karen pedersen, pe chair awards and recognition committee region 4 meeting january 22-24, 2010...
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Karen Pedersen, PEChair
Awards and Recognition Committee
Region 4 Meeting
January 22-24, 2010
Detroit, Michigan
Agenda• Step 1: Selecting the Member
• Step 2: Selecting the Award
• Step 3: Completing the Nomination
• Step 4: Obtaining Supporting Documents
• IEEE Award URLs
• Submission Deadlines
• Questions
Step 1: Selecting the Member
• Anyone can nominate another member for an award.
• No one can nominate themselves.
• Consider nominating the member for Region 4, MGA, and IEEE USA.
Step 2: Selecting the Award
• Use the AWARD NOMINATION PROCESS tool to select the appropriate award(s).
• Ask yourself: Do the member’s achievements fit the award?
Step 3: Completing the Nomination
• The form must be accurately completed to be considered.
• No substitutes to the form will be considered for any of the awards.
• Follow the instructions carefully.• Selection committees will not research
unsupported claims.• Selection committees will not enhance the
nominations.
Step 4: Obtaining Supporting Documents
• Ask two or more members to write a one page supporting document to the nomination.
• Either collect the documents to attach to the nomination or ask to be copied if the supporting document is to be submitted directly.
IEEE Awards
• IEEE USA Awards - http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/awards/index.html
• MGA Awards - http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/index.html
• TAB Awards - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/volunteers/tab/TAB_Awards_and_Recognition_Manual.pdf
• EAB Awards - http://www.ieee.org/web/education/EABAwards/index.html
The Jack Sherman Outstanding Member Award
• Criteria:– Service contributions to IEEE, including all offices
held.– Significant IEEE activities.– Non-IEEE activities.– Service to society, including civic organizations and
charities.• Professional Achievement Award – IEEE USA• Achievement Award – MGA
Outstanding Professional Award
• CRITERIA:– Importance of technical contributions.
– Patents, designs, papers and technical presentations.
– Years of technical distinction and/or responsible charge.
– Service to the Institute:
– Service to the engineering profession in professional organizations other than IEEE.
– Recognition through other awards.
• Awards in each of the Technical Areas in TAB
Region 4 Gold Award
• Singular achievement in the development and completion of a project(s) or activity (ies) which are directed to the fulfillment of one or more of the Region’s goals and/or objectives.
• Must not have received another Regional Achievement Award, Leadership or Innovation Award for the same project/work
GOLD Achievement Award - MGA
Outstanding Large Section Award
• Awarded to one Section to recognize the excellent work of the Section in the past year.
• The total membership of a Large Section (including Students) shall be 501 or greater as of 31 December of the prior year.
Outstanding Small Section Award
• Award will be awarded to one Section to recognize the excellent work of the Section in the past year.
• The total membership of a Small Section (including Students) shall be 500 or less as of 31 December of the prior year.
Submission Deadlines
• IEEE Region 4 AwardsApril 30, 2010
• IEEE USA AwardsAugust 31, 2010
• IEEE MGA AwardsOctober 15, 2010
• IEEE Educational AwardsApril 30, 2010
• Questions?
