Yearly Archives: 2009

[singlepic id=1291 w=120 h=160 float=left] Bob’s passing has elicited many expressions of sadness and regret from his IEEE friends and colleagues, not only for his years of dedicated work on behalf of IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), but especially for the manner in which he carried out his volunteer duties.

When Bob first became active as an IEEE volunteer, about 50 years ago, the Institute was essentially an American organisation with only a small minority of members in other countries. He was perceptive enough to realise that the inevitable growth of membership outside the USA would present a complex and difficult challenge. He resolved to work with others, first in the UKRI Section with his good friend R C G Williams, and then in Western Europe, to bring together senior engineers to build a new infrastructure (now known as Region 8 of IEEE) capable of developing technical activities and services for ordinary IEEE members.

Bob’s deep understanding of cultural and political differences became invaluable as IEEE expanded beyond the Iron Curtain and into the Middle East and Africa. His efforts to encourage growth in Eastern Europe were particularly successful. His skill in resolving differences of view across national boundaries set a high standard for his successors to emulate. His meticulous record keeping underpinned the integrity of the new organisation, which he served as Secretary and Treasurer.

Bob maintained that the ‘rules’ should always be observed. Ironically, the set of rules that IEEE adopted many years ago for the conduct of meetings is known as ‘Robert’s Rules’, although in this case Robert was an American Military Officer.

Bob was widely appreciated for his wisdom and wit, for his kindness and thoughtfulness, especially towards new recruits, and for his basic humanity.

He will be greatly missed.

A Biography of Robert C (Bob) Winton can be seen at: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/winton.html

March 10^th 2009

Amman, Jordan, 11-14 May 2009

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Organized by IEEE- Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) Student Branch, in partnership with IEEE- Texas A&M University at Qatar Student Branch, and Hosted at Princess Sumaya University For Technology (PSUT), the ME-SBC will be a unique opportunity for IEEE volunteers from more than 100 different student branches in more than 10 different Sections in Region 8, to socialize and interact, develop their soft skills, enhance their insight into technology, discuss the common obstacles faced by their branches in the region and get equipped to tackle them in the upcoming year.

The First IEEE ME-SBC will honor and celebrate a great achievement; 125 years of Engineering the Future. It will include the following major events:

1. The Volunteers Enrichment Program (VEP)
2. The Delegation of Aspiration (DOA) Contest
3. The IEEE 125^th Anniversary Celebration Gala Dinner
4. The ME-SBC Award Ceremony
5. The Middle East Job Fair

Each student branch will be represented by a delegation of 4 delegates. Applications for participation will be received and reviewed on a rolling basis starting March 1^st. Applications are available through the ME-SBC website (Visit www.me-sbc.com).

[singlepic id=1287 w=89 h=125 float=left]Submission of Nomination Forms has been closed on February 20. Evaluation is in progress. For details, please visit the Chapters website

Peter Magyar
CCSC Chair

[singlepic id=1287 w=89 h=125 float=left] Submission of Nomination Forms has been closed on February 20. Evaluation is in progress. For details, please visit the Chapters website

Peter Magyar
CCSC Chair

The IEEE Contact Center is conducting a pilot to determine better ways to service our members.  During this pilot we are offering IEEE members residing in Region 8 and Region 10 (Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific), the option of having an IEEE Contact Center Representative call you during specific hours. Call back hours are Sunday 11:00 p.m. GMT to Wednesday 9:00 p.m. GMT. Follow this link to submit a ticket.

The IEEE Contact Center is conducting a pilot to determine better ways to service our members.  During this pilot we are offering IEEE members residing in Region 8 and Region 10 (Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific), the option of having an IEEE Contact Center Representative call you during specific hours. Call back hours are Sunday 11:00 p.m. GMT to Wednesday 9:00 p.m. GMT. Follow this link to submit a ticket.

The first meeting of the Region’s 8 Operating Committee was held on the 24-26th January in Qatar. Beside the discussions on the future directions of R8 strategic activities and the details of the R8 Committee  meeting agenda in Venice, OpCom members had meetings with the Qatar Section officers and local engineers community.

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Although the Section is quite “young”, has been in existence for only 5 years, it has been developing and expanding very dynamically. Section Chair Yacob Almulla and Secretary Tariq Masood had prepared an impressive itinerary which, on the first day, included the meeting with a few presentations demonstrating the Section’s activity, technical presentations by several Gulf leaders on the general area of energy on the second day, and a visit at Qatar Petroleum on the last day.

Jozef Modelski
Region 8 Director

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The first meeting of the Region’s 8 Operating Committee was held on the 24-26th January in Qatar. Beside the discussions on the future directions of R8 strategic activities and the details of the R8 Committee meeting agenda in Venice, OpCom members had meetings with the Qatar Section officers and local engineers community.

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Although the Section is quite “young”, has been in existence for only 5 years, it has been developing and expanding very dynamically. Section Chair Yacob Almulla and Secretary Tariq Masood had prepared an impressive itinerary which, on the first day, included the meeting with a few presentations demonstrating the Section’s activity, technical presentations by several Gulf leaders on the general area of energy on the second day, and a visit at Qatar Petroleum on the last day.

Jozef Modelski
Region 8 Director

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[singlepic id=1287 w=89 h=125 float=left] For details, please visit the >Technical Activities > Chapters website .
The Nomination Form can be downloaded here:  R8 Chapter of the Year 2008 Award Nomination Form__2009-01-08
Section Chairs are kindly requested to submit the completed Nomination Form before the specified due date of February 15th, 2009.

Colleagues who are going to submit an Award Nomination but can not meet the deadline of Feb 15 are kindly requested to indicate it in a formless email to [email protected]
Final date of extended submission: February 20, 2009.

[singlepic id=1286 w=104 h=138 float=left] With the arrival of 2009, comes a transition of the Region’s Management and on this occasion, I would like thank the entire outgoing R8 Directory  for their contribution and involvement, especially the Past Director Jean-Gabriel Remy and our OpCom members who ended their terms of office, in particular Baldomir Zajc, Martin Baastians, and George Paunovic, but also all outgoing Coordinators and Section Chairs. At the same time, I would like to welcome on board the members of our newManagement. For a complete list of 2009 Directory please look up the Committee fold.