1. Chapters Report Presented by: Jan Van der Spiegel Boston 15 August 2012

2. Chapter Growth 76 Chapters 22011 1 New Chapter since Feb 2011 IEEE Bahia, Brazil Section ED/SSCS Joint Chapter (17 June, 2011)

3. 76 Chapters Worldwide 3 2011

4. Geographical Distribution 4 2011 Region 1-6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 10 Region 9

5. Chapter Alerts – June 2011 Groups without a chair: Chicago Romania Chapters in danger of being dissolved: Belarus Romania Tucson Chicago 5 2011

6. Chapter support The SSC Society provides abundant chapter support: Annual maintenance subsidy ($2,000 single chapter cap, $1,000 joint chapter cap; Sept 1 deadline) Extra subsidies for special events (up to $5,000; 2 application windows: Apr 1- May 1; Oct 1-Nov 1) Distinguished Lecture program and annual DL tour Regional Chapter meetings Outstanding Chapter Award Educational materials (tutorials, short courses, e- learning modules) 62011

7. Chapter Subsidies Annual Chapter Maintenance Budget: $35K – since 2008 Deadline: Sept. 1 Special Extra Events Budget: raised from $30K to $39.6K in February Two application windows: April 1 – May1; Oct. 1- Nov.1 72011

8. Chapter Extra Subsidy Program History 82011 SSCS Extra Chapter Subsidy Financial History In February 2011, AdCom increased the Extra Subsidy budget to $39.6K ChapterEvent NameEvent Date Approval PeriodAmount AwardedTotalYear 17,020.002006 34,500.002007 $18,090.002008 21,000.00Fall 08 7,700.00Spr 09 5,300.00Fall 09 BeneluxStudent Congress4-8 Augustlate Spr 10 window2000.00$18,800.00Spr 10 Kitchener- WaterlooVLSI Workshop November 2010Fall 2010 Window2750.00 ItalyTwo Short Courses Jan., May 2011Fall 2010 Window2000.00 BeijingPhD Student ForumMay 2011Fall 2010 Window2100.006,850.00 Fall 2010 Central TexasFabless SeminarApril 2011Spr 2011 Window1000.00 SeoulA-SSCC SponsorshipFall 2011Spr 2011 Window5000.00 TaipeiNPIE SeminarJuneSpr 2011 Window3000.00 Green Mt., VTNano WorkshopOctoberSpr 2011 Window5000.0014,000.00 Spr 11 Fall 2010 Window Spring 2011 Window History

9. Notable Chapter Events and Projects since we last met: from Denver, to Ukraine, to Too many to mention them all … from Denver to Ukraine,… to Seoul and Taipei.

10. Our Annual Chapter Luncheon 201110 32 Chapter Representatives Brainstorm Membership Development in roundtable discussions led by the chairs of especially active SSCS chapters. San Francisco, February 2011

11. Upcoming Event 6 th Region 10 Chapter Meeting in Jesu, Korea 201111

12. Region 10 Chapter Meeting Far East Chapter Chair Meeting, Nov. 2006, Hangzhou, China European Chapter Chair Meeting, September 10, 2007 in Munich Far East Chapter Chair Meeting, November 13, 2007 in Jeju Korea Far East Chapter Chair Meeting, November 2008 (Japan) Far East Chapter Chair Meeting meeting in Taipei, Nov. 2009 Far East Chapter Chair meeting in Beijing, Nov. 2010 Region 10 Meeting: November 15, 2011 in Jesu Island, Korea 122011

13. Chapters Social Media Initiative

14. Steering Committee Volunteers 14 MemberSSCS Chapter Jan Van Der SpiegelChapters Chair Bruce Doyle (Chair)Denver Alvin Loke (Co-Chair)Denver Andrea BaschirottoItaly Kandala ChariIndia Council Bruce HechtBoston P.-C. HuangTaipei Taewook KimSeoul MemberSSCS Chapter C.-N. KuoTaipei T.-C. LeeTaipei H.-P. MaTaipei Fan MaSingapore Shahriar MirabassiVancouver Robert PeruzziLehigh Valley Haoxing RenCentral Texas Zhijian (Cliff) XieCentral North Carolina Administration & Social Media Coordination: Katherine Olstein, IEEE

15. Chapters Social Media Initiative Goal: To improve the value of Society membership through meaningful and timely information exchange, to facilitate networking, and to foster a stronger sense of community. To reverse the alarming decline in SSCS membership by raising awareness of Society membership value through increased global synergy across active chapters 201015

16. Examples of What to Share on LinkedIn? 16 Suggestions for good speakers and topics Feedback from recent seminars Remote access information for upcoming chapter seminars Advice or lessons learned from running chapter Chapter recruiting successes Chapter-student interactions Questions on speakers, topics, chapter logistics, etc. ….

17. Other IEEE Social Media presence IEEE: Facebook IEEE Communication Society 17

18. Thanks to SSCS Office: Katherine Olstein Anne O’Neill Chapter’s Committee members: Bruce Hecht Alvin Loke Jan Van der Spiegel (Chair) Eric Vittoz Domine Leenaerts 182010