IEEE Australia Council History

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 IEEE Australian Capital Territory Section History IEEE New South Wales Section History IEEE Northern Australia Section History IEEE Queensland Section History IEEE South Australia Section History IEEE Victorian Section History IEEE Western Australia Section History
List of Subsections in this Council IEEE Northern Territory Subsection History IEEE Tasmania Subsection History

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:

Australia Council
Queensland / Papua New Guinea
New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory
Victoria / Tasmania
South Australia / Northern Territory
Western Australia.

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:

North Queensland / Northern Territory / Papua New Guinea (known as the Northern Queensland Section)
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria / Tasmania (known as the Victorian Section)
South Australia
Western Australia
Australia Council.

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)		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
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
2000	DALMA NOVAK
2001	HARRY MCDONALD			MICHAEL E EVANS
2002	HARRY MCDONALD	JOHN L ROBINSON		MICHAEL E EVANS
2003	JOHN L ROBINSON	MICHAEL E EVANS	Peter Wills	Peter Wills
2004	JOHN L ROBINSON	MICHAEL E EVANS	Peter Wills	Peter Wills
2005	MICHAEL E EVANS	Renate Sitte	Ian Boyd	Ahmed Zia
2006	MICHAEL E EVANS	Renate Sitte	Ian Boyd	Ahmed Zia
2007	KEITH KICKERT	IAN BOYD	Geoffrey Reid	Ahmed Zia
2008	KEITH KICKERT	IAN BOYD	Geoffrey Reid	Ahmed Zia
2009	VAUGHAN CLARKSON	Zia Ahmed	Paul Kubik
2010	VAUGHAN CLARKSON	Zia Ahmed	Paul Kubik
2011	Arkadiusz (Arek) Dadej	Zia Ahmed	Horace King	Paul Kubik
2012	Arkadiusz (Arek) Dadej	Zia Ahmed	Horace King	Paul Kubik
2013	Lance Fung	Abbas Bigdeli	Mohan V. Jacob	Martin Leaver
2014	Lance Fung	Abbas Bigdeli	Mohan V. Jacob	Martin Leaver
2015	Tapan Saha	Mohan V. Jacob	Zia Ahmed	Martin Leaver
2016	Tapan Saha	Mohan V. Jacob	Zia Ahmed	Martin Leaver
2017	Zia Ahmed	Andre Oboler	Daniel Eghbal	Ray Brown
2018	Zia Ahmed	Andre Oboler	Daniel Eghbal	Ray Brown
2019	Stefan Mozar	Daniel Eghbal	Fouad Karouta	Mike Robinson
2020	Stefan Mozar	Daniel Eghbal	Fouad Karouta	David Russell
2021	Daniel Eghbal	Fouad Karouta	Sasha Nikolic	David Russell