Region 3 - Past-Directors Report
July 12, 2005 Executive Committee Meeting

As the Regions Past-Director, I was hoping that my volunteer workload would
ease a bit - that has not been the case.  More than likely I only have
myself to blame for setting so many goals for myself and the entities I am
involved in, but that is not new and I don't see it changing in the near
future.

First - Section's Congress 2005
Currently, my work has been concentrating on our upcoming Sections Congress
2005 (SC05) - the first one every held in Region 3 (at least to my knowledge
it is).   This will be a highlight for the Region in 2005 and, as Section
Congress Steering Committee Chair, I can assure you we have some very
capable individuals working to make it one of the best ones ever held.

Let me take this opportunity to thank the many volunteers and staff involved
in putting on this SC05 event. They are putting in lots of volunteer hours
for all of us.  Key to our success are the leaders - Dave Green, Program
Committee Chair, Quang Tang, Local Committee Chair, and John Twitchell,
Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee.  Bill Harrison, our R3 Director is one
of several others who also sit on the Steering Committee.

And while I put a lot of my efforts towards SC05, I am still serving on the
following IEEE Committees:
- IEEE Audit Committee (consultant and past chair)
- IEEE Membership Development Committee (IEEE-USA Representative)
- IEEE Finance Committee (liaison from the Audit Committee)
- IEEE Nominations and Appointments Committee
- IEEE Regional Activities Board(RAB) Nominations and Appointments Committee
- IEEE Region 3 Nominations and Appointments Committee (chair)

Not to mention my local Section activities - Florida West Coast Section
(FWCS) Student Branch Mentor, Nominations Committee Member, Vice-Chair IAS
Annual Meeting 2006, Substation Committee Meeting 2005, and Chair of the
Power Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2007.

Now you can probably understand why my boat has not left its slip in over 6
months <grin> - but, of course, that is my choice and I thoroughly enjoy my
IEEE work.

Let me close by asking all of you to plan to attend our Sections Congress
2005 and to plan to bring as many of your officers with you as you can.  In
the not to distant future you will be provided more information on the cost
for additional officers and how to arrange for their attendance.  In the
mean time, please budget some funds to get them to this one-of-a-kind
meeting.