To: IEEE Region 3 Executive Committee
Subject: Director-Elect  Fall Excom Report
From: Dick Riddle, Director-Elect

As I said in my Region 3 Newsletter article not all of our Region 3
Committees have appointed a Vice Chair.  One of the most important
attributes of a leader is to plan for the future.  Please help our
region continue to be a premier organization by finding leaders, get
them appointed as Vice Chair, and get them into the pipeline now.

I recently attended a meeting of the IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Committee.  One topic of discussion was the layoffs in Region 3 and
what can be done to help our IEEE members deal with the crisis of
loss of employment.  David Macchiarolo, our Region 3 Member of the
Employment Assistance Committee and I reported on the layoffs and
pending layoff at NORTEL (Northern Telcom), RTP, NC and GE, Richmond,
VA.  Many of you have heard me brag about the IEEE-USA's Quick
Response Team and the two day workshop or seminar which was developed
to help our members in such an emergency.  I'll have more to say
about this issue at our Region 3 Excom Meeting, but the point that I
would like to make here is that by the time our Section and PACE
people find out about a pending layoff contracts with outplacement
companies have been signed and we (IEEE) are viewed as feeble
competition or unwanted interference.  It is my hope that perception
will soon change through our Region 3 Membership Development
Committee's Corporate Relations Project.  I will also have a bit more
to say about this issue at our meeting.