Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Underrepresented Program Report
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society's report discusses initiatives to address underrepresentation in the field, focusing on globalization, local/ host country underrepresentation, and objectives for developing a comprehensive plan for the future. The report outlines strategies, committee members, and action items to enhance diversity and inclusion in the society.
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Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Globalization and Chapter Chair Meeting The GRSS Underrepresented Program Report to GRSS Chapter Chairs 10 July 2016 Linda Bailey Hayden HAYDENL@MINDSPRING.COM
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society GRSS Underrepresented Program Committee Hayden, Linda, Chair Camps, Adriano Goodenough, David Hajnsek, Irena Hallikainen, Martti Jackson, Gail Skofronick L vesque, Jos e Luther, Charles A Rosen, Paul A. Tsang, Leung haydenl@mindspring.com camps@tsc.upc.edu dggoodenough@shaw.ca irena.hajnsek@dlr.de iMartti.Hallikainen@aalto.fi Gail.S.Jackson@nasa.gov mhjlevesque@gmail.com chuckluther@aol.com paul.a.rosen@jpl.nasa.gov leutsang@umich.edu
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society GRSS, VP for Professional Activities Paolo Gamba Finance Subcommittee James A. Smith Ana Ferreras Others with funding expertise GRSS Underrepresented Committee Linda Bailey Hayden, Chair Local Underrepresentation Adriano Camps (Lead) Martti Hallikainen, Paul Rosen Leung Tsang, Irena Hajnsek Ethnic Underrepresentation Charles Luther (Lead) David G. Goodenough Gender Underrepresentation Gail Skofronick Jackson (Lead) Jos e L vesque
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Objectives Construct a forward vision for GRSS Underrepresented activities. Develop a plan which has both short term and long term goals Develop a budgets for implementing this plan as provided by each of the leads for the 3 subcommittees.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Local/Host Country Underrepresentation Minorities are country-dependent and may be language dependent. Targeting them when a conference takes place in the region maximized the impact per GRSS invested dollars and increases GRSS membership. I. Activities: a. Provide technical writing assistance and publication fee assistance for authors. b. Provide special journal issues on targeted regions. c. Encourage support for the IEEE Non-discrimination Policy d. Make support for local students available through the LOC or the subcommittee.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Local/Host Country Underrepresentation II. Action Items: a) Provide technical writing support and publication fees for papers coming from targeted regions or populations. This could take the form of a pool of volunteers. b) Collaborate with the journal editors on special editions. c) Collaborate with Conference Advisory Committee (CAC) and LOCs on non- discrimination policy implementation and local student travel support. d) Provide membership assistance for targeted countries. e) Arrange group-fee membership IEEE/GRSS for developing countries to be negotiated with IEEE, or reactivation of the proactive Affiliate Membership campaigns during IGARSS at GRSS booth. f) Modify conference and event proposers manuals to include a reference to IEEE non-discrimination policy.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Ethnic Underrepresented Expansion of the existing successful travel program for minorities. Aggressive effort to engage past awardees in GRSS membership recruitment, conference and technical committee activities. I. Activities: a. Continue currently successful outreach to targeted students with emphasis on graduate students. b. Support for past MTP participants who are now YP & mentors. c. Free memberships to help boast CV, connect to more job opportunities. d. Involve participants in YP activities. e. Assign more presenters, sessions chair, reviewers; increase membership on technical committees.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Ethnic Underrepresented II. Action Items a. Continue currently successful outreach to targeted students with emphasis on graduate students. b. Provide support for past MTP participants who are now YP & mentors. c. Provide free memberships to help boast CV, connect to more job opportunities. d. Involve participants in YP activities. e. Make travel funds available.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society GENDER Underrepresentation The reasons for gender underrepresentation can be cultural or economic and may vary from country to country. I. Activities: a. Develop and maintain a contact database for Women in GRSS. b. Develop a mentoring program. c. Increase female presenters, session chairs, invited speakers, conference and publication reviewers, representation on technical committees, attendees at IEEE Leadership activities d. Promote/Encourage award nominations for women candidates and associate editors e. Develop a selection procedure to decide who will get travel/financial support. f. Submit cover articles in GRSS Magazine about or written by people who got support.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Gender Underrepresentation II. Action Items: a) Make travel funds available for GRSS member women to attend GRSS sponsored technical meetings, summer schools and the annual IEEE sponsored International Leadership Conference b) Ease publication (free pages, technical editing, special issues, free translation) c) Promote WIE within GRSS Chapters and joint meetings d) Host WIE conference luncheon. Collect names and contact info during conference registration process and via online forms on GRSS webpages to produce the database for Women in GRSS. e) Free memberships (different ones every year): help boast CV, connect to more jobs. f) Special awards and Badge ID stick-on-flags at conferences showing WIE logo g) Assist with LOC efforts to identify Day care when possible and activities for family/children
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Common to All 3 Subcommittees Find innovative methods to collect contact data (name, email) for distributing information. Encourage underrepresented & YP to be serve as co-chairs at IGARSS and other GRSS sponsored meetings. Subsidized travel support for attendance at GRSS technically sponsored meetings, YP conferences, summer schools. Only current GRSS members will have access to actual funding (travel, English proofreading, reduced publication charges, etc.).
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Charge to Chapter Chairs 1. Encourage your (female and male) members to attend the Women s Luncheon at IGARSS. 2. Suggest items for the Women in Geoscience and Remote Sensing GRS Magazine column (e.g., guest editors from your chapter, spotlight on a female member in your chapter, other topics). 3. Nominate or encourage your female members to apply for travel support for attending the WIE International Leadership Conference in San Jose, CA (May 2017). Nomination information is on GRSS webpage. 4. If you are interested in organizing a joint GRSS-WIE meeting in your region, please let us know. 5. Please provide a Point of Contact from your chapter for us to inform you of future GRSS WIE related activities. Gail Skofronick Jackson & Linda Hayden gailsjackson@ieee.org; HAYDENL@MINDSPRING.COM
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Your assistance is needed to identify members in your chapter who are interested in: (1) GRSS membership (2) IEEE Senior membership (3) Fellow nominations (4) IGARSS reviewer (5) IGARSS co-chair opportunities (6) GRSS Education and Outreach activities (7) GRSS Region specific opportunities and collaborative programs (8) GRSS Young Professional activities (9) GRSS Globalization activities (10)GRSS Industry Engagement activities (11)GRSS Strategic Initiatives (12)GRSS Distinguished Lecture Program (13)GRSS Underrepresented Program Activities (14)GRSS Technical committee activities
