MGA Committees, Meeting Agendas, and Reports

The IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee implements IEEE policies, rules, and procedures related to admission, grade assignment, and grade advancement, and for reinstatement of membership in accordance with IEEE Bylaw I-109.2.

Learn more about the IEEE Senior Member application process

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 79 KB)

View 2011 meeting agendas (PDF, 161 KB)

The MGA Awards and Recognition Committee promotes, recognizes, and rewards excellence in the MGA operations and IEEE geographic unit activities (Regions, Geographic Councils and Areas, Sections, Chapters, Student Branches, and Student Branch Chapters).

Learn more about the MGA Awards and Recognition Program

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 89 KB)

Meeting agendas/summaries

• 6 March 2012 (N/A)
• 17 November 2011
• 15 June 2011 (PDF, 62 KB)
• 28 February 2011 (PDF, 65 KB)

* Due to the nature of this committee, some agenda attachments and summaries are not publicly available.

The IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence Committee shall provide oversight for the design and delivery of content materials in the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence. The Committee shall 1) identify volunteer and member training needs, 2) identify best practices related to the development of training materials, and 3) provide members and volunteers with training resources that support their professional and leadership development. The Committee will engage with IEEE organizational units to ensure their volunteer community is properly supported in the CLE.

View the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence Committee training portal

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 856 KB)

The MGA Finance Committee serves as an oversight and advisory body. The Committee establishes financial goals and procedures for MGA operations, develops, and implements the MGA budget development process, and projects and monitors the financial performance of member and geographic activities.

The MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee is responsible for design, development, and implementation of the support model for the geographic units. The committee also recommends policy for effective operation of the geographic units.

Learn more about resources for geographic units

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 178 KB)

Meeting agendas/summaries

• 9 February 2012
• 11 January 2012
• 19 July 2011
• 15 May 2011
• 12 April 2011
• 22 March 2011
• 22 February 2011

The MGA GOLD Committee serves the interests of IEEE members characterized as GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade).

Learn more about the IEEE GOLD program and GOLD activities

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 161 KB)

View past meeting agendas (PDF, 132 KB)

The MGA IEEE.tv Advisory Committee provides on-going strategic planning as it relates to IEEE.tv and its related activities.  The primary mission of the committee is to provide IEEE.tv staff with insight from industry and from membership/volunteer perspectives regarding various aspects of Internet television production, presentation, and marketing.  The committee is a crucial source of insights about business issues and concerns, production development needs, and member service requirements.

Visit IEEE.tv

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 213 KB)

View past meeting agendas (PDF, 77 KB)

The MGA Individual Benefits and Services Committee (IB&SC) is responsible for formulating and recommending to the MGA Board programs for individual member benefits and services, and for monitoring, coordinating, and advising on such programs. Additionally, the committee reviews and coordinates recommended non-technical member benefit programs developed and submitted by organizational units of IEEE.

View the IB&SC committee overview (PDF, 20 KB)

Learn more about the committee, meeting dates, and agendas

The MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee is responsible for collecting IT requirements for MGA and coordinating/advocating their design, development, deployment, training, and usage.

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 123KB)

The IEEE Life Members Committee (LMC) is responsible to the IEEE Foundation for stimulating and monitoring contributions to the Life Members Fund. Projects which receive Life members funds are to be consistent with the interests of IEEE Life members. The committee is responsible to the MGA Board for promoting the interests of Life members and other older members.

Learn more about IEEE Life membership, activities, and the IEEE Life Members Fund

View the LMC committee position description (PDF, 21 KB)

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 103 KB)

Meeting agendas

• 25 March 2012 (N/A)
• 15 October 2011
• 27 April 2011
• 28 February 2011 

The MGA Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee (MELCC) is responsible for establishing programs which facilitate growth and development the member and IEEE.

The following committees report to the MGA Board through the MELCC:

• IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee
• IEEE Life Members Committee
• IEEE Women in Engineering Committee
• MGA Awards and Recognition Committee
• MGA GOLD Committee
• MGA Student Activities Committee

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 83 KB)

Meeting agendas

• 8 February 2012
• 11 October 2011
• 23 June 2011
• 9 May 2011
• 11 April 2011
• 8 February 2011

The MGA Membership Recruitment and Recovery Committee inspires and coordinates volunteer activities worldwide, with the objective of increasing and improving member recruitment, and arrears-recovery of IEEE memberships.

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 120 KB)

Meeting agendas

• 5 November 2011 (PDF, 76 KB)

The MGA Nominations and Appointments Committee is responsible for managing the nominations and appointments process and identifying qualified candidates based on the common characteristics and skills defined for elected and appointed positions of the MGA Board and its committees.

Learn more about the MGA Nominations and Appointments process

Meeting agendas/summaries

• 27 April 2012 (N/A)
• 3 February 2012 (PDF, 57 KB)
• 16 September 2011 (PDF, 16 KB)
• 9 April 2011 (PDF, 65 KB)

* Due to the nature of this committee, some agenda attachments and summaries are not publicly available.

The MGA Operations Committee oversees the financial and business management team supporting the efforts of the MGA.

The committee charter is available in Section 5 of the Operations Manual.

Meeting agendas

• 28 October 2011
• 1 April 2011

The MGA Potentials Editorial Board provides undergraduate and graduate students who are members of IEEE with an IEEE publication to address global issues, career development topics, and other topics, emphasizing the value of continuing IEEE membership after graduation.  These are members of IEEE with an interest in the IEEE Designated Fields or related professions, and IEEE needs to provide them with opportunities for educational, technical, and professional development.

Learn more about the IEEE Potentials magazine

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 21 KB)

View past meeting agendas (PDF, 35 KB)

The MGA Sections Congress Committee is responsible for the organization of the triennial Sections Congress.

Learn more about Sections Congress, including Sections Congress 2011 (SC2011)

The MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Assessment Committee is responsible for the development and continuous assessment of the strategic direction of MGA (the member and the IEEE geographic units). Additionally, the committee is responsible for the development of the tactical objectives (12-24 month window) and monitoring the impact to the MGA direction.

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 99 KB)

The MGA Student Activities Committee provides undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in the IEEE Designated Fields or related professions with opportunities for educational, technical, and professional development, emphasizing the value of continuing IEEE membership.

Learn more about IEEE Student activities

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 125 KB)

View past meeting agendas (PDF, 108 KB)

The MGA vTools Committee works with the MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee and MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee to develop solutions to assist geographic unit volunteers, develop and deliver training modules for developed solutions, and migrate solutions to normal IEEE IT operations. The committee also provides technical support to all MGA committees as requested. The vTools toolbox simplifies geographic unit administration by offering Web based software, reduces time spent managing activities, and assists in member development.

Learn more about the vTools toolbox

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 172 KB)

The scope of the IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) is to Inspire, Engage, Encourage, and Empower IEEE women worldwide, and to serve the interests of the members of the IEEE characterized as WIE.

Learn more about IEEE Women in Engineering activities

View past committee reports to the MGA Board (PDF, 209 KB)

View 2011 meeting agendas (PDF, 606 KB)