Region 3 ExCom
March 15, 2004

Participants (* if voting): 

Bellarmine*, Bower, Dawson*, Donohoe*, Duggan*, Duvall, Green*,
Harris, Harrison* (chair), Hill*, Hickman*, Howard*, Lord, Parr*,
Ratcliff*, Riddle, Stogner*, Twitchell*, Walcott*,

David Green served as meeting facilitator at the invitation of
Director Bill Harrison.  Director Harrison welcomed members to the
meeting.  He noted that we would attempt to complete the meeting in
one evening if possible.

The group approved the agenda as distributed adding an item about
WIE (Women in Engineering) to the discussion agenda, and noting one
item that would be covered in Executive Session at the end of the
agenda.

The group approved two items on the consent agenda:
  1. ExCom approved the minutes of it's January 2004 ExCom (e-conf)
  2. ExCom received the reports that are part of the information
     agenda.

After discussion, the group agreed that Director Harrison and Charles
Lord would discuss the position related to Women in Engineering
further and report back.

The officers (Director, Secretary, Treasurer) referred members to
their distributed written reports.  Secretary Green noted that
reports could still be submitted and asked that members check their
address information on the roster and report any changes needed.

The group discussed plans associated with the Region 3 Meeting that
would be held the following week in Greensboro.  SoutheastCon 2004
Conference Chair Dawson briefed the group on plans and noted that
there was an issue getting a visa to bring the student hardware entry
from the University of Technology, Jamaica into the country.  Chip
reminded members to register as a R3 Attendee.

Members were invited to comment on their areas of responsibility.
Most referred attendees to their reports.  GOLD Chair Duvall noted
that there would be a GOLD session at the meeting.

Ahead of an Executive Session, Director Harrison thanked everyone for
their participation and noted the second half of the meeting time (on
17 March 2004) would not be used since the ExCom's agenda was
completed.

The ExCom then met in Executive Session.  After the Executive Session,
it was announced that the ExCom had approved the ARC motion to
recognize former Director Reed Thompson with the Daniel W. Jackson
Award and to formally announce the award at the upcoming Region
meeting.

Having completed it's business, Director Harrison adjourned the meeting
noting that the next meeting (e-conf) would be July 10, 2004 after the
Region 3 Meeting next week.

Respectfully submitted,

David Green
Region 3 Secretary