IEEE Region 5 is accepting nominations for Outstanding Large Section,Small Section, Member, Educator, Large Student Branch, Small Student Branch, Student, Branch Counselor, Large Company, Small Company, GOLD Member, and Individual Achievement. A short description of each and nomination forms, as well as the Call for Nominations, and the awards manual can be obtained from the Region 5 Online Community. Note that you will need a login and password to access the Online Community but the individual documents are not password protected. Deadline for nominations is 18 February 2013. Send nominations to the Region 5 Awards Committee Chair, Mehrube “Ruby” Mehrubeoglu, ruby.mehrubeoglu@ieee.orgwith the subject “Nomination for IEEE R5 Outstanding [Award Type]”.  Please address any question to the R5 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair:     Ruby Mehrubeoglu  361-815-8416