DaveG>> I guess I should appologize for the confusion, it appears that ...
DaveG>> we have some folks thinking 1 April (due to one web page) and ...
DaveG>> others thinking about tonight as the meeting as was broadcast ...
DaveG>> more places. Anyway, sorry. I would suggest we review ...
DaveG>> items tonight since it appears we are all running behind and ...
DaveG>> make sure we know what we have left to do and then ...
DaveG>> perhaps meet on 1 April for the second half of the meeting ...
DaveG>> when we have more of the stuff ready -- does this sound ...
DaveG>> reasonable -- Q/C?
DaveG>> JimH: ?
JimH>> c
DaveG>> GA JimH
JimH>> Dave, that sounds like a good plan.
HaldenM>> q
DaveG>> GA HaldenM
HaldenM>> Does this mean that no meeting will...
HaldenM>> be held on the 27th?
DaveG>> That would be my proposal.
DaveG>> Q/C?
DaveG>> OK, lets proceed with this approach...
DaveG>> Welcome to the 1st part of the caucus of the ExCom to for ...
DaveG>> our second meeting of 2002 under the leadership of Director Howard. ...
DaveG>> At his request, I am serving as your meeting ...
DaveG>> facilitator. The purpose of this caucus is to discuss things ...
DaveG>> prior to our official meeting for the purpose of informing members, ...
DaveG>> discovering where more information is needed, to build consensus, ...
DaveG>> and to ensure that our official meeting is productive and effective. ...
DaveG>> This is a pre-meeting so no official actions will be taken. ...
DaveG>> Our agenda is on the web at ...
DaveG>> https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2002-04/agendas.html ...
DaveG>> -- you may want to "hit refresh" if your copy is "old" as some changes...
DaveG>> were made right before the start of the meeting. ...
DaveG>> What I would like to do first is have eveyone say their name ...
DaveG>> into the channel. That way we will have a log of names versus nicknames...
DaveG>> So for example: Dave Green, Secretary / ECC ...
DaveG>> (You don't have to wait your turn for this but just do it. Now)
BobD>> Bob Duggan, SPC chair
JimH>> Jim Howard, R3 Director
CharlesH>> Charles Hickman, Treasurer
ChipD>> Chip Dawson NC Council Chair/ R3 Webmaster
DWJ>> Dan Jackson, Sections Congress Co-coordinator
BillHarri>> Bill Harrison, Director-Elect
HaldenM>> Halden Morris, Area 9 Chair, SoutheastCon 2003 Chair
BillR>> Bill Ratcliff, R3 Communications Committee Chair
CharlesL>> Charles Lord, Leadership Development Chair
DickR>> Dick Riddle, R3 Past Director (00-01)
Lee>> Lee Stogner, Membership Development
DaveG>> Thanks...
DaveG>> We will use our protocol of asking for recognition to ...
DaveG>> speak by sending "C" for comment or "Q" for question into ...
DaveG>> channel and I will recognize you. Note the use of the "..." ...
DaveG>> to imply that my thought continues on the next line. ...
DaveG>> You end a line with a "." or "?" when done and the facilitator ...
DaveG>> will resume 'control'. ...
DaveG>> At this time, I would like to invite Director Howard to ...
DaveG>> make any comments he would like to... GA (Go Ahead) JimH.
JimH>> I think most of you are aware that this has been a very ...
JimH>> intense year for many of the companies in the region. This ...
JimH>> is showing up as less volunteer time available for IEEE. I have ...
JimH>> spoken to many who feel they are being pulled in many, many ...
JimH>> directions. With that said I want to start by thanking ...
JimH>> each of you for your time and efforts on the part of the region. ...
JimH>> and I am looking forward to seeing each of you at SEC. I would ...
JimH>> also like to encourage you to make sure your Section have a rep ...
JimH>> at this years SEC.
DaveG>> thanks. Q/C?
