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2020 IEEE R10 SECTION MEETING7 March 2020, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi2019-2020 R10 Newsletter Committee Chair2020 Newsletter Committee Plan

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2020 Newsletter Committee Plan

Committee Structure1. Chair: Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi

2. Members: Redwan Ferdous Farhan, Wathmini

Sharika, Prashant R. Nair, Shaikh Fattah, 1 new

member (TBD)

Project / Task Measurable

Project 1 : Regular Release of Newsletter

a. Source content across OUs in R10.

• Section Incentive Scheme Recipients

b. Exclusive report on flagship R10/MGA events

• TENCON/TENSYMP/HTC/SYWL

• Section Congress

c. R10 personalities/OU of the month, R10 award

winners, humanitarian projects, outside articles,

etc.

Project 2 : Web Version of Newsletter

a. Collaborate with IM Committee

b. For easier and more interactive content navigation

c. Increase traffic to R10 website

Project 4 : Email and social media marketing

a. Use of social media to create buzz on Newsletter

b. Circulation to non-members to attract membership

Projects / Tasks1. Release Newsletter in Mar/June/Sep/Dec.

2. Web version of Newsletter on top of the PDF.

3. Social media marketing to increase visibility.

Objectives1. To communicate Region and Section activities to all

members of R10 in a timely and frequent manner.

2. To publish news of Region 10 personalities,

appointments, awards, institute matters etc.

3. To raise profile of IEEE OUs at international level

Timeline & Metrics

1.Project 1: Dec 2020 / 4 Editions

2.Project 2: 1st or 2nd Edition of 2020 / Web version

3.Project 3: Dec 2020 / 10000 views of the newsletter

Budget1. Project 1: $4000 (allocated) & $ 0 (income)

2. Project 2: $ 0 (allocated) & $ 0 (income)

3. Project 4: $500 (allocated) & $ 0 (income)

Total Proposed Budget : $4500 USD

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Details of Project 1Plan for Newsletter Content

Columns/

Issues

April 2020 July 2020 October 2020 January 2021

Special

Articles

• R10 Excom

Meeting

• R10 Section

Meeting

• TENSYMP

2020

• Sections Congress

• SYWLC 2020

• 2020 R10 Award

Winners

• IEEE Day

• TENCON 2020

• R10HTC 2020

Personalities

of the Month

R10 Personality WIE Personality YP Personality

Student Personality LM Personality

OUs of the

Month

Large Section Medium Section Small Section

Council Subsection Student Branch

Section/SB

Activities

Source from Section/AG/Chapter/SB/SB Chapters

Other

Articles

R10 Committee Updates Best Practices

Newly-Formed AGs WIE ILS PG Research Papers

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Plan for Newsletter Content (Cont…)

Column

s/

Issues

April 2020 July 2020 October 2020 January 2021

Call for

Awards

and

Funding

• R10 Awards

• R10 Funding/Contests

• MGA Outstanding

Section Awards

• Larry K. Wilson Regional

Student Activities Award,

• The Darrel Chong

Student Activity Award,

• IEEE Regional Exemplary

Student Branch Award

• IEEE Outstanding Branch

Counselor and Branch

Chapter Advisor Award,

• IEEE Global Student

Branch Website Contest,

• EAB Awards

• IEEE Awards

• HAC Funding

• R10 Funding/Contests

• IEEE Awards

• HAC Funding

• R10 Funding/Contests

• R10 Section Incentives

Scheme

• MGA Larry K. Wilson

Transnational Award

• MGA Innovation Award

• MGA Leadership Award

• MGA Achievement Award

• MGA YP Achievement

Award

• IEEE Awards

• HAC Funding

• IEEE Awards

Awards

and

Contest

Results

Announ

cement

• MGA Larry K. Wilson

Transnational Award

• MGA Innovation Award

• MGA Leadership Award

• MGA Achievement Award

• MGA YP Achievement

Award

• R10 Funding/Contests • R10 Awards

• R10 Funding/Contests

• MGA Outstanding Section

Award

• IEEE Regional Exemplary

Student Branch Award

• IEEE Outstanding Branch

Counselor and Branch

Chapter Advisor Award,

• IEEE Global Student Branch

Website Contest,

• EAB Awards

• R10

Funding/Contests

• R10 Section

Incentives Scheme

• Larry K. Wilson

Regional Student

Activities Award,

• The Darrel Chong

Student Activity

Award,

• IEEE Fellows

Announcement

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2019 Newsletters: 1st Issue – April 2019

▶ Released in early April▶ Close to 100 submissions received

from various units across R10▶ Special reports

▪ IEEE R10 Annual General Meeting in Melbourne

▪ IEEE R10 Excomm Meeting in Singapore

▶ Other articles:▪ Section Incentive Scheme (by

R10 Director), ▪ Conference Leadership

Program (by R10 Director-Elect), ▪ New Initiatives Committee, ▪ Industry Relations Initiative▪ Industry Engagement Initiative, ▪ IOT Asia 2019.

▶ Call for papers for TENSYMP, TENCON and R10HTC

▶ Call for Awards and Funding

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2019 Newsletters: 2nd Issue – July 2019▶ Released in early July▶ Introduced a more detailed

submission guideline ▪ to improve the submission process

and the quality of the articles, ▪ to enable contributions from diverse

units. ▶ More than 40 activity submissions

received ▶ Special reports

▪ IEEE TENSYMP2019▶ Introduced the R10 personalities

(4) and OU (6) of the month ▶ Other articles:

▪ HTA Best Practice▪ IEEE Presence at Asia’s Mega

Technology Event ▪ IEEE R10 Industry Forum at

ISCAS2019, etc.

▶ Call for papers for TENSYMP, TENCON and R10HTC

▶ Call for Awards and Funding

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▶ Released in early October▶ Around 50 activity submissions

received ▶ Special reports

▪ 2019 IEEE Region 10 Award Recipients

▶ Continue with the R10 personalities (4) and OU (6) of the month

▶ Other articles:▪ Newly formed affinity groups▪ EAC and PAC committee updates ▪ Report on the inaugural

Conference Leadership Program in Goa, India

▪ Report on two editions of the recently concluded WIE ILS, etc.

▶ Call for papers for TENSYMP, TENCON and R10HTC

▶ Call for Awards and Funding

2019 Newsletters: 3rd Issue – October 2019

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2019 Newsletters: 4th Issue – January 2020

▶ Released in early January▶ Around 30 activity submissions

received ▶ Special reports

▪ IEEE TENCON2019▪ IEEE R10HTC2019

▶ Continue with the R10 personalities (4) and OU (5) of the month

▪ Featuring Life Member of the Month for the first time

▶ IEEE Day Celebration▶ Other Articles

▪ PG Research Papers▪ Interviews▪ WIE ILS Islamabad▪ WIE Track at HTC and TENCON▪ IRC Track at TENCON▪ PAC Workshop at R10HTC▪ LMAG Track at AISYWC▪ SAC Operations Manual, etc.

▶ Call for papers for TENSYMP, TENCON and R10HTC

▶ Awards and Fellows announcement

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