BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Riyadh BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T061407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19470313T235308 TZOFFSETFROM:+0306 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2TH;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:+03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261103T094914Z UID:A5CD7913-DE8D-462A-A902-4B7B3B7CAAF6 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261115T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261115T140000 DESCRIPTION:-\n1. Meeting Overview\n\nThe IEEE SIGHT Executive Committee ho sted an official onboarding and orientation meeting to welcome the newly r ecruited team members for the 2026–2027 term. The meeting aligned the ne w committee with IEEE SIGHT’s humanitarian mission\, provided a brief su mmary of the past year's accomplishments\, introduced our expanded focus o n the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, collaborativel y established the team's internal rules\, presented and discussed the annu al plan (year plan) alongside initial ideas\, and briefed members on IEEE Day while assigning their first official task.\n\n2. Key Discussion Points \n\nWelcome & Team Introductions\nLayan Al-Attal (Chair) and Abdalrahman ( Vice Chair) welcomed the new members\, introduced the executive board role s\, and facilitated a round of introductions so volunteers across differen t sub-teams could connect.\n\nIntroduction to IEEE SIGHT & Chapter Identit y\nPresented the core mission of IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Hum anitarian Technology) and explained how our chapter leverages engineering and technology to create sustainable solutions for local community challen ges.\nHighlighted the chapter’s collaborative culture and operational ex cellence\, which recently earned our team the Best Affinity Group Award.\n \nSummary of Past Accomplishments & New SDG Focus\nProvided a brief overvi ew of the chapter's accomplishments over the past year to give the new tea m context on our impact and quality standards.\nAnnounced our strategic di rection for the upcoming term: expanding our projects and initiatives to a ctively target additional United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SD Gs)\, specifically focusing on:\nSDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being\nSDG 6: clean water and sanitation\nSDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy\nSDG 13: C limate Action\n\nYear Plan Presentation & Idea Discussion\n\no Presented a nd explained the 2026–2027 Year Plan\, walking the team through the prop osed timeline\, strategic milestones\, workshops\, and humanitarian initia tives planned for the upcoming academic year.\n\no Opened the floor for an interactive discussion where the executive board and new members reviewed the plan together\, exchanged feedback\, and brainstormed initial ideas t o enrich the upcoming schedule.\n\nTeam Structure & Setting Up Team Rules Together\nOutlined the responsibilities of each sub-committee and shared b rief operational insights from our recent participation in the Jordan IEEE Day & Leadership Summit 2026.\nRather than imposing top-down guidelines\, the executive board and new members collaboratively set up and agreed upo n the team rules together. This included establishing shared standards for active communication\, meeting attendance\, deadline accountability\, mut ual respect\, and task ownership so everyone feels accountable to rules th ey helped create.\n\nIEEE Day Briefing & First Team Task\nIntroduced the n ew members to the significance of IEEE Day—celebrating the first time en gineers worldwide gathered to share their technical ideas—and discussed how our chapter participates in the celebration.\nAssigned the new team th eir first official task: brainstorming and bringing creative event\, booth \, or activity ideas for our upcoming IEEE Day celebration\, keeping our h umanitarian mission and target SDGs in mind.\n\n3. Action Items & Next Ste ps\n\nFirst Task – IEEE Day Ideas Submission: All New Committee Members will brainstorm and prepare proposals or activity ideas for IEEE Day to pr esent .\nSub-Committee & Task Follow-Up: Layan Al-Attal (Chair) and Abdalr ahman (Vice Chair) will finalize sub-team placements and review the incomi ng IEEE Day ideas with the team.\nMeeting Documentation & Rules Distributi on: Dima Al-Latayfeh (Secretary) will share the meeting minutes and the fi nalized list of agreed-upon team rules with all members\, as well as compi le the submitted IEEE Day ideas ahead of the next scheduled meeting .