2009 Report - Region 3 GOLD
 
Accomplishments:
 
1. Put management routines in place for GOLD Affinity Group Chairs to call into
conference calls on a quarterly basis.

2. Established one on one personal relationships with each GOLD chairs to make the
communication easier.

3. Provided GOLD information at a larger scale than an Affinity Group level by
introducing Region 3 ExCom members, Section Chairs, GOLD AG chairs, Student Chairs,
Student Coordinators with an information of what other GOLD MGA groups and regions are
involved with, how having GOLD AG can help bridge the gap in continuing membership after
graduation, what kind of other GOLD programs the members can get involved with. This was
done in July, 2009 by inviting our guest speaker SOON Wan who was 2009 MGA Past GOLD
chair, co-founder of Humanitarian efforts.

4. Embrace "Leading by Example" leadership style by getting involved with GOLD
Humanitarian efforts to lead and show the path to the rest of Region 3 GOLD chairs and
young engineers how they can get involved.

5. Revived Atlanta GOLD AG activities by co-hosting a second GOLD Humanitarian Seminar
in Atlanta with Region 3 PACE.

6. Attended and gave speech, share experience, best practices and lessons learned at
Boston Humanitarian workshop in Oct, 2009.
 
Challenges:
 
1. Encouragement to form GOLD AG in areas with high volume students (such as Miami, FL)

2. Method of communication in planning events, standard practices or single point of
contact to request for communication
 
It was a great pleasure working for all of you in 2009. 

Respecfully submitted,

Wah Garris
IEEE GOLD Region 3 Coordinator
Past Chair - Atlanta Section GOLD Affinity Group