General
Secretariat
International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER)
Arlington , VA 22205 , USA
May 16, 2005
Dear
Colleague:
On
behalf of all of us and of the iNEER Board, we are pleased to invite you to
serve as a founding member of the iNEER Leadership Council. If accepted by you, your appointment will
begin on July 1, 2005, and it will be for a two-year term that is renewable by
mutual agreement.
For
your information, in Appendix I we attach the draft Council charter as approved
by the iNEER Board.
We
also invite you to attend the organizational meeting of the Council on Tuesday
July 26, 2005 to be held at the
You
are also invited to attend ICEE-2005 to be held on July 25 – 29, 2005 in
Details
of ICEE-2005 are available at: http://icee2005.polsl.pl/Preliminary_Program.htm.
Information
about iNEER and its activities and past conferences is available at: http://www.ineer.org. Major events and meetings during ICEE-2005
are listed in Appendix II attached to this letter. This year, we celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the establishment of
We
also look forward to your acceptance of our invitation to membership in the
iNEER Leadership Council, and to your leadership, guidance, advice, suggestions
and support.
Please
respond by June 10, 2005 by regular mail or by e-mail at: wojtekz@polsl.gliwice.pl, with a copy
to Win Aung at: waung@ineer.org.
Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Wojciech
Zielinski, Rector
ul.
Akademicka 2, 44-100
Interim
Co-Chair, iNEER Leadership Council
Cc: David Chang, President
Interim Co-Chair, iNEER Leadership Council
Tomas Cermak, Rector
VSB – Technical
Chair, iNEER Board
Win Aung, Secretary-General
iNEER,
APPENDIX I
General
Secretariat
International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER)
Arlington , VA 22205 , USA
Leadership Council
(Draft)
(1) The iNEER Leadership Council shall be organized by the iNEER Board with members appointed by the Board based on open nomination and recommendation by Council members and members of the iNEER Network.
(2)
The membership of the Council will comprise
rectors, vice rectors,
presidents, chancellors, vice chancellors, provost, deans, etc. from
academic institutions, and senior representatives from industry and
government.
(3)
The Council is charged to plan and execute
programs and activities so as to provide a platform for networking among
leaders of universities and colleges, and senior representatives of industry
and government from around the world.
(4)
The Council shall enable the sharing of
information and establishing cooperative exchanges by leaders of engineering
education and research, including initiating and proposing future meetings and
conferences for consideration by the iNEER Board.
(5)
The work of the Council shall be led by two
co-chairs in coordination with the Secretary-General of iNEER. The co-chairs
shall be elected by members of the Council and shall serve two-year renewable
terms. The co-chairs shall be
responsible to jointly organize a Council meeting during a conference of the
iNEER Network, and shall provide the leadership and associated administrative
support, such as planning and organizing Council meetings, communicating with
Council members and members of the iNEER Board, and providing the minutes of
the Council meeting within 30 days after the meeting. The medium of communication shall be English.
(6)
To the extent possible, the Council operation
shall be self-sustaining with all members providing for their travels to attend
meetings, including conference registration fees.
APPENDIX II
May 16, 2005
Dear Colleagues:
For those of you who are
planning to attend ICEE-2005 in
http://icee2005.polsl.pl/images/icee2005_6_en.pdf
Important meetings and events
are:
Sunday, July 24, 2005:
10:00 - 16:00 Special
Workshop
17:00 - 20:00 iNEER
Board/ISC meeting
20:00 - 22:00 iNEER
Board dinner
Monday, July 25:
08:30 - 10:00 Opening
Session
19:00 -
23:00 Banquet at
Tuesday, July 26:
19:00 - 21:00
Reception; Choir Performance
Wednesday, July 27:
14:00 - 18:00 Invited
Workshop/Presentation
18:30 - 19:45 Reception
20:00 - 21:30 Classical
Music Concert
Thursday, July 28:
07:30 - 23:00 Excursion
to Krakow (see http://www.explore-krakow.com)
including free time for sightseeing, tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine, dinner
at Zalesie Grange
Friday, July 29:
10:30 - 12:00 Plenary
Session and Closing Ceremony
We look forward to
welcoming you to
Sincerely,
Wojciech Zielinski, Rector of
Chair of ICEE-2005
International Steering Committee
Jerzy Moscinski, Chair,
ICEE-2005 National Organizing Committee
Tomas Cermak, Rector of VSB -
Technical
Win Aung, Secretary-General,
iNEER Secretariat,