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% Total w/o Affiliates 1622 1663 2.5% Total with Affiliates 1633 1673 2.4% Current Reliability Society Membership by Region Region R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 RS Members 182 167 106 121 154 306 61 353 44 286

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

IEEE Membership by Region

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?????

Brochure (tri-fold)

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 Student Outreaches 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 Programs Presented by: Sudipto Ghosh 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