IEEE Microwave Magazine - May 2016 - 12

The Importance of Mentoring

"advancing technology for humanity."
Anyone can "volunteer," but not all This is our mandate, and it requires
will become volunteers in the truest us to come together as a united and
sense-or grow into effective volun- diverse volunteer group to keep advancing technology for
teers. Young, fresh volall. Volunteering is the
unteers need guidance, Volunteering can
most important asset in
mentoring, and supall of the IEEE's operaport from senior volun- be a chance to
tions and successes.
teer leaders. So I appeal develop certain
The IEEE is led by a
to our Society leaders skills or build
diverse body of elected
that you offer muchand appointed volneeded assistance to your professional
unteer members and
our younger genera- network. It
leaders, with the help
tion, introducing and can open
of a professional staff
integrating these memthat provides specific
bers into the MTT-S doors to new
support in IEEE daily
while encouraging the experiences and
operations such as
development of their opportunities.
administration, manvolunteering work.
In other words, effective and suc- agement, accounting, finance, legal,
cessful volunteering requires learn- marketing, publishing, and IT services.
ing and training. Volunteering doesn't This staff is invaluable in accomplishmean high-profile accomplishments; ing the missions of IEEE side by side
it can be done even through small with the volunteers.
contributions.

The Reach of MTT-S Volunteers

The IEEE as
a Volunteer Organization

The MTT-S has a long, outstanding,
and unique volunteering tradition that has been critical in creating
and maintaining successful MTT-S

The core value of the IEEE i s
spelled out in its logo's tagline:

professional events such as RWW2016
in Austin. Today, our volunteers are
globally based, and they actively contribute to the MTT-S's growth over
the ten IEEE geographic regions.
During my stay in Austin, I met and
exchanged ideas with our RWW2016
organizers, Administrative Committee (AdCom) members, and TPRC
experts, as well as many other volunteers-all of whom have been committed to the success of our Society in
their own ways. Without a doubt, the
most important driving force-the
leading engine-of the MTT-S resides
in the volunteerism of our members
and supporters. Those volunteers are
the true soul of-and a treasure within-our community.
Looking back at the MTT-S since
its inception 64 years ago, the history
of our Society is filled with professional success stories and personal
endeavors from countless volunteers
who have built up, piece by piece, the
organic structure of the MTT-S. Those
volunteers consist of RF, microwave,
and wireless professionals of different
nationalities, ethnicities, genders, interests, and ages. In fact, volunteerism has

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