Ottawa Section Communications / Publications

Section’s Website

You are currently viewing the website of the Ottawa Section. It includes links to all committees, chapters, affinity groups, and student branches. There is also a list of officers and volunteers. To add your name to this list or to apply changes, contact the section’s communications officer(s) at ottawanews@ieee.org.

OttExec Mailing List: ottexec@listserv.ieee.org

The OttExec mailing list is used to send messages to all of IEEE Ottawa officers and volunteers. To post a message send it to the above email address. Please note that this is a closed list; posting to the list is accepted from the members only. New officers and volunteers need to contact section’s communications officer(s) at ottawanews@ieee.org, to be added to the list.

Section’s Monthly Newsletter

For details about Ottawa News please visit the News page. To submit announcements please use the submission webform at http://www.ottawa.ieee.ca/publications/newsletter/submit/.

Please note that to have the announcement in each month’s newsletter, the announcement needs to be submitted at least a week before the beginning of the month. A reminder will be sent to the OttExec mailing list for each month.

Section’s Annual Reports

The annual newsletter is published during the months of August or September each year. The main parts of the annual newsletter are the highlights of section’s activities in the last year, the major plans for the coming year, the list of candidates for executive positions, and the contact information of the section. For the latest issue of the annual newsletter visit the above link.

Section’s Virtual Community

The virtual community is a web-based forum for sharing files, and having online polls and discussions between the Ottawa officers and volunteers. To apply for joining the community visit the above link and use your IEEE web account. You will join the community once your application has been approved.

Chapter/Group Communications/Publications

Websites

Here are lists of the current chapters and affinity groups. To create a website for a chapter or group you need to contact IEEE Entity Web Hosting (EWH) at http://ewh.ieee.org/. To facilitate the creation of new webpages, a web template has been provided at http://www.ottawa.ieee.ca/resources/. For more information or to add your new webpage to the list at http://www.ottawa.ieee.ca/officers/ contact the section’s communications officer(s) at ottawanews@ieee.org.

E-Newsletter (E-Notice)

The IEEE E-Notice service provides the means to broadcast emails among the members of each chapter/group. As the section newsletter includes a brief summary of each announcement and is posted once a month, you can use the e-notice service to submit more details and more frequent messages to the members of your chapter/group. To register and use the e-notice service visit the above link or visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/vols/e-notice/e-notice-submit.html.

Mailing Lists (IEEE Listserv)

To order a custom mailing list visit the IEEE Listserv at http://listserv.ieee.org/.

Other Tools/Services

For other available tools and services at IEEE EWH visit http://ewh.ieee.org/tools.html.