IEEE Annual Reporting is a must for all SBs! For submission on the IEEE website, go to www.ieee.org/students then go to IEEE Student Branch online activity reporting icon where Student Branch activity reporting is available online. More detail is available there and report is submitted at http://sbr.vtools.ieee.org/ Moreover, reporting of branch officers of your SB executive committee, go to the same page of www.ieee.org/students where there is the icon of IEEE Student Branch new student officer reporting and the link is at http://ewh.ieee.org/forms/scs/interactofficerform.php

For submission in Region 10 Newsletter, first look at the reports on the link http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/Newsletter/NewsletterMain.html and email your report to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  And for submission in the Section Newsletter, the IEEE Karachi Section gives this responsibility to one Student Branch every six months, so we have two newsletters per year. Email your reports to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for Section Newsletter.

And for the Elections, the vTools.Voting tool is ready to support your election. Officers can use their IEEE Web Account ID and password to sign in and quickly setup an election. A tutorial is also available. Note that, based on feedback, elections typically have twice the participation when conducted electronically. Also, a beta version of the new tool to report new geographic organizational unit officers or officer changes has been released. vTools.OfficerReporting enables authorised geographic organisational unit volunteers to submit officer reporting online, providing automatic validation and updates to the central IEEE database. Volunteers can also view existing officers, enter new officers, and remove or replace existing officers. A detailed audit log tracks changes per volunteer and per organisational unit. Should you experience any issues using the beta version of the vTools.OfficerReporting, please report your issue and use the existing officer reporting form (requires Web Account) to complete your officer report. Brand new vTools user forums have been created to provide a user support engine where vTools users can post questions and receive answers, and learn best practices, tips, and tricks.

WebEx has replaced DimDim as the Web Conferencing service to geographic organizational units for online meetings, webinars, training, demos, and presentations. The WebEx service is available to MGA Board members and MGA Board Committees, as well as Region and Section Executive Committee officers. Register today to use WebEx for your next IEEE event.

The professional membership, i.e. for faculty members, is 27.50 US Dollars if they do it for the first time, starting March 2012. Check details at http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/join_dues.html. As for starting a Chapter, go to http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/forms_petitions/index.html for details. Check the attached form too. You'll find more info about the IEEE communications society or more commonly known as COMSOC at http://www.comsoc.org/

Have fun reporting people!

Go to COMSOC to access these tutorials!

PROCOM.net

PROCOM.net, an all-Pakistan programming, engineering and business competition is a step towards further enforcing the commitment of FAST-NU for the development of Information Technology and Engineering Science related fields in Pakistan.

Taking the tradition a step ahead right from 1998, when it first saw dawn, we have 19 competitions lined up ranging from programming competitions, robots wars to business ideas competitions with teams coming in from all over Pakistan and from institutions abroad.

It is an initiative to bring out the capabilities of the students and provide them a platform for competition to nurture their expertise. It is the place where Academia meets Industry and vice versa - the bridge that bridges this gap. The number of graduate placements occurring in this event is commendable.

IEEE PNEC is conducting a robotics workshop to be held at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, PNEC, NUST starting from 13 February 2012. The Robotics Workshop will be conducted by Mr Rameez Qasim, a prodigy in robotics, under the supervision of Dr Attaullah Memon. The 10-day workshop will focus on designing a line-following and a wall-following robot from scratch. The workshop will be conducted on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 4 pm to 6.15 pm, starting from 13 February 2012.

The following topics would be covered in the workshop:

• Introduction to Mechanical Assembly
• Optical Sensor (Theory)
• Optical Sensor (Practical)
• Motor Driver Circuits (Theory)
• Motor Driver Circuits (Practical)
• AVR introduction
• AVR Programming, Sample Programs of ADC and PWM
• Input/output Sample Programs on AVR and LCD Programmes
• Fabrication of a PCB with practical demonstration
• PCB Fabrication Practical

The registration fee is Rs 700 for IEEE Members and Rs 1000 for non-IEEE Members. The Registration Form is available at http://ieee.pnec.edu.pk/?p=848. The last date to register for the Robotics Workshop is 10 February 2012. The event details can be found at the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/378162905543240/ or on our website http://ieee.pnec.edu.pk.