Director-Elect Report
October 16, 2017

(1) Jim Conrad and I attended the Florida Council meeting on October 14, 2017
in Orlando FL.  We were invited to present our vision of a reduced number of
Areas in Region 3.  I explained that the major reason for needing fewer Areas
was our shrinking budget.  It has been reduced about 1% to 3% each year for the
last several years.  The reduction in budget tracks our reduction in members
because the budget is funded by the assessment that each member pays.  Region 3
has an assessment that is lower than many other Regions.  We do not want to raise
the assessment so, the only alternative is to reduce expenses.  The major expense
paid by Region 3 is travel for volunteers to attend meetings.

(2) I have also started working with the Nominations and Appointments Committee
on the Region Committee Chairs for 2018.  We are seeking volunteers who are willing
and able to serve in these roles.  Since the Region adopted a new committee structure
for the ExCom, we now have 10 committee chairs to identify.  The volunteers who are
identified by the Nominations and Appointments Committee for these positions will be
invited to a Region 3 planning retreat to be held in December in Atlanta.

(3) I greatly appreciate many of you who have served faithfully in a volunteer
leadership position in Region 3 over the years.  If you are willing to serve again
or if you know of someone who is willing and able to serve on the ExCom of on one
of the committees of the ExCom please send a messge to Mary Ellen Randall or David
Green.

Respectively submitted,

Gregg Vaughn,
IEEE Region 3 Director-Elect 2016-2017