IEEE Region 10 Blog Tweet Facebook and Video Competition 2014

Dear IEEE Asia-Pacific Student Members, Volunteers,

Following the tradition, IEEE Asia-Pacific (R10) Student Activities Committee has taken the initiative to organise IEEE Region 10 Blog, Tweet, Facebook and Video Competition as part of its activities. A participant can submit his/her entry as a blog, video, tweet or Facebook status update and winners will be decided according to predefined rules.

Contest Objective: Engage and Encourage IEEE members to share their personal experience/story with IEEE and how it helped him/her in their career and life. The entries will highlight the importance of having IEEE membership and impacts on individual’s life. It will also motivate junior IEEE volunteers and inspire non-members to join IEEE.

Important Competition Dates: 1. Invitation for the entries October 22, 2014

2. Close of competition November 20, 2014

3. Announcement of Results November 30, 2014

Eligibility & Procedure: Participant has to compete individually. Individual must be a standing IEEE student member or a graduate student member in Region 10 at the time their entry is submitted. After submission of entry (Blog, Tweet, Facebook, Video), participants shouldn’t do any changes.

1. Contestant should be a standing IEEE Student member or a Graduate Student member.

2. An individual can submit only one entry per category.

3. Visit http://region10sac.fluidreview.com to submit an entry for Blog, Tweet or Video Contest

a. You are required to Sign Up using one of the available option.

4. If it is a blog, then upload the article anywhere accessible on internet and submit a link. Sharing the blog on Facebook / Twitter will be a plus point. Please use the Hashtag #IEEER10BVFT2014

1 5. If it is a video, then upload the video on youtube and submit a link. Sharing the video on Facebook / Twitter will be a plus point. Please use the Hashtag # IEEER10BTFV2014

6. If it is a Tweet, then Tweet about it and submit the tweet link on above link. Please use the Hashtag # IEEER10BTFV2014

7. If it is a Facebook status update, then submit the Facebook status update link on above link. Please use the Hashtag # IEEER10BTFV2014

8. Rules for IEEE Blog, Tweet and Video Competition: http://www.r10sac.org/documents/BlogTweetFacebookVideoCompetition2014/rules.pdf

9. For queries please contact RSAC Om Perkash at [email protected] or RSR Pasan Pethiyagode at [email protected]

Judging Criteria: All the submitted posts will be pre-screened by the committee to ensure compliance with the official rules. Subsequently the posts will be judged to determine the winner

Contest Prize:  Winner of the Video Competition: $400

 Runner up of the Video Competition: $300

 Winner of the Blog competition: $400

 Runner up of the Blog competition: $200

. Winner of Tweet Competition: $300

. Runner up of the Tweet Competition: $200

. Winner of Facebook Competition: $300

. Runner up of the Tweet Competition: $200

Disclaimer: Please note that,

 IEEE Region 10 SAC reserves the right to accept or to reject any or all submissions that do not meet the requirements for participation and/or competition.

2  The decision of the IEEE R10 Blog Tweet, Facebook and Video competition judging committee will be final and no appeal against the decision will be considered.

 By participating in the contest, participants agree to abide by the rules and conditions as established above.

 In case of any conflicts, the decision by IEEE R10 SAC committee shall be considered as final.

 IEEE reserves the right to use the submitted content. By submission, the contestant also allows the IEEE the right to use the content.

-- Kind Regards Om Perkash 2014 IEEE R10 SAC Chair