To: Region 3 ExCom Cc: Region 3 Committee Fr: David Green, Region 3 ECSC Sb: Electronic Communications Systems Coordinator Report Dt: 23 March 2008 Members of the ExCom list who are listed as "xyz@ieee.org" on the list, but who are unable (or unwilling) to send as "xyz@ieee.org" but rather are using an address like "rst@isp.com" may self-register this as a "sending address" for the list by following the instructions in the January ECSC report (https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2008-01/ecsc.txt) The OUMgt project (now renamed MGA vTools) continues its first development in beta form: vTools.Meetings which helps prepare a meeting announcement for their web site and for other reuse (such as listing in MyIEEE, filing the L31, etc.) The system is still being developed with new features being added approximately monthly. The Alabama Section and the Eastern Tennessee Section in Region 3 are beta-ing the system so far. Anyone else who is interested in joining the group should contact me -- we have space for more beta participants. The electronic services used by IEEE volunteers includes E-mail, mailing lists, Newsgroups, Web services, TWiki Site, IRC, eNotice, Blogs, aliases, Region 3 OnLine Community, teleconference services, Internet Meeting Server, and as well as experimental capabilities like richer conferencing environments and collaboration services such as Skype and HighSpeedConferencing. We are considering which services to retire (and which to add) to make sure we provide appropriate support for Region 3 activities. We have purchased a replacement for the Region 3 Server (ie3col.eng.uab.edu) and will be working to deploy it soon, we will be making decisions as to which services to migrate and which to retire. Bill Clayton's report will give further information about Skype/HighSpeedConferencing Collaboration effort.