ARC Mid-Year Report 11 Sep 2002 IEEE is reaching the end of the 2002 awards cycle. IEEE USA award nominations will be evaluated at the IEEE USA office in Washington D.C. the weekend of September 14. Several Region 3 members were nominated for various awards. Additional IEEE medallions have been purchased, and are being distributed to sections upon request at cost. The Region 3 award cycle for 2003 is now starting, so please remind your sections to start putting together nomination packages for our awards, which will be due on December 1. RAB Award nominations are due in by October 15, so please go to https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/rab/Awards/RABAWARDS.html for all of the details. John R. Twitchell