Dear IEEE members and friends,

Our final event for 2009 is a networking dinner on the 16th of December beginning at 7 pm at Santinos Restaurant in Lygon Street, Carlton. Please come along, and invite friends as well - this will be a perfect opportunity to renew old friendships and make new ones.

Over the past few years the WIE has been run by a small team of dedicated people and we've organised a very successful program of events - ranging from networking, career-oriented and technical events, and outreach activities for high schools - if you have an interest in any of these activities, and would like to become involved, do come along and become a committee member.

Send us an email at wie.victorian@ieee.org if you're coming to the dinner, or would be interested in doing great things on the Committee in 2010 and contribute to the cause of advancing women.

As another item of news, I've been appointed by the IEEE Board of Directors to be the Chair of the world-wide IEEE Women-in-Engineering Committee in 2010. I'm both humbled by this but very excited by the opportunities it will bring. If you have any thoughts about what you think the WIE should do in 2010 let me know.

Finally, when you renew your IEEE membership for 2010, remember to rejoin Women-in-Engineering. If you know someone who might like to join the WIE let them know about us. For student members it is free. Full-WIE membership has a small fee - it's just the same as joining any IEEE Society. With your support, we will be able to organise more great events with prominent speakers.

Looking forward to seeing you soon :-)

Best regards, Irena Atov