From: a_hargrove@juno.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 8:13 PM
To: d.green@ieee.org
Cc: a.hargrove@ieee.org
Subject: Fw: RE: Fall Excom Meeting - October 24-25 - Jackson MS 


	VA Council Report, 4/98 - 10/98

Council Activities:

	Over the summer the VA Council lost a key member in Jim Strother.  He
was the driving force behind the creation of the VA Coordinating Council,
between the VA Council and the Northern VA Section.  He worked on both
Pre-college Education and Legislative activities within Virginia on our
behalf.
Jim and his work will be greatly missed by the Council.  

	This spring, the VA Council switched to a Consolidation account, which
now contains all of our funds, and we have closed our local account.

	In June, Ralph Russell provided a presentation on the proposed
plan for 2001 Jamboree, which involves combining efforts for the
Electricity & Electronics Merit Badges. Ralph would like IEEE to
provide $15,000, 3 leaders to organize the project, and 150
volunteers over the duration of the project.  The council has agreed
to help find funding for this event, and has created an ad hoc Merit
Badge 2001 committee consisting of Jim Bussert and Ralph Russell, of
the Richmond section, and Andy Hargrove and Mike McBeth of the
Hampton Roads section.  Ralph Russell is the chairman, spokesman, and
overall director for the committee.

	Val Bodin was nominated for Region 3 director-elect in 2002/2003 by the
Council.

	The Council is continuing work on finding a liaison person in
each of the House of Representatives districts.  The plan is to match
up a member in each district using SAMIEEE and a map of each
district, so that we can provide technical advice to our legislative
body when they may need it.

Section Activities:

	All of the sections continue to have good meeting on a variety of
topics.  Recent meeting included IEEE-USA President John Reinhart at
the Central VA meeting in October, and Dr. Waynant, an IEEE
distinguished lecturer at a VA Mountain meeting this spring.  The VA
Mountain section is currently planning their 50th anniversary
meeting, with Paul Kostek and Dale Caston scheduled to attend.

	The Richmond section is working on starting a new Component,
Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) chapter, with some help
from the Hampton Roads section.

	Mike Stark, of the Hampton Roads section, received the Professional
Achievement Award at the PACE Labor Day Weekend conference.

	All sections have been encouraged to submit nominations for 1999
awards, and to also use Certificates of Appreciation and other local
awards for
active volunteers.  These awards help volunteers feel appreciated and
keep them
involved.  Likewise, the elevation to senior member is being encouraged
and
advertised in all of the sections.

	All of the sections continue to experiment with e-mail
newsletters as a way to save money for the section, and be able to
deliver timely meeting reminders.  There are still a number of
problems with this, such as bad e-mail addresses and merging updates
into the e-mail list.

	The Central VA Section recently lost their Vice-Chair and PACE
Chair, Osama Hassan, who passed away in September.  Osama was very
interested in PACE activities and was always positive about the
opportunities provided by IEEE.

Prepared by: Cherie Kronimus
Secretary, VA Council 
Oct. 21, 1998