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IEEE Women in Engineering news: Live chat series, 2016 leadership conference, awards program, summits

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is pleased to announce some exciting upcoming events and opportunities:

WIE-Ericsson Live Chat Series

Member Discounts: expanded Professional Liability Insurance Program in Regions 1-7

Engage members with the “IEEE Into Focus” photo contest and invite them to share their IEEE stories.

Engage members with the "IEEE Into Focus" photo contest

Engage members with the "IEEE Into Focus" photo contest and invite them to share their IEEE stories.

Registration open for IEEEXtreme 9.0 Programming Competition: Deadline 12 October; IEEE members encouraged to proctor local students

Registration is now open for IEEEXtreme 9.0, scheduled for 24 October 2015. IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members, supported by an IEEE Student Branch, advised and proctored by an IEEE member, compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. The registration deadline is 12 October.

Use vTools.Voting for your upcoming unit elections; updated Section Vitality Dashboard

vTools.Voting Just in time for 2016 officer elections, the vTools team has made some improvements to vTools.Voting to reduce confusion and enhance the user experience. Without listing every change, URLs have been corrected, date fields will be validated, more help text has been added, a sample email message has been provided, and the dashboard has been streamlined and sorted. Sections, Chapters, and Affinity groups can expect a 15-50% response rate, which gives you greater insight as to what your members want.

Announcing updates to geographic unit formation petition forms

The forms to petition MGA and other organizational units for the approval of new geographic units have recently been updated. The forms are used to propose the formation of a Section, Subsection, Geographic Council, Chapter, Affinity Group, Student Branch, Student Branch Chapter, or Student Branch Affinity Group. Updates to the forms include making the signature form page one, clarification and emphasis on the eligibility requirements, and updated resource links for when a petition organizer needs additional information.

It’s time to renew your IEEE membership for 2016

As of Sunday, 16 August, anyone joining IEEE becomes a member for the 2016 membership year.

This is a valuable time to promote IEEE membership.

Anyone joining now will receive the remainder of 2015 at no additional cost.

Email Nicole Dewhurst, Member and Geographic Activities, at n.dewhurst@ieee.org for more information on how you can incorporate a "join" message in your communications

Please be aware of the following timeline for renewals:

IEEE Collabratec™ has officially launched

Although IEEE Collabratec has been freely available for over six months, the formal launch and marketing began on 21 September. You may have already started to see messaging within IEEE communication vehicles such as Society newsletters, membership emails, ieee.org, Spectrum advertising, and various online social mediums outside of IEEE.

You may have already had a chance to connect and collaborate with IEEE members and technology professionals on IEEE Collabratec and are aware of its benefits. Below are some highlights:

Call for Nominations: IEEE Technical Field Awards