Report to IEEE Region 3 Excom
November 2002
IEEE North Carolina Council
 
IEEE North Carolina Council is functioning well despite the current
employment environment in the state of North Carolina.  The downturn
in the economy has hit the technology industry hard in the past year.
All employed member are working extra hours to make up for co-workers
lost to layoffs.  Some members are no looking at the end of severance
packages and unemployment benefits running out.
 
The Council has not been very active since our last face to face
meeting at SoutheastCon 2002.  We held 2 e-conferences this month to
get feedback from the sections and to communicate the services offered
by the Region especially in training for new officers.  Charles Lord
has as Region 3 LDC chair has offered to set up local workshops for
training not we have had no requests from the sections.
 
One of the issues that has faced NC Council this year has been gaining
control over our banking accounts.  Finally this week we were able to
gain control of the last account.  We will be transferring these
accounts to the IEEE concentrated banking accounts after the first of
the year.  We will no be able to get the appropriate records to
reconstruct the missing L-50 reports to HQ.
 
We are still having difficulties with communicating with the Charlotte
Section.  While the Charlotte section attended SoutheastCon 2002 and
Sections Congress they have been silent in the times between these
events.  We need their inputs to resolve the problems with the
inactive Hickory Subsection.  The NC Council and Western NC section
have recommended return of the counties in NC that are part of
Western's Geographic Boundaries.
 
Most sections have active WebPages that are up to date with the
exception of Charlotte.  Western NC's web page has been maintained by
the NC Council since they do not have a local webmaster.
 

Chip Dawson 
IEEE North Carolina Council Chair 2002-2003