New IEEE SIGHT Team Onboarding & Orientation Meeting

1. Meeting Overview The IEEE SIGHT Executive Committee hosted an official onboarding and orientation meeting to welcome the newly recruited team members for the 2026-2027 term. The meeting aligned the new committee with IEEE SIGHT's humanitarian mission, provided a brief summary of the past year's accomplishments, introduced our expanded focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), collaboratively established the team's internal rules, presented and discussed the annual plan (year plan) alongside initial ideas, and briefed members on IEEE Day while assigning their first official task. 2. Key Discussion Points Welcome & Team Introductions Layan Al-Attal (Chair) and Abdalrahman (Vice Chair) welcomed the new members, introduced the executive board roles, and facilitated a round of introductions so volunteers across different sub-teams could connect. Introduction to IEEE SIGHT & Chapter Identity Presented the core mission of IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) and explained how our chapter leverages engineering and technology to create sustainable solutions for local community challenges. Highlighted the chapter's collaborative culture and operational excellence, which recently earned our team the Best Affinity Group Award. Summary of Past Accomplishments & New SDG Focus Provided a brief overview of the chapter's accomplishments over the past year to give the new team context on our impact and quality standards. Announced our strategic direction for the upcoming term: expanding our projects and initiatives to actively target additional United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically focusing on: SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being SDG 6: clean water and sanitation SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 13: Climate Action Year Plan Presentation & Idea Discussion o Presented and explained the 2026-2027 Year Plan, walking the team through the proposed timeline, strategic milestones, workshops, and humanitarian initiatives planned for the upcoming academic year. o Opened the floor for an interactive discussion where the executive board and new members reviewed the plan together, exchanged feedback, and brainstormed initial ideas to enrich the upcoming schedule. Team Structure & Setting Up Team Rules Together Outlined the responsibilities of each sub-committee and shared brief operational insights from our recent participation in the Jordan IEEE Day & Leadership Summit 2026. Rather than imposing top-down guidelines, the executive board and new members collaboratively set up and agreed upon the team rules together. This included establishing shared standards for active communication, meeting attendance, deadline accountability, mutual respect, and task ownership so everyone feels accountable to rules they helped create. IEEE Day Briefing & First Team Task Introduced the new members to the significance of IEEE Day-celebrating the first time engineers worldwide gathered to share their technical ideas-and discussed how our chapter participates in the celebration. Assigned the new team their first official task: brainstorming and bringing creative event, booth, or activity ideas for our upcoming IEEE Day celebration, keeping our humanitarian mission and target SDGs in mind. 3. Action Items & Next Steps First Task - IEEE Day Ideas Submission: All New Committee Members will brainstorm and prepare proposals or activity ideas for IEEE Day to present . Sub-Committee & Task Follow-Up: Layan Al-Attal (Chair) and Abdalrahman (Vice Chair) will finalize sub-team placements and review the incoming IEEE Day ideas with the team. Meeting Documentation & Rules Distribution: Dima Al-Latayfeh (Secretary) will share the meeting minutes 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 scheduled meeting .