What Is?
The Virginia Coordinating Council
The Virginia Coordinating Council (VCC) is a unique entity
created to provide a means of bring all the IEEE sections in
Virginia into a single cohesive group. The VCC consists of the
Virginia Council, which is the four sections in Virginia in Region
3, and the Northern Virginia Section which is in Region 2. The
representatives from the Central Virginia Section, the Hampton
Roads Section, the Richmond Section, and the Virginia Mountain
Ssection who serve on the Virginia Council are on the Virginia
Coordinating Council as well. Two members from the Northern
Virginia Section serve as representatives to the VCC. The VCC
normally meets immediately following the Virginia Council
meeting, and the Northern Virginia representatives sit in on the
Virginia Council meeting. There are no other geographic councils
in IEEE which cross Regional boundaries.
The VCC was created to provide a single entity to consider state
wide concerns of all IEEE members in Virginia whether in one of
the four sections which are in Region 3 or the one section in
Region 2. There was no possibility of getting Northern Virginia
into Region 3 because of its orientation toward Washington, DC.
It is a member of the National Capital Area Council of Region 2
in the same manner that the other four Virginia Sections are
members of the Virginia Council. The VCC represents many
more IEEE members than the Virginia Council because Northern
Virginia has more members than the other four combined. This is
helpful in some lobbying efforts in Richmond on behalf of all
electrical engineers.
The VCC also provides a good vehicle for cooperation and
coordination among all Virginia IEEE members. Every now and
then the Virginia Council will hold its meeting in the Northern
Virginia area to help in this regard. The chairmanship of the VCC
rotates between the Chair of the Virginia Council and a
representative from Northern Virginia.
As you can see from my explanation the VMS participates in the
VCC only through the Virginia Council.