From: Andrew Hargrove [a_hargrove@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 10:40 PM
To: d.green@ieee.org; r3-excom98@ieee.org
Cc: a.hargrove@ieee.org
Subject: Virginia Council Report to EXCOM

Dave,
Here is the Virginia Council report for
distribution to EXCOM.
All sections finally have a full quota of
officers, following elections  in Hampton 
Roads section. Major meeting speaker
topics include "The coming Revolution in 
Flight" by IEEE fellow Cary Spitzer, the
latest updates on "Wavelets", "Medical/
Biological Treatments using Magnetic
Fields", "Fault tolerant Computing", "Internet
Service Providers" and "Minimization of
 Power supply Harmonics". Engineers week
was supported and participated in by all
elements in all areas of the council. Ralph
Russell was happy to inform council of
full funding by IEEE RAB of the Jamboree.
All funds have been transferred to the region
treasury. PACE p;planned projects include 
Social Security strengthening, Pension portability,
Health care improvements, permanent extension
of tax exclusion of employer provided education 
assistance., tracking and reporting on engineer
supply and demand, continued visibility to problems
older professionals seeking life-long careers and 
development with Educational Activities committees
of opportunities for continuing education through
distance learning. Our public relations director has
continued his supervision of tutoring high school
and middle school students in math, and plans to
conduct a summer workshop on public relations.
all levels of leadership are attempting to conduct
more electronic messaging and conferencing,
but are hampered by lack of e-mail addresses
by some members. All sections plan to attend
SOUTHEASTCON . The project of matching each
state legislator with an IEEE member in his district
is well under way, despite the delay caused by
the death of Jim Strother. The Virginia Coordinating
Council which includes the Virginia council and
the Northern Virginia Section of Region 2 is 
seeking a new president to replace the late Jim 
Strother. The Virginia Coalition for Science and 
Technology Education has been reactivated
under the direction of Debbie Murray and Ken
Chapman. Virginia Council is a member. The
coalition now has  a Washington, DC address.

Respectfully submitted
Andrew Hargrove