Director Report
December 16, 2018

IEEE
The IEEE Board met in November.  Several actions of the Board may be of interest
to the members in Region 3.
The Board extended the full funding for Collabratec through 2019, which is the
last year of the major development effort for this software product.  This is
good news for all users of Collabratec.

The Board approved position statements regarding (1) support of privacy engineerint,
and (2) universal access to the Internet.

The Board rejected an action that would have changed the governing documents
related to constitutional ammendments.


IEEE Audit Committee

The IEEE Audit Committee met in conjunction with the IEEE Board series.
In 2019, I will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee.
As alsays, the primary topic of discussion is the issue involving IEEE GLobalSpec. 

IEEE-USA

The IEEE-USA Board of Directors approved a special allocation of surplus funds in
the amount of $24,000.00 to improve the living conditions in the MOVE truck.
It is anticipated that some kind of sleeping arrangements and other creature
comfort items will be added to the truck with this funding.  Items such as
these were considered when the truck was originally designed.  The Red Cross
agreed to provide food and lodging for our MOVE volunteers during disasters.
However, the recent hurricane was so bad that the Red Cross was not able to
provide for their own volunteers.

Region 3 ExCom Committee Chairs

I want to express my great appreciation for the work of Chase Battaglio as
Region 3 Secretary.  She is stepping down from this position at the end of 2018.
What a great job she has done in this rather difficult and demanding job.

However, Pat Donohoe has agreed to take over the job.  There will be a transition
period during which the responsibilities will move from Chase to Pat.  Please be
patient at this transition takes place.

How are you doing with respect to the goals that you set at our
planning meeting last December? 

First IEEE Region 3 ExCom meetings for 2019

January 28, 2019, IEEE Region 3 ExCom meeting, WebEx.

Respectively submitted,

Gregg Vaughn
IEEE Region 3 Director 2018-2019