1. Publications Chair for both Region 6 and also GHTC By Jeffrey Pawlan tasks and goals: Create the Region 6 Newsletter each month and see that it is sent Attempt to get the IEEE-Xplore leadership receptive to Open Access Form Cross-Regional cooperation between R6 and R10 Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful

2. What was accomplished: Create the Region 6 Newsletter each month and see that it is sent Done Attempt to get the IEEE-Xplore leadership receptive to Open Access Done Form Cross-Regional cooperation between R6 and R10 Done Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful Will be done but with very difficult hurdles

3. The Region 6 Newsletter process Solicit information Edit all text Format Obtain Tom’s approval of text Manually make it into HTML Send to MGA Test the final product – QA Repeat

4. The Region 6 Newsletter is sent to 45,684 members How many people read it? Redundant emails from IEEE on the same subjects reduce effectiveness Is it worth doing this? –my time is 13 – 20 hours per month –Is it effective reaching members or is there a better way?

5. more on was accomplished: MGA agreed to make GHTC2015 papers immediate open access (free to the world) Friendship developed with the R10 Director. We now advertise each other’s GHTC events free (previously was going to cost us $500) Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful Will be done but with very difficult hurdles discussion of this in the afternoon