Conference dates are scheduled to be Friday March 30 thru Sunday April 1, 2001
The location will be at The Conference Center and Inn at Clemson University. The Conference Center is large enough for our conference. Additional hotel rooms are held at the Ramada Inn at Clemson.
An Organization chart has previously been sent to the Region 3 Ex Com. High-lights are:
Conference co-chairs – Mark Stokes & Nick Pasquerilla
Accomodations, Treasurer & Secretary – Nick
Registration & Publication – Mark
Industry Relations Committee- Lee Stogner & Allen Thomas
Program Activities Committee – John Gowdy
Our budget format was taken from the SECon 1999 Lexington Budget. It was re-worked and currently shows a $5000+ surplus. The budget has been reviewed by IEEE headquarters.
IEEE conference services worked to acquire competitive bids for this conference. Then they negotiated with The Conference Center for meeting space, hotel rooms and meals. Also, they arranged the rooms at the Ramada. We have signed contracts for all of the above.
The schedule will probably follow closely the Lexington and Nashville schedules. Meeting room space was acquired based on the Lexington schedule.
We hopefully will have a few interesting plant tours, spouses activities, some tutorials and possibly a student job fair. Hardware competition specifics will be presented at Nashville. The Conference Center is adjacent to an 18 hole golf course and Lake Hartwell.
We currently have a Call For Papers that will be in our Nashville booth. Additionally, we have some "Chamber of Commerce" info for the booth.