Area 6 (Alabama and Mississippi) Report

Alabama Section

The Alabama Section and the Montgomery Subsection are alive and
well. This section continued to have strong technical societies and
outstanding programs for 2003. The Alabama Section has chapters in
Industry Applications, Communications, Power Engineering, Engineering
Management, and Computer. For current section information, visit their
web site at https://www.eng.uab.edu/ieeea/

Huntsville Section

The Huntsville Section is doing well, providing a full slate of
meetings for its members in 2003. The local Societies were also very
active. The Section has active Chapters in Joint Communications, APS,
and MTT Societies - JCAM, Aerospace Electronics and Systems Society,
Computer Society, and Control Systems Society. 2003 officers were
recently elected for a second term. The Huntsville Section will be
celebrating 50 years as an IEEE Section in 2004. The Huntsville
Section web site is located at https://www.ieee-huntsville.org/

Mobile Section - There is no Mobile Section news to report.

Mississippi Section Report

The Mississippi Section celebrated 53 years as an IEEE section in
2003. They had a very diverse slate of eight section meetings in
2003. They have a web page up and running, with valuable IEEE
information online, including meetings. The Mississippi Section web
site is located at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/mississippi/


Area 6


I hope to secure a Vice Chair for Area 6 within the next month. Also,
I plan to schedule and participate in a Teleconference with Bill
Harrison, Jim Howard, David Green and my 4 section chair. Area 6 is
quite spread out geographically, as it covers almost 2 full
states. Goals will include:


1. Encourage all members to have IEEE Section web sites with
   up-to-date information on them.

2. Remind all sections (on multiple occasions) of the February 20
   reporting deadline to get the 10% bonus from IEEE.

3. Strengthen relationship with recently elected/re-elected Section
   Chairs, and establish regular communication channels.

4. Encourage all sections the participate in Region 3 meetings,
   including SoutheastCon 2004.

Respectfully Submitted,



R. Brian Skelton
IEEE Region 3 
Area 6 (AL/MS) Chair