To: Region 3 Committee / ExCom
Subject: South Carolina Council Report to Region 3
From: Marilene Baker
Date: Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:54:18 PM US/Central

South Carolina Council Report - March '03

1. The Council has met once this year, via e-conference, on January
15. Issues raised during this meeting included reports due to HQ
by February, the selection of a new Treasurer, recovery of
bank/treasury notes from past Treasurer and completion of the L-50
report, among others. These issues are still open, mostly due to
the lack of available time I have to work on it. John Montague,
Jr. Past Chair of the Columbia Section graciously volunteered to
become interim Treasurer until a permanent one from the Coastal
Section is found. Lee Stogner volunteered to represent the
Council as PACE rep during the Seattle meeting, but a permanent
PACE rep is needed. No officers of the Council will be able to
travel to Jamaica.

2. The Council voted on financially supporting the trip for one
student to present a paper at Southeastcon. The student is the
winner of the Piedmont Section's Paper contest held this year.
The planned statewide paper competition was cancelled due to lack
of participation from other Sections.

3. Next meeting will be a face-to-face meeting in Columbia, SC on
Sunday May 4 at 4:30 pm. Dick Riddle has mentioned he may be
participating as well. Other meetings will be held via
e-conference, as needed, and the last meeting of the year will be
held around November, again face-to-face.

4. The Proposed bylaws were submitted for approval to HQ. Waiting
for news on their acceptance.

5. Some Sections held meetings celebrating National Engineers Week
along with other engineering societies.

6. All Sections had planned to attend Southeastcon, the situation may
have changed after last week.

7. Attended PACE e-conference on February 27.

8. Planning to attend the R-3 e-conferences prior to Southeastcon.

Respectfully submitted,
Marilene Guardia-Baker
SC Council Chair
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/south_carolina_council/index.html