To: Region 3 ExCom 
Fr: David Green, Region 3 ECSC 
Sb: Electronic Communication Systems Coordinator Report 
Dt: January 15, 2006

I have agreed to continue to work with Communications Chair Bill Clayton and the many
others who are the members of the Communications committee to support the systems that
facilitate communications for IEEE service to the member.

Bill Ratcliff chaired the RAB Section/Chapter Support Committee for Electronic
Communication Coordinators last year (and this year) and with real meetings of that
group and I noticed that the other regions have someone participating at that level
who is more like our chair of the Communications Committee rather than a member of it.
I have recommended and Bill Clayton, Bill Ratcliff, and George McClure have concurred
that Region 3 member of that committee should be the chair of the Region 3
Communications Committee.

The electronic services used by IEEE volunteers includes E-mail, mailing lists,
Newsgroups, Web services, TWiki Site, IRC, aliases and as well as experimental
capabilities like richer conferencing environments and collaboration services.

Speaking of the e-mail alias system... if you are new to your position or are passing
things to your successor, please let me know how things should change.

Presently my goals and objectives for 2006 include

1. Assist in keeping the group aliases current. 

2. Keeping the services functioning including 
   a. plan replacement or decommissioning of ie3col
   b. newsgroup revitalization (or elimination)
   c. ieeer3 our meeting support server
   
3. Be an active member on the Communications Committee

4. Assisting with various ECC items such as eNotice, mailing lists, etc.

I understand that additional goals and objectives may be derived from the planning
activities at the ExCom meeting in Atlanta.

Group aliases (lists) should, in my opinion, be normally controlled by someone close
to the action. That would mean that the Conference Committee alias should be
controlled by someone on that committee with support from the Communications Committee
as needed. I would also suggest there be at least two administrators (one a backup). I
am serving as the backup on many lists and would be willing to serve as the backup
administrator on others as appropriate.