IEEE Committee:Women in Engineering

Allan Johnston

NPSS Liaison

July 24, 2010

Voting Members of the WIEC

10 voting members (all appointed for 3-year terms, except the student)

• Seven members appointed by the IEEE Board of Directors, including one student (one-year term)

• Three one-year appointments from organizational units (EAB, RAB and TAB)

• Organizational units must provide funding for travel and other costs of their appointed members

The WEIC appoints one member to the IEEE Awards Board

Voting member locations

• 6 from US

• 2 from Europe (France, Spain)

• One from Australia (the new WIE president)

WEIC Committee Structure

WIE Committee10 voting members

SocietyLiaisons

10 RegionalCoordinators

Liaisons from:IEEE USA,EXCOM, Publication Services,

Standards, and Awards

There are also 136 Affinity Groups, located around the world

Society Liaisons

The number of liaisons has increased during the past year• Approximately 10 participate in the monthly telecons

Seven societies held WIE functions in 2009. similar to our model

Twenty-six of the 39 societiesappointed liaisons for 2010

Current Issues

The IEEE Board of Directors Has Requested a Review of the WIE• Revise mission, vision and strategy

• Increase membership growth

• Get better alignment with overall IEEE strategic development

Liaisons are requested to get feedback from their respective organizations

The WIE president attended the Board of Directors meeting in June• No immediate change in policy

• WIE still reports to the BoD

• Budget remains the same

WIE Funding from Societies

In-kind Funding of Travel for Liaisons

In-kind Funding of WIE Events at Conferences

Support from IEEE Societies• One society pledged $5k to support the WIE in 2010

• Six others (including ours) funded WIE functions at conferences

• Support by societies is a useful metric for the Board of Directors review

WIE Face-to-Face Meetings (annually in April)

2009 (Orlando)• Meeting was planned well in advance

• I attended the meeting; moderate travel cost

2010 (Boston)

• Late planning: few hotels were available

• Hotel rate was $342 per night (not including tax, etc.)

• I did not attend because of the cost

2011 (San Francisco)

• This meeting is being set up well in advance

• I expect the travel costs to be far lower than the Boston meeting

Potential Ways to Support the WIE from the NPS

Promote WIE membership at conferences• We have several prominent conferences that provide access to

working professionals• Continue to hold WIE receptions (or other functions)

Identify individuals for promotion to Senior and Fellow grades• Conference chairs could identify potential candidates from

registration information• AdCom and Conference Committees could recommend candidates

Identify prominent women in NPS as potential speakers for WIE functions

WIE Function History and Plans within the NPSS

2007 Pulsed Power Conference (Jane Lehr)Evening reception, featuring a Sandia VP

2008 MIC/NSS (Barbara Obryk)Several prominent women spoke in a semi-formal environmentMany questions from the audienceFollowed by light refreshments

2009 Particle Accelerator Conference (Sandra Biedron)Reception with speaker

2009 MIC/NSS (Barbara Obryk)A WIE reception was held, following the success of the function in

2008

2010 MIC/NSSA similar function is planned for the 2010 MIC/NSS meeting

Summary

WIE functions have taken place at several NPSS conferences• A poster is available for NPSS conferences describing the WIE

• Evening receptions appear to be effective formats

• I can work with various conferences to help in planning and getting information available on the WIE

These activities fill an important gap between the WIE Committee, which is largely focused on student activities, and working professionals

Please advise me of conference functions so that I can include them in my report to the WIE