From r.riddle@ieee.org Wed Mar 24 21:45:31 1999
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:53:33
From: Richard L. Riddle <r.riddle@ieee.org>
To: r3-excom1999@ieee.org, sec-r03@ieee.org
Cc: d.green@ieee.org, r.riddle@ieee.org
Subject: Director-Elect Report to SEC'99



TO: Region 3 Committee
FROM: Dick Riddle, Director-Elect
SUBJECT: Director-Elect Report to SEC '99

As I learn more about IEEE on the road to Y2K, the more I appreciate
being a member of Region 3.  As "Sullie" (W. L. Sullivan) says in " A
HISTORY OF IEEE-REGION 3": " SoutheastCon continues to be the glue
that holds it all together in Region 3."  Early in the history of
Region 3, it became our mission to hold a region wide conference that
combined the needs of students, the professional member, and the IEEE
regional leadership in a single meeting, symposium, or conference.
"The first Regional Conference that combined all of these elements was
held in Charlottesville, VA in April, 1971.  At Charlottesville there
was a Technical Conference, the Student Prize Paper Contest, a Student
Conference, the Region 3 Committee and Executive Committee meetings, a
workshop for Section officers, and an Awards Banquet highlighted by
the presentation of the first Region 3 Outstanding Engineer
Award. Total registration was 320. Twenty-four of the thirty-nine
Sections and twenty Student Branches were represented.  The next year,
the 1972 Regional Conference was held in Knoxville." The conference in
Knoxville was the first to officially use the terminology
"SoutheastCon".

As we gather to hold our 28th SoutheastCon in Lexington, I urge each
of you to take advantage of the many opportunities that have been
provided to learn about IEEE, your region, your profession, and your
future.  Don Hill and his '99 SoutheastCon Conference Committee has
worked hard over the last two or more years to put together an
outstanding conference which brings Electrical and Computer
Engineering professionals, faculty and students together to share
information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits. In
addition, the regional leadership will meet for two days and transact
IEEE business.  During these meetings the Section and PACE Chairs are
provided with information that is not available in any other region.
Attend your Region 3 conference and learn why Region 3 is the one
region that others try to emulate.  .


Richard L. Riddle
IEEE Region 3 Director-Elect
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