IEEE Region 3
Public Information Report
October 15, 2001

The Public Information Committee has been created to support the needs
of Region 3 during 2001. Since the last report, the following
activities have been completed,

Several Region 3 articles have been published at the national IEEE
level through our Professional Activities channels.

In April, the IEEE-USA Workshop was held in Tampa.  During that
workshop, a number of Region 3 members had the chance to meet and
network with IEEE members from across the US and the rest of the
world.

The SC Council of IEEE requested that we help them develop a new web
page that would make it easier to organize and share information with
its members and the public that visit the page.  The PI organization
took this request as a challenge to create a information portal that
would be useful not only in conveying information but become a weekly
gathering point for all SC based IEEE members.  The design borrowed
elements from other portals that give the visitor a quick means to
check on information or find other information that is relevant to the
entity that the portal represents.  The final design can be found at,

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/south_carolina_council/

Please note that the site brings together a mapped approach to IEEE at
the council, region, national and international level.  The site also
gives access to the best of other EE sites that promote careers and
the profession.  Add real time news, stocks, weather and sports and we
hope that we have created a site that members will visit over and
over.  Please let me know if you know of other EE or technology sites
that should be linked from the new site.  Also please let me know your
comments about overall site content and layout.  My hope is that this
site can be a reference that can be used to improve all of the Region
3 sites and their communications to the membership and to the public.

Public Information is not just about web sites and real time news
feeds.  It's about using our words to inform the world about what we
do and how it impacts the lives of all of us.  I need all of us to
take the time to write about our meetings, our members and the special
projects that all sections do.  Those articles can be posted locally
and shared with other IEEE publications.  If you would like to try
your hand at writing, please visit the PI web page at,

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/publicinfo/

This page contains a number of reference sites that can answer your
questions and hopefully get you started.

We also have a PI discussion forum.  This site is interactive and can
be found at,

https://r3-collab.eng.uab.edu/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=xover&group=ieee.r3pubinf&from=&utag=&sub=y

We continue to distribute copies of the R3 Communications CD. This CD
contains a number of IEEE-USA, R3 and PACE documents as well as
shareware programs that are necessary in setting up a communications
program.  As before, the R3 Public Information Committee is a part of
the R3 Communications Committee. Our involvement in the overall
communications effort of R3 will ensure that our programs and message
will be integrated and consistent.

If you've got news about EE's in Region 3, please let me help you tell
the rest of the world.

Thanks,

Lee Stogner
R3 Public Information Chair
l.stogner@ieee.org