DaveG>> 2. Action Item Discussion
DaveG>> 3. Review of Consent Agenda Items (any controversy?) Green
DaveG>> 4. Discussion Items
DaveG>> - Can yield new Action/Discussion/Information Items
DaveG>> 4a1. Review of Plans for Southeastcon Howard/Lord
DaveG>> 4a2. Review Plans for Breakout Sessions
DaveG>> (form) Howard
DaveG>> 4b. Review Plans for Leadership Training Lord
DaveG>> 5. Information Items
DaveG>> - Can yield new Action/Discussion/Information Items
DaveG>> 6. Review of schedule for 5 - 7 April Green
DaveG>> 7. Closing Comments Howard
DaveG>> Any additions to agenda?
DaveG>> hearing none..
DaveG>> we do not have any items I have logged for action yet...
DaveG>> are there any items folks are planning to bring for ...
DaveG>> ExCom action at the meeting?
DaveG>> Q/C?
DWJ>> c
DaveG>> GA Dan
BobD>> c
DWJ>> I sent the R3 funding Plan for SC'02 to the Excom...
DWJ>> for comments. I received none. This revised plan needs...
DWJ>> to be approved at the Columbia meeting. I sent a marked...
DWJ>> up plan and the proposed final plan.
DaveG>> Thanks. I will add it - Q/C on the distributed plan?
JimH>> c
DaveG>> GA JimH
JimH>> No direct comments on the plan, but I wanted to let you (and Dan) ...
JimH>> know that I have asked our FinCom to consider the costs associated ...
JimH>> with having the Excom mt at SC02 and bring their recommendation ...
JimH>> to the excom at SEC.
DaveG>> Other Q/C?
DaveG>> Other items for the action agenda?
BobD>> We should of course have the latest R3 ByLaws approved by R3 Committee at SECon. (ExCom has already Ok'd them).
DaveG>> 10-4. This IS on the action agenda for the Region. Thanks. Q/C on this?
DaveG>> Other Items for action agenda?
DaveG>> OK, the consent agenda has approval of the minutes and receipt of the information agenda reports ...
DaveG>> any comments about either of these?
DaveG>> Discussion Items
DaveG>> - Can yield new Action/Discussion/Information Items ...
DaveG>> there are some specific bullets for this caucus but ...
DaveG>> there is no discussion agenda for the ExCom presently...
DaveG>> tonight we have ...
DaveG>> Review of Plans for Southeastcon Howard/Lord ...
DaveG>> https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2002-04/ ...
DaveG>> JimH: would you like to start this item?
JimH>> sure ...
JimH>> The plans for this years SEC will be very similar to last year, in that ...
JimH>> we will be utilizing the break out sessions again. We will, ...
JimH>> however start this years SEC with a general meeting to try to get ...
JimH>> everyone attending to understand our desire that they attend ...
JimH>> the training and breakout sessions and provide input to the session ...
JimH>> chairs, as to what their Sections need in the way of support...
JimH>> from the Region. A specail thanks to CharlesL for his work ...
JimH>> in getting this SEC set up for this type plan.
DaveG>> Thanks. CharlesL - comments?
CharlesL>> (well let's see if it works first)...
CharlesL>> Thanks Dave and Jim...
CharlesL>> The primary idea for the AM session is to get the seciton chairs and new excom folks up to speed...
CharlesL>> and on the same page. Part 1 of training will explain the R3 framework and what will happen for rest of day...
CharlesL>> part 2, while some of you will break off with DaveG to plan facilitation of the breakouts, will be more nuts and bolts...
CharlesL>> for the newer folks and a preview of what we plan to give to the areas and councils later in the year. A snapshot is at ...
CharlesL>> https://ie3col.eng.uab.edu/twiki/bin/view/R3econf/AprilEconfTrain
CharlesL>> .
DaveG>> Q/C?
DaveG>> Thanks CharlesL. I gather than the Gold folks will be attending the ...
DaveG>> training and a few other pieces plus doing their own things some ...
DaveG>> other times. Correct?
CharlesL>> yes...
