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CAB Distinguished Visitors Program
How SAB can help provide speakers to IEEE-CS chapters
David SchultzCAB 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
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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 October of each year DVP, however, is running late this year, so
we may still be able submit nominations
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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 CAB web site) 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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Proposed next steps
SAB discusses this matter and determines whether to move forwardSAB members are invited to submit nominations (or self-nominations) for DVP speakers on standards topicsSAB is available to review, or help you prepare, these nominations before they are submitted to Volunteer Services Coordinator (VSC)
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Proposed next steps (cont.)
Speaker nominations are submitted to VSCIn October of each year, DVP Committee appoints new DVP speakersDVP is behind schedule this year; it may not be too late to nominate speakers for consideration this fall
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Contact for correspondence
Send all DVP correspondence to the Volunteer Services Coordinator (VSC) at [email protected] Address:DVP Servicesc/o IEEE Computer SocietyVolunteer Services Coordinator1730 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20036-1992
Phone: 202-371-1013