1. Report to GCCC Director, North America IEEE Communications Society President - Elect IEEE Communication Society President IEEE Canada Nov. 2001 Celia Desmond

2. November20012 North America Membership Development Committee o Pierre Perra o Dave Michelson o Sol Black o Weider Yu o Dennis Hartley

3. November20013 Overviews o Global Chapter Chairs Congress o Distinguished Lecture Tour o STG’s Requested and Awarded o Chapter Award presented at Globecom -- India Council

4. November20014 Global Chapter Chairs Congress o Overall, we have 81 chapters registered out of a possible 124 for a percentage of 65.3% (Oct. 20, 2001)

5. November20015 Global Chapter Chairs Congress o As of 10/28, we had the following registration: Canada: 9/12 US & Jamaica: 26/55 Total NA: 35/67 o AP has 19 chapters represented o LA has 12 chapters represented o EAME has 20 chapters represented o Total chapters represented worldwide: 86 out of an approximate possible of 129, 2/3 or 66.66%

6. November20016 Distinguished Lecture Tour (DLT’s) o 6 tours planned in NA for 2001, to cover more than 25 chapters o Plans for all tours are complete, or very close to complete o Details included here only for those which are already approved o Issue- difficult to cover all interested chapters without burning out the lecturers

7. November20017 First Tour - Eastern o Lecture - Jack Winters 4 Mon 24 Sep 2001 (evening) - Eastern NC (Raleigh/Durham) 4 Tue 25 Sep 2001 (evening) - Tampa, FL 4 Wed 26 Sep 2001 (evening) - Jamaica 4 Thu 27 Sep 2001 (evening) - Charlotte, NC 4 Fri 28 Sep 2001 (noon) - Birmingham, AL

8. November20018 Second tour-Western Canada o Lecturer - Rodger Ziemer 4 Mon, 28 May 2001 - Winnipeg 4 Tue, 29 May 2001 - Calgary 4 Wed, 30 May 2001 - Portland 4 Thu, 31 May 2001 - Seattle 4 Fri, 1 Jun 2001 - Vancouver

9. November20019 DLP’s o Lecturer: Ted Sargent o Tour Schedule 4 Fri, 16 Nov 2001 - Des Moines, IA 4 Sat, 17 Nov 2001 (Morning) - St. Louis, MO 4 Sat, 17 Nov 2001 (Evening) - Columbus, OH 4 Sun, 18 Nov 2001- layover in Chicago 4 Mon, 19 Nov 2001 – Chicago, IL

10. November200110 2001 STG’s Requested and Awarded for North America Region

11. November200111 Student Travel Grant (STG’s) o STG’s awarded for North America region students - summary: Infocom 2001 1 IM 2001 2 ICC 2001 33 Globecom 2001 10

12. November200112 Conclusion o Overall we have had a very active year o Many services provided to North American Chapters o I hope that these have been valuable to everyone! o Overall we have had a very active year o Many services provided to North American Chapters o I hope that these have been valuable to everyone!