IEEE-CS Distinguished Visitors Program

How SAB can help provide speakers to IEEE-CS chapters

David SchultzSAB/CAB Liaison

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Objective

To provide qualified members of the Standards community to address IEEE-CS chapter meetings

To present the criteria that the Chapters Activities Board (CAB) uses to identify qualified speakers

To solicit nominations for speakers on standards-related topics

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IEEE-CS Distinguished Visitors Program

A roster of qualified speakers who address IEEE-CS professional and student chapters

List of speakers and topics is updated annually

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Logistics Prospective speakers apply for inclusion in the Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP) Chapters submit requests for speakers on topics of interest Neighboring chapters are encouraged to collaborate, so that a speaker can visit two or more chapters on a single trip (to reduce traveling expenses) Visit requests, nominations for speakers, and comments or questions are submitted to the Volunteer Services Coordinator (VSC)

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Logistics (cont.)

All DVP visits must be approved in advance by the DVP Chair

IEEE-CS reimburses up to $700 for inter-city travel for approved visits to professional and student chapters

Chapters pay local expenses (hotel, meals, rental car, etc.)

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Selection of Speakers

The DVP Committee selects speakersThe DVP Chair solicits nominations for new speakers every Spring, but nominations are accepted at any time throughout the yearNominations are reviewed and approved only in December of each year; deadline is November 30, 2006We are encouraging nominations of speakers on topics related to standards

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Nomination of Speakers

To nominate (or self-nominate) a potential DVP speaker: Submit the DVP Speaker Nomination Form

(available from the IEEE-CS web site, http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp)

Click on Communities, then Chapters, then DVP Attach a curriculum vitae for the nominee Include two or three abstracts of proposed

topics

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Qualifications for Speakers

Speakers are recognized authorities in their field, as indicated by: A record of public speaking at

conferences or technical meetings Articles in technical or trade journals Books published

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Qualifications for Speakers (cont.)

Speakers offer topics of interest to the general CS membership, as determined by: Topics represented in publications,

trade journals, and books Reader/member interest surveys

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Qualifications for Speakers (cont.)

Speakers’ schedules permit them to respond positively to requests from chaptersSpeakers have the support of their employer to participate in the DVPSpeakers must be members of the Computer Society

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Next steps

SAB members are invited to submit nominations (or self-nominations) for DVP speakersSAB/CAB liaison is available on request to review these nominations before submissionDeadline for submission of nominations is November 30, 2006

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Contact for correspondence

Send all DVP correspondence to the Volunteer Services Coordinator (VSC) at vsc@computer.org Address:DVP Servicesc/o IEEE Computer SocietyVolunteer Services Coordinator1730 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20036-1992

Phone: 202-371-0101