Regional Directors-at-Large
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Regional Directors-at-Large (RDaL) are in charge of promoting the Society's mission on a regional basis, taking into account geographical diversity to expand and integrate with the Signal Processing community.
Duties of Regional Directors-at-Large (RDaL):
- serve as non-voting members of Board of Governors;
- provide liaison for the Society’s Chapters with the IEEE’s Regions and Sections, with the means of four Regional Committees: Regions 1-6 (US), 7/9 (Canada/Latin America), 8 (Europe/Middle East/Africa) and 10 (Asia/Pacific Rim);
- Chair the Regional Committees to promote technical liaison, membership development and Conference organization to regions;
- promote and foster local activities (such as conferences, meetings, social networking); encourage new chapter development with the support of the Chapters Committee Regional Representatives; assisting established Chapters via promotion, topics, media or technical speakers for chapter meetings;
- foster nominations for Chapters for the “Chapter of the Year Awards”;
- represent their regions to the core of SPS;
- offer advices to improve membership relations, recruiting and service to their regions;
- guide and work with their corresponding chapters to serve their members, as appropriate and;
- assist Vice President-Membership in conducting chapter reviews.
RDaL Structure & Activities
Regional Directors-at-Large (RDaL) each chair a Regional Committee. They are liaisons between the Signal Processing Society and the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA). Regional Committees coordinate Chapters, Technical Committee activities and Conference organization on a regional basis. Click on a Region of your interest on the right-hand side menu to check current activities. Note: If you would like to be part of the RDaL structure, please contact the Regional Committee of interest.
