NC Council report to Region 3 Excom April 2005 North Carolina Council held its last meeting March 5, 2005 on the NC State University Centennial Campus. Represented at the meeting were 4 of the 5 sections.( Eastern, Central, Westerner and Winston-Salem) The council was visited by the Region 3 Director Bill Harrison. The meeting included section reports and discussion on issues with in the various sections. The council Will be publishing the schedules of the various section meetings on the council web site to help facilitate Better communications between the sections. We discussed participation of the sections at SoutheastCon 2005, and Sections Congress 2005. All Sections have been encouraged to contribute to Sections Congress. Other issues discussed included the revitalization of the Charlotte section. Several members of the] council have IEEE contacts in the Charlotte area and will be contacting them to help stimulate the Section. We have selected a nominations committee for officers of the 2006-2007 term of the council. Our next scheduled meeting will be Friday April 8, 7:00 PM as part of SoutheastCon 2005. Thanks, Chip Dawson, MCP CPIM IEEE NC Council Chair Senior Software Engineer GTS - Software Group RF Micro Devices 7628 Thorndike Rd NC 486 Greensboro, NC c.t.dawson@ieee.org 336-678-8691 work 336-678-0158 fax