IEEE 3 ExCom E-Conf - 28 August 2006

<DaveG> Hi, Welcome to fourth meeting of the 2006 ExCom ...

<DaveG> under the leadership of Director McClure. ...

<DaveG> At his request, I am serving as your meeting ...

<DaveG> facilitator. This is a formal meeting (one night). ...

<DaveG> Our agenda is at https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2006-08/agendas.html ...

<DaveG> What I would like to do first is have everyone say their name ...

<DaveG> into the channel. That way we will have a log of names versus nicknames...

<DaveG> (You don't have to wait your turn for this but just do it. Now) ...

<DaveG> Dave Green, Secretary / ECSC

<BillC> Bill Clayton, R3 Comms

<ChasLT> Charles Lord, LD Chair, NCC Chair, LDO Chair, Knowledge Management / Archive Chair, ENCS PACE Chair, Hatmaker

<GeorgeM> George McClure R3 director

<Robbie> Wilfred A. Roberts, Jamaica Section Chair.

<Charles> Charles Hickman, Treasurer

<don> Don Hill, Conference Chair

<Lee> Lee Stogner, R3 Membership and Sales

<DickR> Dick Riddle SPC Chair

<BillR> Bill Ratcliff- R3 Director-Elect

<Roy> Roy Harris

<JimB> James (Jim) Beall Southcon Director

<ReginaH> Regina Hannemann, Lexington Section Chair

<dbower> David Bower, R3 Public Information Officer

<AllanL> Allan Long, SoutheastCon 2006 Chair

<DaveG> Welcome all...

<DaveG> We will use our protocol of asking for recognition to ...

<DaveG> speak by sending "C" for comment or "Q" for question into ...

<DaveG> channel and I will recognize you. Note the use of the "..." ...

<DaveG> JimA -> please introduce yourself and give your position.

<JimA> Hello -- I'm Jim Anderson, Vice-Chair of teh FWCS Section

<DaveG> Thanks and welcome.

<DaveG> to imply that my thought continues on the next line. ...

<DaveG> You end a line with a "." or "?" when done and the facilitator ...

<DaveG> will resume 'control'. ...

<DaveG> GeorgeM -> would you like to give a welcome? GA GeorgeM

<GeorgeM> Yes - Glad you all took time from your busy schedules to participate. Thank you - and welcome.

<DaveG> Thanks...

<DaveG> The consent agenda has two items: ...

<DaveG> 3a. The ExCom to receive the reports listed in the Information ,,,

<DaveG> Agenda ...

<DaveG> 3b. The ExCom to approve the minutes of its last meeting as ...

<DaveG> previously distributed.

<DaveG> Any objection to approving the consent agenda? ...

<DaveG> (Any objection will move them to the action agenda). Q/C?

<DaveG> Hearing no objections, we will consider the consent agenda as approved...

<DaveG> when the agenda is adopted. ...

<DaveG> There are no action items. ...

<DaveG> There are several discussion items on the agenda as well ...

<DaveG> as the information agenda containing reports. ...

<DaveG> Does anyone have any changes or additions to the agenda? Q/C?

<DaveG> (reminder: https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2006-08/agendas.html#ExcomMeeting)

<DaveG> If there are no objections, we will assume we have adopted an agenda. Q/C?

<DaveG> We have an agenda...

<DaveG> GeorgeM, please give any comments as your Director's Report.

<DaveG> GA GeorgeM

<GeorgeM> Two things - one promoting attendance at the fall Reg. 3 meeting for both section and PACE leaders, the other is making sure all section reports are complete including conflict of interest disclosures. Some of the latter are not filed.

<DaveG> Thanks. Q/C?

<DickR> c

<DaveG> GA DickR

<DickR> how do we find out who is missing?

<GeorgeM> Region Activities can answer queries; The reports for Tri-Cities need completing. Members of the Florida Council in some cases were not aware of the COI disclosure requirement.

<DickR> 10-4

<Charles> c

<DaveG> GA Charles

<Charles> A reminder about CoI missing documents was...

<Charles> sent to the "appropriate" person.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> Director-Elect's report/comments - GA BillR

<BillR> I don't have anything to add to the report except to tham=nk everyone who is attending the various special meetings I have called this quarter.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> Secretary's Report ...

<DaveG> * Reports are still being accepted (several are missing) ...

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> Treasurer's report -- GA Charles

<Charles> Report submitted; no additions.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> There was a past director's report submitted -- Q/C?

<DaveG> Again, there is no action agenda.

<DaveG> Discussion Agenda...

<DaveG> Item 10a -- Fall Meeting (there is a sub-part as 10d). ...

<DaveG> Existing info on Fall meeting has been mailed out and posted to web...

<DaveG> https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2006-10/

<DaveG> GeorgeM: would you like to discuss the meeting?

