1. Region 6 Area Meeting North East Area 10/13/07 Loretta Arellano Region 6 Director

2. Region 6 Membership (As of 31 July 2007)

3. Region 6 Membership l Region 6 is currently the third largest IEEE region and the largest U.S. Region. At the end of July 2007 the Region had 55,911 total members: l Region 6 represents 16.0% of IEEE’s total membership. l The Region has 50,408 Higher Grade Members and 5,503 Student Members. l Membership in Region 6 is down 0.7% from July 2006, representing a loss of 384 members. l Membership packets have been mailed to Section MD chairs or Section chairs (where no MD Chair exists).

4. Region 6 Membership (by Section) (as of 31 July 2007) Alamogordo- Holloman19 Alaska403 Albuquerque1214 Boise566 Buenaventura906 Central Coast995 Central Washington84 China Lake217 Costal Los Angeles2635 Eastern Idaho212 Eastern Montana114 Palouse283 Phoenix3525 Richland293 Sacramento1816 San Diego4113 San Fernando Valley1296 San Francisco1981 Santa Clara Valley12878 Seattle4061 Spokane292 Tucson940 Utah1269 Wenatchee0 Western Montana132 Foothill1077 Fort Huachuca118 Hawaii658 Las Vegas516 Los Alamos291 Metropolitan Los Angeles1699 Montana176 Northern Nevada378 Oakland East Bay3915 Orange County3194 Oregon3645

5. Inactive Subunit Report Technical Meetings Subunit will be dissolved in November

6. Teacher in Service Program (TISP) in Region 6 l Initial planning telecon Sept 19 with staff l Suresh Vadhva will be key R6 contact l Two workshops planned for 2008 l Mar/Apr – Los Angeles Area l Aug/Sept – San Francisco Area l Will be looking for volunteers to attend one of the workshops. l For more info on TISP, see http://ieee.org/web/education/preuniversit y/tispt/index.html http://ieee.org/web/education/preuniversit y/tispt/index.html

7. What’s Coming up in 2008 l IEEE-USA Annual meeting l Annual ‘Lite” l Tentatively mid April, Airport hub, 1.5 days l IEEE Sections Congress ’08 l Quebec City, Canada 19 – 22 September 2008 l Will need a passport Include in 2008 Budgeting Process

8. Region 6 meetings in 2008 l Region 6 OpCom l Late Jan / early Feb l Select Direct Elect candidate l Spring area meetings l Region 6 Opcom at SC08 l Morning of Sept 19 l Region 6 Excom – TBD (end of summer) l Student Paper Contest l Fall Area meetings l Region6 awards

9. Questions?