Past Region 3 Director's Report

1- The IEEE RFID 2009 Conference, held in Orlando, was deemed successful. The Orlando section
provided staffing for a membership desk and student volunteers to assist as room monitors for
the technical program. The Call for Papers for RFID 2010 has been published.
https://cms.comsoc.org/SiteGen/Uploads/Public/Docs_RFID/CFPs/IEEE_RFID_2010_-_CFP_-_Final.pdf

2- Preparations for SoutheastCon 2012 in Orlando have begun, with hotel inspections the next
step.

3- The Small Radio Telescope project being managed by the Daytona section, with financial
support by the Life Member Committee, will be featured in the next issue of the Life Member
Newsletter, sent to all life members as well as to retired members age 62 and older. A
permanent home for the project is being arranged with the Museum of Arts and Sciences in
Daytona Beach. https://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/committee/lmc/lmnewsletter.html Charles
Husbands, past Daytona section chair, is project manager for the SRT and has indicated
interest in volunteering for another assignment in Region 3.

4- Appointed regional committee liaisons are encouraged to enlist back-up persons who have
the interest and background to serve as "understudies" for meetings where the appointee
cannot attend because of schedule conflicts.

George McClure
g.mcclure @ ieee.org