Call for Nominations - 2023 MGA Awards

Each year, the MGA Outstanding Section Awards are presented to one large, one medium, and one small Section (across all Regions), to recognize their excellent work and successful efforts in fulfilling the educational and scientific goals of IEEE for the benefit of the public. The recipient Sections are acknowledged for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting the Student Branches, Technical Chapters, and Affinity Groups within their geographic boundaries.

Three awards are presented as follows:

• Large Section = 1,501 or more members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year
• Medium Section = 501-1,500 members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year
• Small Section = 500 or fewer members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year

CLICK HERE to nominate your Section for the MGA Outstanding Large, Medium, or Small Section Award

Every three years, the MGA William W. Middleton Distinguished Service Award is presented to an individual, who over a long and sustained period of leadership, contributed in an exemplary manner to the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board, its activities and achievements, and the attainment of its goals and objectives.

CLICK HERE to submit a nomination for the William W. Middleton Distinguished Service Award

These awards are designed to specifically recognize support provided to IEEE and its members by firms, divisions of firms, or individuals (non-members). Nominators can submit individuals or organizations for a Friend Award at the supporting or sustaining level. Nominations for this award can be submitted at any time during the year.

To learn more about the Friend of IEEE MGA Awards CLICK HERE

To watch video on Writing and Selecting Successful Nominations CLICK HERE

For questions about MGA Awards Program, contact mga-awards@ieee.org

TCS Fees

In 2015, the IEEE Board of Directors adopted a motion to recover some of the costs incurred in supporting technically co-sponsored conferences and the publication of their papers in Xplore. The IEEE Meetings, Conferences and Events (MCE) team developed and deployed procedures to collect these expenses as part of the conference application process. Recovery of these costs began in January 2016 for all society technically co-sponsored conferences. Until recently, IEEE Member and Geographic Activities had been absorbing the TCS expenses for its geographic units. The MGA Board has now approved a final policy for handling fees for all conferences technically co-sponsored by an MGA Geographic Unit.

For any technically co-sponsored conference in which there is no (0%) IEEE financial interest the MGA co-sponsor shall arrange (via an approved MoU) for recovery of IEEE operation costs in the form of TCS fees.

Effective for conferences for which the creation of the MoU starts after 1 January 2018 and before 31 December 2022, the fees are $1000 per event plus $15 for each paper that is optionally published in Xplore.

For conferences for which the creation of the MoU starts after 1 January 2023, the fees are $1450 per event plus $22 for each paper that is optionally published in Xplore.

As an exception to this general policy, MGA will continue to pay those fees if the external (nonIEEE) financial sponsor has a National Society Agreement with IEEE or has a Sister Society Agreement with one or more of the IEEE Societies.

• If multiple IEEE Organizational Units (OUs) technically co-sponsor the same conference, the fee will be divided equally between all IEEE sponsors (ie: Society, Council, MGA Geographic Units).
• MGA Geographic Units will have the option to bill the TCS fees to the Conference directly.

If you would like more information on this new allocation process or have any questions, please contact us at mgatcs@ieee.org.

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