CharlesL>> as I understand it, their parts are during the two committee sessions.
DaveG>> Plus Friday night?
CharlesL>> well, yes...
CharlesH>> c
CharlesL>> that is purely social for now (last I heard from Sean and Joey)
DaveG>> GA CharlesH
CharlesH>> I have invited our GOLD Chair. I hope we...
CharlesH>> have a good training program for her and others.
DaveG>> Other Q/C?
DaveG>> OK, thanks all...
DaveG>> Review Plans for Breakout Sessions
DaveG>> (form) Howard
DaveG>> ...
DaveG>> https://r3-collab.eng.uab.edu/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=article&group=ieee.r3excom&item=58&utag= ...
DaveG>> is what we did last year ...
DaveG>> https://ecelx00.eng.uab.edu/breakouts.php3 ...
DaveG>> is voting for which topics. JimH would you start off this topic?
JimH>> sure ...
JimH>> The last time I checked the voting, we did not have a large number ...
JimH>> of overall votes. This concerns me, in that I feel we are not ...
JimH>> getting good input from the Section reps. I would appreciate your ...
JimH>> feedback on the subjects voted on, and would like to make sure we ...
JimH>> are providing the best breakouts we can for the reps.
DaveG>> Q/C?
DaveG>> hmmm, does not look like anyone here snuck out to vote <G>. Q/C?
DaveG>> OK, please look it over and vote and encourage the section leaders ...
DaveG>> to vote. ...
DaveG>> 4b. Review Plans for Leadership Training ...
DaveG>> anything left to say on this CharlesL?
CharlesL>> Think I said it all before <g>
DaveG>> Thanks -- any further Q/C on any of these?
DaveG>> 5. Information Items
DaveG>> - Can yield new Action/Discussion/Information Items ...
DaveG>> I would note that we are still "short" of reports, I was posting them as ...
DaveG>> I got them as late as 7pm. I think a few have come in since...
DaveG>> and I will post them later. I think we should wait to go through ...
DaveG>> them until next time when we have the others. Q/C?
DaveG>> We also have not had everyone post their attendance-plans using ...
DaveG>> https://ecelx00.eng.uab.edu/attendance-plans.html ...
DaveG>> for those who did, thanks, for those chairing a meeting -- if you want to ...
DaveG>> know attendance at the meeting let me know and I can give ...
DaveG>> you what we have thus far.
DaveG>> Q/C?
ChipD>> c
DaveG>> GA CharlesH
DaveG>> GA ChipD
DaveG>> (sorry)
ChipD>> YOUR EARLIER EMAIL HAD A DIFFERENT URL TO THIS LINK.
BobD>> c
DaveG>> Hmmm, not my week I guess. GA BobD
BobD>> The Attendance Plan doesn't show dates ...
BobD>> it could lead some to think this e-conf is Mon & Wed before the ExCom meeting.
DaveG>> 10-4.
DaveG>> Other q/c?
DaveG>> last item is ...Review of schedule for 5 - 7 April
DaveG>> The schedule of events ...
DaveG>> https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/excom/meetings/2002-04/
DaveG>> I think matches the room allocations I have seen from ...
DaveG>> CharlesL. It starts Friday with Conference training....
DaveG>> and runs through Sunday with the conference debrief...
DaveG>> Q/C?
DaveG>> OK, please look over and make sure it is ok. I added Room ...
DaveG>> Assignments to it as well. Any other items for tonight?
DaveG>> JimH -> please close the meeting for tonight and we will ...
DaveG>> regroup for next Monday.
JimH>> Thanks to each of you for your participation tonight and ...
JimH>> please help us get the word out about next Monday econf and ...
JimH>> let's see if we can get the majority of the excom, as well ...
JimH>> as some of the Sections on line with us.
DaveG>> Hi Roy! We are just about to quit. Any items to bring to the group?
DaveG>> OK, we will reconvene next MONDAY April 1. Sorry for the problems -- Good night!