To: Region 3 ExCom
    Region 3 Section Chairs
From: Dick Riddle
Subject:  LDO Project Report

Project Purpose and Scope

The Leadership by Developing Others (LDO) Project has be established
to restore the "art of mentoring" for and by our volunteer members.

Today, IEEE is faced with the lack of support and participation from
industry, members are not volunteering for leadership positions,
members are not attending meetings, and members don't understand or
take advantage of the services offered by IEEE.  We hope that the LDO
Project will help find some solutions to these concerns.

LDO is joint project of the R 3 Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) and
the Leadership Development Committee (LDC). SPC will provide mentoring
expertise and Quality Control of all products and training. LDO
Project Team will provide project management and guidelines. LDC will
provide development of training material, training of pilot teams, and
coordination of future training.

Project Team Formation

A Project Team has been formed consisting of David Green, Charles
Lord, Bill Ratcliff, Dick Riddle, Bob Duggan, Joey Duvall, and Bill
Harrison.  Two basic text books have been selected and distributed to
the Project Team for study and course develop suggestions.  The title
of the books are "Making the Most of Being Mentored: How to Grow from
a Mentoring Partnership", and "Mentoring: How to Develop Successful
Mentor Behaviors" authored by Gordon F. Shea.

Pilot Team 1 Formation 

In February, the first Pilot Team to be trained will be selected.  The
proposed members of Pilot Team 1 are: Region 3 Officers, 2-
Area/Council Chairs, and 2-Committee Chairs. The long-range plan is to
provide LDO training to all that want it and in particular the
ExCom. However, Pilot Team 1 has been deliberately limited to a small
cross section of the ExCom. After commitment has been obtained from
the Pilot Team 1 members, they will be invited to collaborate with the
Project Team on the R3 LDO Virtual Community.

Start of Formal Training

In March, a joint face-to-face joint meeting of the Project Team and
Pilot Team 1 will be held on Thursday, March 25, 2004, one day prior
to the start of SoutheastCon 2004 in Greensboro, NC. This meeting will
start of the formal training of the Pilot Team. The meeting will start
at 12 noon Thursday and will continue until 12 noon on Friday, March
26th. The final training session has not been developed yet, but we
plan to use the Region 3 Operations Manual and the two books by Gordon
F. Shea.

Collaboration and Course Refinement

From April through August 2004, the Project and Pilot Teams will
continue working together to further define the training module and
evaluate the results of Pilot Team 1.

Pilot Team 2 Formation

In September, it is planned to obtain the commitment of Pilot Team 2.
As previously stated, the long-range plan is to provide LDO training
to all that want it and in particular the ExCom. However, there will
be funding and physical limitations on just how many can be
realistically accommodated as members of Pilot Team 2. After Pilot
Team 2 is formed a face-to-face meeting is planned to be held in
conjunction with 2004 Fall ExCom meeting.

Richard L. Riddle
reply to r.riddle@ieee.org