To: Region 3 ExCom
Fm: Bob Duggan, Flat World Initiative chair
Subj:: Flat World Initiative Report for 1/07 ExCom
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                    Year-End Report
                    10 January 2007

1.  The Flat World initiative webpage was prepared and has been
    frequently updated:
        https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/spc/flatworld.htm

    This page focuses on IEEE Region 3:
     o Why the Flat World is pertinent to IEEE
     o How the Flat World Reality is seen throughout Region 3
     o What IEEE members and entities can do to recognize the Flat
        World Reality

2.  Tom Friedman's best seller "The World Is Flat" now has an extensive
    addendum, describing and praising the work of Georgia Tech in
    embracing the Flat World reality.  This is good Region 3 P.R.

3.  Articles re the Flat World Initiative were submitted for the Spring
    Reg 3 Newsletter.  An article re the Flat World Initiative was also
    submitted and included in the June Newsletter.  A write-up missed
    the Fall R3 Newsletter by a misunderstanding, but a draft is ready
    for the next newsletter.

4.  Recent articles in the Tau Beta Pi BENT, the BRIDGE of HKN, EE Times, &
    IEEE-USA have addressed globalization, the flat world, and the pros and
    cons of the Flat World economy we now are facing.  Correspondence has
    been exchanged with authors Lyle Feisel(TBPi), Joel Cuello (U of AZ),
    Kenneth Connor (RPI), Kenneth Jenkins (PennState), Frank Burge (EET),
    Ralph Wyndrum (IEEE-USA), John Meredith (IEEE Reg 5), and Lew Terman
    (IEEE Pres-Elect).  Several have commented on the Region 3 Flat World
    website.

5.  Interest in the Flat World Initiative has been expressed in Atlanta
    for Engineers' Week 2007.

6.  The IEEE International Microwave Symposium will be held in Atlanta
    in 2008.  We are discussing with MTT-S how the Flat World Initiative
    may be included in the symposium planning.

7.  References/links to pertinent articles in the press are still being
    added to the Flat World webpage.

8.  Feedback and suggestions are constantly solicited and always 
    appreciated.

9.  On a personal note my sacroiliac dysfunction problems are still being
    addressed with frequent physical therapy visits but with mixed results.
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Bob Duggan, chair
Flat World Initiative

Robert S. (Bob) Duggan, Jr.
r.duggan at ieee.org
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