Officer Attendees:
Ed Perkins - Region 6 Director
Doug Aaskegard - Region 6 Pace Chair
John Day - IEEE Director of Membership Development
Bob Dawson - IEEE-USA PACE committee chair
Bill Walsh - Past Region 2 Director - Humanitarian Efforts
The IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference will be in Seattle from 10/30 - 11/1/2011
Doug explained what PACE is and that you are not just limited to projects. For PACE projects, send in proposal. Upon approval you get half funds and get other half upon submission of report. Typically $500 per year per section. More fund are usually available since some sections don't use their funds.
Doug talk about a proposal from the San Diego Section for a project to do pre-college engineering teaching by members using technology kits.
Youth PACE project ideas discussed:
Engineers Week Event Planning
Mentoring - Corporate Sponsored
GATE program
Grant writing
Scholarships
Elementary school visits
TISP - Engineers in the classroom
Future Cities - Description and discussion followed
SMART competition
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities - get mentors involved, luncheon to introduce programs
FIRST robotics
Members PACE project ideas discussed:
Job search workshops - Power/Mock Interviewings, Resume Writing
Leadership Development
How to - patents, consulting, copyrights, tech writing, working with recruiters, doing presentations, contracts
Project management
Career skill development
Idea lab for engineers to try things out - support innovation and enhance skills ie. Tec^Edge in Dayton, Ohio.
PE License info session and classes
A lot of idea were discussed. Some have been done with success and some are to be attempted.
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