Advancement ChairRoxsana Hadjizadeh PACE ChairSuresh Vadhva Micromouse Contest coordinatorOscar Fallah WebmasterHong Lin Academic Institutions

9. Volunteer Organization and Staff Organization IEEE Board of Directors Educational Activities Board Publication Services and Products Board Member and Geographic Activities Board Standards Board Technical Activities Board IEEE USA

10. MGA Student Activities Committee MISSION To provide undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in the IEEE designated fields, with opportunities for educational, technical and professional development emphasizing the benefits and value of continuing IEEE membership after graduation. SAC (Chair) – Pablo Herrero - pablo.herrero@ieee.orgpablo.herrero@ieee.org 2015 members of the MGA Student Activities Committee (SAC) 2015 Region 6 Student Activities Chair (RSAC) RSAC (Chair) – Kate Jenkins – catherine.ann.jenkins@gmail.comcatherine.ann.jenkins@gmail.com 2015 Region 6 - Regional Student Representative(RSR) RSR – Phoebe Henson – pghenson@asu.edupghenson@asu.edu http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/activities_committee.html

11. Who qualifies for IEEE student Membership? Undergraduate or graduate students taking at least 50% of a normal full-time course of study in IEEE designated (going to school at least part-time) Listed below are the IEEE designated fields: Engineering Computer Science and Information Technology Physical Sciences Biological and Medical Sciences Mathematics Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law and Policy These are important because it is from these areas that you can recruit new student members.

12. IEEE Student Membership Dues $32.00 US and Canada (Regions 1-7) includes Potentials magazine (6 issues per year) (online and print) includes Spectrum and the Institute (online and print) $27.00 all other areas of the world (Regions 8, 9 & 10) with option to subscribe to Potentials magazine for $5.00 (online and print) includes Spectrum and the Institute (online and print) All IEEE members have electronic access to IEEE Potentials through IEEE Xplore

13. We would like to thank Santa Clara University Student Branch for hosting this event. Officers: Chair: Beeta Modarressi Vice-Chair: David Blake Tsuzaki Treasurer: Nathaniel Tucker Secretary: Samuel Billett Activities Coordinator: Tanner Malkoff Counselor: Dr. Shoba Krishnan

14. Thank you!