To: Region 3 ExCom 2003 Subject: Winter Report for Communications Committee - 6Jan2003 The Communications Committee is pursuing the direction as presented in the November ExCom Meeting in Knoxville... * Increase Concentration on Web Sites * Expand the production of Newsletters (electronic and hardcopy) * Remote Meetings, Presentations, Training * Enhance PR / Public Information * Get Moving on Archive Management * Expand the use of e-Conferencing A Newsletter re-engineering Project has been created. You are encouraged to enter the discussion of the project charter... https://ie3col.eng.uab.edu/twiki/bin/view/R3econf/NewsletterProject The next issue of the hardcopy version is targeted to support SoutheastCon 2003 so please include in the article you are writing for your committee the activities you are planning for the Region 3 Annual Meeting at SoutheastCon. Please contact the Marvin Neiditz ( mailto:m.neiditz@ieee.org ), News letter Editor for details. The Remote Meetings Project has been running several tests using NetMeeting and will continue to expand the range of testing including plans for a full scale demonstration in the near future. Contact Charles Lord ( mailto:c.j.lord@ieee.org ) with your ideas, suggestions, questions, willingness to participate. Keeping our various websites current is essential in our rapidly changing / information driven society. Chip Dawson R3 Webmaster made several changes to websites at the Knoxville meeting but don't wait until SoutheastCon if you need Chip's assistance ( mailto:c.t.dawson@ieee.org ) . The Communications Committee is also discussing various mechanisms of web access, so stay tuned or better yet join the discussion. https://ie3col.eng.uab.edu/twiki/bin/view/R3econf/WebAccess The Communications Committee meets via IRC about every 2 weeks and all committees are always welcome to attend. The agenda is posted on a Twiki web page at... https://ie3col.eng.uab.edu/twiki/bin/view/R3econf/AgendaDevelopment If you have any questions, problems, suggestions regarding e-conferencing or the various tools (IRC, NewsGroups, TWiki ...) please do not hesitate to contact me (mailto:w.ratcliff@ieee.org ) or anyone on the committee. See you on the Net! (especially Monday evening 1/6/2003) Respectfully Submitted: William B. Ratcliff, Communications Committee Chair 2003 mailto:w.ratcliff@ieee.org