<GeorgeM> Yes - we have invited all four president-elect candidates: IEEE and IEEE-USA, as well as staff from RAD.....

<GeorgeM> Open to topics we want to hear from staff about. ...

<GeorgeM> The nearest MARTA stop for GPC is Peachtree Center; for the Fairfield Inn it is Civic Center. Any suggestions about what we would like from staff for training or status?

<GeorgeM> Oops - I got those MARTA stops reversed!

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> Hi Bob

<DaveG> Please introduce yourself and give position.

<Bob> Made it via the web url, thanks to BillR.

<GeorgeM> Looks like the server had a glitch.

<DaveG> There seemed to have been a server issue keeping folks from logging in and I think IEEE staff did a "reset" on it...

<DaveG> to try to let more folks in (like Bob). I sent them a note and told them we were live but <G>...

<AllanL> (I'm glad it's not just me!)

<DaveG> Anyway, let's see if this helps overall. We will wait a min or two for stability ...

<DaveG> I think we have lost the "operator" status but that is not important. ...

<DaveG> Let's re-run through introductions to make sure everyone is back and catch any name changes.

<DaveG> Dave Green, R3 Secretary, ECSC

<GeorgeM> George McClure, R3 director

<BillC> Bill Clayton, Comms

<Lee> Lee Stogner, R3 Membership and Sales

<Charles> Charles Hickman, Treasurer

<AllanL> Allan Long, SoutheastCon 2006 Chair

<don> Don Hill, Conference Chair

<JimB> James (Jim) Beall Southcon Director

<DickR> Dick Riddle, SPC Chair

<BobD> Bob Duggan, Flat World honcho

<BillR_> Bill Ratcliff R3 Director- Elect

<Robbie> Wilfred A. Roberts, Jamaica Section Chair.

<Roy> Roy Harris Specsial Review Cmte

<DaveG> OK, let's return to discussing fall meeting...

<DaveG> You can see that it is bringing in PACE, R3 Section Chairs and ExCom and starts with ...

<DaveG> training at 10am Friday and runs through Sunday at noon. ...

<DaveG> We will not have wireless at the meeting due to security rules of Georgia Power Company ...

<DaveG> where we will be meeting ...

<DaveG> it will exist in hotel. ...

<DaveG> Q/C?

<Lee> c

<DaveG> GA Lee

<Lee> In my Membership Report, I asked the Section Chairs if they would fund their local MD Chairs to travel to the meeting, has anyone received any feedback ?

<DaveG> This is item 10d on agenda. Let's hold for a minute.

<DaveG> Other questions about meeting structure or meeting in October. It is organized a bit differently in the past.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<EricA> Did the server get reset?

<DickR> Well I am back <g>

<AllanL> !

<BobD> I've gotten cut off three times & am using webIRC.

<EricA> I have three bad cuts on my hand -0-

<DickR> Bob I think it is the IEEE IRC server.

<Robbie> I was disconnected. Are you experiencing a Server problem?

<DickR> 10-4

<DaveG> Yes, there was a server issue that took us all off.

<Robbie> Thanks

<DaveG> Let's see GeorgeM is not back...

<DaveG> Nor Lee.

<DaveG> We will wait another min or two for Director McClure.

<BillC> (how come mr. murphy didn't sign in under his own name?)

<DaveG> GeorgeM, we are all back except Lee (I think) and he may be on way.

<GeorgeM> Q

<DaveG> GA GeorgeM

<GeorgeM> Do we want to reschedule for Wed. or newxt Mon., in view of server problems tonite? Some Fla. folks are preparing for a hurricane now.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<DaveG> I already have two simultaneous meetings scheduled for Wednesday. ...

<DaveG> Monday is Labor Day.

<DaveG> Q/C?

<ChasLT> c

<DaveG> GA ChasLT

<ChasLT> Wed the hurricane will be mid-R3, perhaps a week from Wed or plow forward tonight

<DaveG> Hi Khanh

<GeorgeM> q

<DaveG> GA GeorgeM

<GeorgeM> How would Wed. Sep. 6 suit the group?

<DaveG> Q/C?

<BillR_> 9/6 ok

<EricA> Wed next week sounds okay to me -0-

<AllanL> OK with Allan Long

<dbower> I'll be on vacation

<Charles> ok

<DaveG> ok

<BobD> 9/6 OK here

<ChasLT> ok

<Robbie> I have an ExCom meeting on Wednesday

<don> ok

<DickR> 9/6 ok

<DaveG> GeorgeM: Sounds like 9/6 works for most, would you like to recess the meeting till then?

<BobD> y

<JimB> 9-6 OK if FL does not see another H send reminder

<GeorgeM> Yes - maybe we can also get more section participation for that date, and Lee can give us his talk on MD. Meeting recessed until 9:00 pm EDT Sep. 6.