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IEEE Reliability Society VP Membership. Lon Chase June 17, 2012. RS Membership Statistics. 2011 (Apr) 2012 (Apr) Higher Grade 1589 1636 3.0% Students 33 27 - 18.2%
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IEEE Reliability SocietyVP Membership Lon Chase June 17, 2012
RS Membership Statistics 2011 (Apr) 2012 (Apr) Higher Grade 1589 1636 3.0% Students 33 27 - 18.2% Total w/o Affiliates 1622 1663 2.5% Total with Affiliates 1633 1673 2.4%
IEEE Society Membership IEEE members 350,392 (-0.3%) Society members 289,084 (-3.1%) 5 Societies > 1% growth 8 Societies +/- 1 % 25 Societies > 1% attrition
Membership Growth • Society membership growth initiatives • Continue positive increase in society membership • Action is required People are not likely to join unless they are asked • Society promotion • Member involvement • Society collaboration
Society Promotion • Promote offerings – keep current with new info • Membership benefits are key to members • Continue to develop and market RS products for members • Visibility/Advertising/Name branding • Chapters – provide information on the society to chapters, including • Brochures, presentations, incentives • Brochure – distribute at conferences, outreaches and other events • Other Societies that overlap or with embedded like interests • Student outreaches – continue to attract students • Advertisement – industry, society or other IEEE publication • And more?????
Member Involvement • Members need notification of activities • Continue announcements i.e. Newsletters, Conferences, etc. • Letter Campaigns to non-renewals and others • Additional eMail announcements (minimum of quarterly) • T-Rel issues • Webinars • “Check out” changes to the website • Chapter activities (new member hookup) • Technical committee activities • Inputs needed
Society Collaboration • Gain membership through other societies with members that have like interests • Common activities and efforts that are a benefit to members of both societies • Combined membership lists for increased advertising • Introduction through Society President-President correspondence • Joint projects will need to be proposed and organized
Student Engagement • Academic Engagement • Look for opportunities to get RS information to student chapters, academic leaders and mailing lists • Student Outreaches • Colloquium held at U of Texas at Dallas in May • Sponsored by Eric and Dallas Chapter RanTGen: A Tool for Random Generation of Valid Object Configurations for Testing Object-Oriented ProgramsPresented by: SudiptoGhosh • Potentially in conjunction with RS Excom/Adcom meetings • Additional recommendations and sponsors • Interface with Universities and local Chapters
Summary • Increase presence and name recognition • Members • Others of like interests • Students • Increase Chapter involvement