Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) Report for March 2006 ExCom Meeting 1. The SPC will meet on Friday 3/31 at 8:30 PM in Salon G at SoutheastCon 2006 in Memphis. Our webpage with key reference links is at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc 2. The draft meeting agenda is shown at: https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc/agenda06-03.txt We will be discussing several important items which may impact our Region 3 Strategic Plan, Bylaws, and Operations Manual. We have postponed making any formal changes to these documents until we have a clear understanding of purpose of the proposed change and its impact on our and other Governance documents. The latest approved version of the Region 3 Strategic Plan, Bylaws, and Operations Manual are accessible from the SPC website at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc 3. SPC Mentors assigned for 2006 are posted on the web at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc/mentors.txt I encourage the Region 3 Committee Chairs to involve the assigned mentor as a part of your committee and to take advantage of this resource in the operation of your committee. 4. The SPC 2005 Goals & Objectives are posted on the web at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc/g-o05.txt . G&Os for 2006 will be developed and posted following our SoutheastCon 2006 meeting in Memphis. 5, We look forward to our R3 ExCom meeting as well as our meetings in Memphis. =========================================================================== Respectfully submitted, Dick Riddle, SPC Chair