1. IEEE Reliability Society VP Membership
Lon Chase
June 17, 2012

2. RS Membership Statistics
2011 (Apr) 2012 (Apr) Higher Grade % Students % Total w/o Affiliates % Total with Affiliates %
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

3. IEEE Society Membership
IEEE members ,392 (-0.3%)
Society members ,084 (-3.1%)
5 Societies > 1% growth
8 Societies +/- 1 %
25 Societies > 1% attrition

4. IEEE Membership by Region

5. 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

6. 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?????

7. Brochure (tri-fold)

8. Member Involvement Members need notification of activities
Continue announcements i.e. Newsletters, Conferences, etc.
Letter Campaigns to non-renewals and others
Additional announcements (minimum of quarterly)
T-Rel issues
Webinars
“Check out” changes to the website
Chapter activities (new member hookup)
Technical committee activities
Inputs needed

9. 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

10. 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

11. Summary Increase presence and name recognition
Members
Others of like interests
Students
Increase Chapter involvement