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DESCRIPTION:Student branch meetup\n\nMany student branches joined the Whats
 App group. A Doodle poll will be sent to gauge availability for an in-pers
 on meetup — likely late April or June (avoiding Martijn&#39;s early May trav
 el and June exams).\n\nRegion 8 ISY-BKCO — Krakow\, Poland (20–24 July
 )\n\nFunded registrations are open for 18 more days for students and young
  professionals. Region 8 covers the participation fee\; the section typica
 lly covers travel. Student branch chairs are encouraged to apply. Endorsem
 ent letters available from Martijn.\n\nBrussels student branch\n\nSix peop
 le started the branch but only three have IEEE membership. Further emails 
 being sent to resolve this. No immediate action needed from the group.\n\n
 Yeastist 12 competition — low participation\n\nVery few responses receiv
 ed despite social media outreach. Key reasons identified: small following\
 , online-only format feels less rewarding\, high workload to participate\,
  and student branches may not relay posts. An in-person hackathon format w
 as suggested as more appealing.\n\nChapter road show — closed\n\nThe ide
 a to host monthly speaker events across the BeLux section was dropped afte
 r the originating chapter chairs withdrew support.\n\nFinancial update\n\n
 Total balance: ~€7\,290. A transfer of €4\,800 (sustainable IoT &amp; EM i
 nnovation grant) was received on 17 March\, plus €130 from the BeLux sec
 tion. Financial status will now be a standing agenda item.\n\nMicrocontrol
 ler workshop (Rushali)\n\nRushali traveling to India until 12 April to dis
 cuss the program with her supervisor and finalize hardware kit pricing. Pa
 yment process: invoice to Gregory → bank transfer (INR). Kit quantity to
  be decided once price is known.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or
 g/m/552790
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/552790
ORGANIZER:francesca.leonardi@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:12
SUMMARY: IEEE Benelux YP
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/552790
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;S
 tudent branch meetup&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Many student branches join
 ed the WhatsApp group. A Doodle poll will be sent to gauge availability fo
 r an in-person meetup &amp;mdash\; likely late April or June (avoiding Martijn
 &#39;s early May travel and June exams).&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p 
 class=&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;Region 8 ISY-BKCO &amp;mdash\; Krakow\, Poland (20&amp;ndash\;
 24 July)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Funded registrations are open for 18 m
 ore days for students and young professionals. Region 8 covers the partici
 pation fee\; the section typically covers travel. Student branch chairs ar
 e encouraged to apply. Endorsement letters available from Martijn.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/
 div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;Brussels student branch&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Six people started the branch but only three ha
 ve IEEE membership. Further emails being sent to resolve this. No immediat
 e action needed from the group.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class
 =&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;Yeastist 12 competition &amp;mdash\; low participation&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p 
 class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Very few responses received despite social media outrea
 ch. Key reasons identified: small following\, online-only format feels les
 s rewarding\, high workload to participate\, and student branches may not 
 relay posts. An in-person hackathon format was suggested as more appealing
 .&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;Chapter road sh
 ow &amp;mdash\; closed&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;The idea to host monthly spe
 aker events across the BeLux section was dropped after the originating cha
 pter chairs withdrew support.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;
 topic-title&quot;&gt;Financial update&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Total balance: ~&amp;
 euro\;7\,290. A transfer of &amp;euro\;4\,800 (sustainable IoT &amp;amp\; EM innov
 ation grant) was received on 17 March\, plus &amp;euro\;130 from the BeLux sec
 tion. Financial status will now be a standing agenda item.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;d
 iv class=&quot;topic&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-title&quot;&gt;Microcontroller workshop (Rushal
 i)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;topic-body&quot;&gt;Rushali traveling to India until 12 April to
  discuss the program with her supervisor and finalize hardware kit pricing
 . Payment process: invoice to Gregory &amp;rarr\; bank transfer (INR). Kit qua
 ntity to be decided once price is known.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;
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