Director Report April 15, 2018 IEEE-USA Board activities. I (will attend) attended the IEEE-USA Board meeting on April 16, 2018. The main items on the agenda of the meeting are the approval of a position statement and the report of the IEEE-USA Treasurer. IEEE Audit Committee I attended the IEEE Audit Committee meeting on April 11, 2018. The purpose of this meeting was to receive the audit report from the external auditors of the IEEE. SoutheastCon 2018 We are looking forward to SoutheastCon 2018, which is later this week. Many volunteers have contributed hundreds of hours of work in order to make this event a success. Now we are in the home stretch. I look forward to seeing all of you in St Petersburg. SoutheastCon 2018 Region Committee Program, Section Chairs or Delegates You should have received the template (Power Point) that I sent for you to use in your presentations. If you did not get one, it is available from the Region 3 Secretary. Your presentations will be on Sunday morning as part of our Region 3 Committee business meeting. SoutheastCon 2018 Region Committee Program, Region Executive Committee Chairs You should have received the template (Power Point) that I sent for your presentations. You may add slides as needed; however, please stay within your alloted times. A detailed schedule of the Region Committee Program is included in the discussion items for this meeting. Please supply your slides to Secretary Battaglio before you travel to SoutheastCon. Remember that your report should include at least the following items. (1) The members of the committee (individuals and job functions). (2) The responsibilities that are assigned to the committee as prescribed in the Region 3 Operations Manual, section V. (3) The activities that the committee will pursue in 2018. (4) The goals that the committee wants to accomplish in 2018. These presentations (and a few others) will be on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Remaining IEEE Region 3 ExCom meetings for 2018 April 16, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. April 19-22, 2018, SoutheastCon 2018, St. Petersburg, FL. April 22, 2018, IEEE Region 3 Committee meeting. May 21, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. June 18, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. July 16, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. August 20, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. September 17, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. Vote on Director-Elect Candidates. October 15, 2018, IEEE Region 3 Committee meeting, WebEx. Endorse Director-Elect Candidates. November 19, 2018, No ExCom meeting. IEEE Board series. December 17, 2018, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx. Respectively submitted, Gregg Vaughn IEEE Region 3 Director 2018-2019