USAB where did we come from? [IEEE activities]

Author

Guarrera, John J.

Author_Institution

Center for Res. & Services, California State Univ., Northridge, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

11-14 Apr 1996

Firstpage

711

Lastpage

714

Abstract

The article discusses the impact of the IEEE Board proposed constitutional amendment to “permit” the IEEE to become involved in the economic welfare of the membership. This was supported by the IEEE Board and the local leadership of the Institute and passed with an all time record of 82% of the votes cast in favor, and an all time record of voter turnout. The USAB, with a very limited budget started working on all the problems at once! It received input from all of the local leaders and activists. It established committees on: age discrimination; pensions; legal defense fund; patent rights of the employed engineer; outreach to inform members of the USAB and its activities; and worked closely with the CSIT on the Bart case

Keywords

economics; legislation; patents; personnel; professional aspects; societies; Bart case; CSIT; IEEE Board; USAB; age discrimination; constitutional amendment; economic welfare; legal defense fund; patent rights; pensions; Constitution; Employment; Graphics; Law; Legal factors; Pensions; Professional activities; Protection; Societies; Voting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '96. Bringing Together Education, Science and Technology., Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3088-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1996.510165

Filename

510165