Final Report

The Communications Society's Global Chapter Chairs Congress 2001, held in San Antonio November 25-28 was a resounding success. Approximately 2/3 of ComSoc's 150 chapter chairs worldwide attended the Congress. In addition to the chapter chairs, the Congress was attended "in force" by ComSoc elected officials and IEEE and ComSoc staff.


Here area few comments from attendees:

"I felt privileged to be able to meet with participants from all over the world and discuss common problems and solutions. It was truly inspiring to see how people from diverse backgrounds can work together to solve problems that we all face. I look forward to other such successes in the future." Tom Jepsen, Eastern North Carolina Chapter

'I received a lot of new information about ComSoc activities and met a lot of colleagues from other Chapters. I am sure that the Congress was useful for all other attendees as well." Dmitry Tkachenko, Chairman of St. Petersburg ComSoc Chapter (Russia)


"As an in-coming chairperson and hence a relative new-boy, I got a tremendous benefit from networking at the conference and making new contacts and friends - I also learnt a lot of quite valuable material which will undoubtedly be most useful to me next year when I take over from Trevor Clarkson." Peter C.J. Hill, Cranfield University at RMCS Shrivenham (UK)


"I'm back in my office this morning after spending a delightful 5 days at GCCC. I must tell you that I usually think conferences are boring and I cannot wait to leave and return home, BUT THIS WAS THE EXCEPTION. What a tremendous experience! And a major part in making this successful was the flawless logistics and arrangements. You did a fantastic job!!! Everything went smoothly, the rooms were well suited to the event, the food was excellent, and the flow of information was exceptionally efficient." Martin Roden, Los Angeles