Region 3 Meeting (& Excom Meeting), Orlando Florida
26 April 1998 Sunday, Scheduled for 8:00AM - 12:00 Noon

1. Call to Order Director Caston convened the meeting at 10:22 am
after the caucus and a break.  He introduced IEEE Vice President,
Regional Activities Dan Benigni and IEEE-USA President John Reinert.
He then invited each to make comments.

Dan Benigni - VP Regional Activities Dan Benigni reported on Regional
Activities Board structural changes, plans and activities.  The RAB
Strategic Plan is posted at https://www.ieee.org/ra .

John Reinert - IEEE USA John Reinert reported on the change from IEEE
USAB to IEEE USA, it's structure and goals.

2. Approval of Agenda
Approved without modifications.

3. Consent Agenda
Secretary Green went over the items on the consent agenda:

  1. Approve Excom Minutes from January. 1998 Meeting 

  2. Approve the budgeted $3000 seed money for Southeastcon '99 to be
     distributed.

  3. Accept the bid of Piedmont Section to host Southeastcon 2001.

  4. Increase EAC budget by $1250 to modernize the R3 lending library.

  5. Support the special project proposed by NC Council "Introduction
     to IEEE Leadership" ($250 from R3, $250 NC Council)

  6. Support the special project proposed by the NC Council "IEEE
     Leadership Development Retreat" ($4000 from R3, $1000 NC Council).
     The effort will partner with Region 3 Special Projects Chair and
     Region 3 Leadership Chair.

  7. Approval of the preliminary funding approach for support of
     Section Congress Section travel costs (for the purposes of section
     planning.)  The Region Excom and Region Committee then each approved
     the items that needed their approval.

4. Items from caucus

Bill Harrision moved the following change to the MDC budget:

    1. That the Excom approve tentative budget of $20,000 for
       membership development.

    2. That the Excom approve expenditure of funds not to exceed
       $10,250 by Fall Excom.

    3. That MDC will apply up to $8000 of approved expenditures to R3
       Corporate Relations Project.

    4. That MDC will submit a Corporate Relations Project Proposal by
       6/11/98 to IEEE MD Policy Subcommittee (meets 6/25/98) requesting
       matching funds.

    5. That R3 MDC will report status at Fall Excom - update and
       adjust the 1998 budget.

Bill Harrision went over the details behind this proposal and
reported on the activities that already occurred relative to this
effort.  The motion was seconded.

After discussion, the motion passed unanimously.

5. Old Business
There was no old business.

6. New Business
There was no additional new business.

7. Date and Location of Next Meeting Director Caston reported the
following for the next Excom and the Region Committee meetings.

R3 Excom:  
October 24-25,1998
Edison Walthall Hotel
Jackson, Mississippi

R3 Meeting:
March 28, 1999
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Lexington KY

8. Adjournment Having completed its business, upon a motion to
adjourn, and the requisite vote, the Excom and Region meetings were
adjourned at 11:18am.

Respectively submitted,

David Green
Region 3 Secretary
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