Area 8 Report for the January 12, 2008 Region 3 Executive Committee e-conference.

Evansville-Owensboro Section: Paul Blaylock, Chair of the
Evansville-Owensboro section reports that his immediate response to the
Sections Congress is very positive but is still in development. The primary
response has been motivational, and led directly to his increased
commitment to section leadership. Addisu Taddese has been appointed as the
new webmaster, and the section has started pulling together a stronger
online presence. The section has acquired the EvanOwen@ieee.org functional
email address to help increase communication between officers, and plans
for this to be the first point of contact for their web presence. They have
acquired web space within the IEEE servers, but have not yet deployed their
content. An IEEE Evansville- Owensboro group has been created on Linked-IN
and they have started using a public Evansville Owensboro Google Calendar
for planned section events.

Lexington Section: Adam Case Ward reports that the Lexington Section is now
using the vtools meeting function and that Don Hill has set up the vtools
election function. Ray Williams, the section secretary, is using the vtools
meeting function to generate his L31 reports.

Respectfully Submitted,
John Parr
Area 8 Chair