To: Region 3 ExCom
Fr: David Green, Region 3 ECC
Sb: Electronic Communications Coordinator Report
Dt: January 5, 2003

I have agreed to continue to work with Communications Chair Bill
Ratcliff, Webmaster Chip Dawson and others including the
E-Conferencing committee this year to help facilitate communications
for IEEE service to the member.  I am serving as the Electronic
Communications Coordinator (ECC).

The electronic services used by IEEE volunteers includes E-mail,
mailing lists, Newsgroups, Web services, TWiki Site, IRC, aliases and
as well as experimental capabilities like richer conferencing
environments and collaboration services.

Brian Swail has agreed to continue to help me out and manage the R3
Section Mailing lists again this year.  Thanks Brian!  If Section
Leaders are finding these e-mails are going to the wrong folks, please
let Brian (b.swail@ieee.org) or me know.  Feel free to just tell us
where it should go if you are unaware of how it is presently done.

I am also pleased to note that Mark Stokes has agreed to be Vice-ECC
in 2003.  Mark has been actively attending the Communications
committee and RAB ECC meetings and I look forward to working with him
again.

Our goals and objectives for 2003 include

  1. Keeping the aliases current.
  2. Keeping the services functioning including
     a. update to operating system on ie3col
     b. newsgroup revitalization
  3. Decomissioning the ETI database towards middle or end of year
     (assuming a hardware failure does not move us to earlier
     action and assuming the PAOC is satisfied with their new
     replacement approach.)
  4. Be active members on the Communications Committee