IEEE Australia Council History

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IEEE Australia Council History
Established date 1986/05/30
IEEE Region 10
Geographic region Australia
Home page https://ieee-ac.org/
List of Sections in this Council
List of Subsections in this Council

Link to IEEE Australia Council website

IEEE Geographic Unit - Australia Council R10 - Organizing Document

Introduction

Early 1985, Jim Vasseleu from NSW petitioned for the formation of an IEEE Australia Council (AC), as the Western Australia Section had formed,and the Victorian sub-section was being upgraded to Section status. Once the Australia Council was established, the original IEEE Australia Section was renamed to the IEEE NSW Section. The first AC meeting was held on 30th May 1986 in Sydney. Max Simons was the founding Chair of the IEEE Australia Council, with Richard Clark being Secretary / Treasurer.

The IEEE AC is composed only of members represented by individual Section nominees.

IEEE Section / Council Structure in Australia

The initial plan for the Section / Council structure in Australia was envisaged in 1985 as:

With the formation of the Victorian Section and the desire for other states to be equally represented, eventually lead to a change in the way IEEE operated in Australia and in New South Wales in particular. Approval for the formation of an Australia Council was granted in Dec 1985. The IEEE Australian Section was renamed the IEEE New South Wales Section.

New sections were formed in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. The historical links of these sections may be visible from their respective websites.

The current IEEE Section / Council structure in Australia:

IEEE Societies represented in Australia

Agreements between Engineers Australia, IET and IEEE

The first agreement by IEEE was with the IEE resulting from discussions by Jim Vasseleu and Leo Young in 1978 and signed circa 1993, modelled off a similar agreement that existed in Northern Italy at that time. Agreement negotiations were handed over from the old ‘Australia Section’ to the newly formed IEEE Australia Council committee - stalling the agreement for 2 years, which was then escalated to IEEE HQ for a delegated signoff. The tri-partite agreement between IEEE, IEE and IEAust was formulated to offer Australian members of 2 or more engineering institutions a discount on membership fees, ranging from 5% to 10%. This was finally ratified on 7 September 1998, signatories were Dr Andrew Parfitt (for IEEE), Barry .?. (for IEAust), and the then president of IEE (?).

In early 2002, the Australia Council decided not to renew the tripartite agreement, and subsequent work and teleconferences were undertaken by the NSW Section to re-focus other sections. The 2002 Australia Council levy to Sections located in Australia was set at AUD$0.50 per member.

In early 2003, a detailed MOU was prepared between the IEEE, IEE and Engineers Australia which bridged the period until the tri-partite agreement could be re-ratified. Refer to the IEEE NSW Section historical archives for a copy this document.

The AC By-laws were revised and updated in March 2003.

The 1998 tri-partite agreement (MOU) of IEE/IEEE/IEAust was not renewed automatically given objections from the Victorian Section. The objections were eventually addressed and a revised agreement was re-ratified on 27 June 2003 with expiry 1 Jan 2006.

A new IEEE / IET and Engineers Australia collaboration agreement was prepared in March 2006 and agreed on 7 April 2006, noting this agreement did not include any multiple member discount arrangements. This agreement is valid to 31 Dec 2008.

A new IEEE/Engineers Australia agreement of Co-Operation was prepared in 2017 and signed during IEEE Sections Congress on 13 August 2027 in Sydney. The agreement was put in place to encourage the exchange and dissemination of technical information and to promote understanding and cooperation among the members of both organisations. This agreement was for a period of three years and expired on 13 August 2020.

50 year members in Australia @ July 2012.

Affleck, L C
Anderson, Brian
Dailey, D
D'Assumpcao, Henrique
Gerrity, George
Haake, Roderic
Hole, G
Hollway, D
Hooper, Thomas
Jellins, Jack
Kassler, Michael
Khu, E B
Korn, Israel
Lack, G N
Lyons, T P
Mackley, K
Mcdonald, N
Melley, D
Price, D
Redman, Stephen
Ryan, R
Sunderam, T
Vaux, L
Weinstein, David
Zakarevicius, Ramutis

Australia Council Officers

IEEE Australia Council Officers
Year Chair Vice-chair Secretary Treasurer
1986 MAX J SIMONS (dec)
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Richard C. Clarke Richard C. Clarke
1987 ALAN J GIBBS Richard C. Clarke
1988 A R BILLINGS
1989 A R BILLINGS
1990 DONALD H SINNOTT
1991 MATT DARVENIZA
1992 HARRY E GREEN
1993 WALTER R LACHS
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1994 WALTER R LACHS
1995 LAL C GODARA
1996 LAL C GODARA
1997 LAL C GODARA / ROBERT J PRANDOLINI
1998 ROBERT J PRANDOLINI
1999 DALMA NOVAK
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2000 DALMA NOVAK
2001 HARRY MCDONALD
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MICHAEL E EVANS
2002 HARRY MCDONALD JOHN L ROBINSON MICHAEL E EVANS
2003 JOHN L ROBINSON
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MICHAEL E EVANS Peter Wills Peter Wills
2004 JOHN L ROBINSON MICHAEL E EVANS Peter Wills Peter Wills
2005 MICHAEL E EVANS 
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Renate Sitte Ian Boyd Ahmed Zia
2006 MICHAEL E EVANS Renate Sitte Ian Boyd Ahmed Zia
2007 KEITH KICKERT
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IAN BOYD
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Geoffrey Reid Ahmed Zia
2008 KEITH KICKERT IAN BOYD Geoffrey Reid Ahmed Zia
2009 VAUGHAN CLARKSON
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Zia Ahmed
Paul Kubik
2010 VAUGHAN CLARKSON Zia Ahmed Paul Kubik
2011 Arkadiusz (Arek) Dadej
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Zia Ahmed
Horace King Paul Kubik
2012 Arkadiusz (Arek) Dadej Zia Ahmed Horace King Paul Kubik
2013
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Lance Fung
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Abbas Bigdeli
Mohan V. Jacob Martin Leaver
2014 Lance Fung Abbas Bigdeli Mohan V. Jacob Martin Leaver
2015 Tapan Saha
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Mohan V. Jacob Zia Ahmed
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Martin Leaver
2016 Tapan Saha Mohan V. Jacob Zia Ahmed Martin Leaver
2017
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Zia Ahmed
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Andre Oboler
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Daniel Eghbal
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Ray Brown
2018 Zia Ahmed Andre Oboler Daniel Eghbal Ray Brown
2019 Stefan Mozar
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Daniel Eghbal
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Fouad Karouta
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Mike Robinson
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2020 Stefan Mozar Daniel Eghbal Fouad Karouta David Russell
2021 Daniel Eghbal
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Fouad Karouta
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Sasha Nikolic
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David Russell

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