\n[]\ n\nThe Hashemite University\, Zarqa\, Jordan\, Jordan LOCATION:The Hashemite University\, Zarqa\, Jordan\, Jordan ORGANIZER:sba-hu-sight@ieee.org SEQUENCE:9 SUMMARY:New IEEE SIGHT Team Onboarding & Orientation Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/591022 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><ul style="margin-top: 0in\;" type="disc">\n< li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'times new roman'\, times\, serif \;">\n<p><strong>1. Meeting Overview</strong></p>\n<p>The IEEE SIGHT Execu tive Committee hosted an official onboarding and orientation meeting to we lcome the newly recruited team members for the 2026&ndash\;2027 term. The meeting aligned the new committee with IEEE SIGHT&rsquo\;s humanitarian mi ssion\, provided a brief summary of the past year's accomplishments\, intr oduced our expanded focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Go als (SDGs)\, collaboratively established the team's internal rules\, prese nted and discussed the annual plan (year plan) alongside initial ideas\, a nd briefed members on IEEE Day while assigning their first official task.< /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>2. Key Discussion Points</strong></p>\n<p> <em>Welcome &amp\; Team Introductions</em><br>Layan Al-Attal (Chair) and A bdalrahman (Vice Chair) welcomed the new members\, introduced the executiv e board roles\, and facilitated a round of introductions so volunteers acr oss different sub-teams could connect.<br><br><em>Introduction to IEEE SIG HT &amp\; Chapter Identity</em><br>Presented the core mission of IEEE SIGH T (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) and explained how ou r chapter leverages engineering and technology to create sustainable solut ions for local community challenges.<br>Highlighted the chapter&rsquo\;s c ollaborative culture and operational excellence\, which recently earned ou r team the Best Affinity Group Award.</p>\n<p><em>Summary of Past Accompli shments &amp\; New SDG Focus</em><br>Provided a brief overview of the chap ter's accomplishments over the past year to give the new team context on o ur impact and quality standards.<br>Announced our strategic direction for the upcoming term: expanding our projects and initiatives to actively targ et additional United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, specif ically focusing on:<br>SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being<br>SDG 6: clean w ater and sanitation<br>SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy<br>SDG 13: Clima te Action</p>\n<p><em>Year Plan Presentation &amp\; Idea Discussion</em></ p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>o &nbsp\; Presented and explained the 2026&ndash\;2 027 Year Plan\, walking the team through the proposed timeline\, strategic milestones\, workshops\, and humanitarian initiatives planned for the upc oming academic year.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>o &nbsp\; Opened the floor fo r an interactive discussion where the executive board and new members revi ewed the plan together\, exchanged feedback\, and brainstormed initial ide as to enrich the upcoming schedule.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Team Struc ture &amp\; Setting Up Team Rules Together</em><br>Outlined the responsibi lities of each sub-committee and shared brief operational insights from ou r recent participation in the Jordan IEEE Day &amp\; Leadership Summit 202 6.<br>Rather than imposing top-down guidelines\, the executive board and n ew members collaboratively set up and agreed upon the team rules together. This included establishing shared standards for active communication\, me eting attendance\, deadline accountability\, mutual respect\, and task own ership so everyone feels accountable to rules they helped create.</p>\n<p> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>IEEE Day Briefing &amp\; First Team Ta sk</em><br>Introduced the new members to the significance of IEEE Day&mdas h\;celebrating the first time engineers worldwide gathered to share their technical ideas&mdash\;and discussed how our chapter participates in the c elebration.<br>Assigned the new team their first official task: brainstorm ing and bringing creative event\, booth\, or activity ideas for our upcomi ng IEEE Day celebration\, keeping our humanitarian mission and target SDGs in mind.</p>\n<p><strong>3. Action Items &amp\; Next Steps</strong></p>\n <p>First Task &ndash\; IEEE Day Ideas Submission: All New Committee Member s will brainstorm and prepare proposals or activity ideas for IEEE Day to present .<br>Sub-Committee &amp\; Task Follow-Up: Layan Al-Attal (Chair) a nd Abdalrahman (Vice Chair) will finalize sub-team placements and review t he incoming IEEE Day ideas with the team.<br>Meeting Documentation &amp\; Rules Distribution: Dima Al-Latayfeh (Secretary) will share the meeting mi nutes and the finalized list of agreed-upon team rules with all members\, as well as compile the submitted IEEE Day ideas ahead of the next schedule d meeting .</p>\n<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'\, times\, ser if\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/0a2 91869-e1e5-4291-8ce6-e57523915d2d" alt="" width="821" height="462"><br></s pan></li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR