Leadership Development Committee 
Leadership by Developing Others Initiative 
Combined reports to the R3 Excom and Committee 
28 August 2006 

The main activity since my last report was the 2-day sweep of the
Eastern NC Section and its Lower Cape Fear Sub-section (Wilmington, NC
area) on July 11-12. The ENCS presentation on the 11th was very well
received by the 26 attendees, which included about 1/2 the section excom
and many interested members. The presentation on the 12th took place at
the UNC-Wilmington's executive training center. There were 6 attendees:
3 were IEEE members, 1 was an ex-member, and 2 were non-members. None
were part of the past executive committees of the subsection. The
attendees were very receptive of the training, and two expressed some
interest in seeing more activities in the Wilmington area. Follow-up
with the attendees has not shown one of the LDO attendees to desire to
be the facilitator, much less leader, of a new LCFSS. I will pass future
LCFSS activities back to my other hat of NC Council Chair and will
discuss it more in that report.

Now - the EXCITING news. Make your plans now to attend the Fall meeting
and training extravaganza in Atlanta Oct 27-29, 2006. The Friday session
starts at 10AM and is NOT, repeat NOT a repeat of any of my past
training, nor is it all lecture. We are going to start off a weekend
full of tools and exercises, discussions and working together to help
all of us grow our sections and be better leaders. There will be a
number of group and interactive training sessions that will be
applicable to section leaders, PACE leaders, A/C leaders, and our excom.
Over the weekend we will look at problem solving, volunteer recruitment,
ways of coming into personal contact with the members and ENGAGING the
member. I am working with the region leadership in order to make this a
Fun, Rewarding, and Energizing time for all. Now, I understand that
getting all of Friday off from work is a challenge, after all I have
worked for other people in past lives. But get there as soon as you can
because we hope to hit the ground running and not look back. Make your
travel plans NOW and I look forward to seeing all of you in October!

Charles J. Lord, P.E. 
IEEE Region 3 Leadership Development Chair 
IEEE Region 3 LDO Initiative Chair 
IEEE Region 3 Archives Initiative Chair 
IEEE NC Council Chair 
IEEE Eastern NC Section PACE Chair 
c.j.lord@ieee.org