From Dandoris55@aol.com Wed Jan 26 06:13:21 2000 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:32:30 EST From: Dandoris55@aol.com To: r3-excom2000@ieee.org Cc: b.shadwell@ieee.org, d.jackson@ieee.org Subject: Report- Sections Congress Coordinator 25 JAN 2000 2:45 PM EST TO: Region 3 Executive Committee FROM: Daniel W. Jackson, Sections Congress Coordinator REPORT Sections Congress Coordinator 25 January 2000 Sections Congress Coordinator - Daniel W. Jackson CO-Coordinator - Butch Shadwell Report on SC'99: A total of 55 members of Region 3 attended Sections Congress '99 in Minneapolis. Of these, 30 were primary delegates. Ten individuals were fully funded from entities external to Region 3. Fourteen individuals were invited speakers. Four sections funded a second section delegate. The total expenses of those submitting expense reports to Region 3 were $35,539.12. Of this amount, Region 3 paid $23,990.91 from the Sections Congress reserve (total available $34,318.57) and the sections paid $7,154.45. The remainder was paid from other Region 3 accounts, e.g., Student Activities, Corporate Relations Project, by other IEEE entities, or by employers. The average airfare was $298.10; original estimates were based on an average airfare of $370. Average ground expenses were $585.87; average total expenses $883.97. Sections Congress 2002, Washington, DC: Goal: Have all active Sections in Region 3 send at least one delegate to SC'02 Objective: Submit preliminary Region 3 funding plan to the Excom at the spring 2000 meeting. Encourage all sections to establish a SC'02 reserve for funding one or more delegates to SC'02. Communicate regularly through electronic and printed media to all Sections about SC'02 and its value to the section and the delegate. At this time no information has been distributed to the Sections about SC'02. Daniel W. Jackson