1. MDC Report IEEE Region 10 Meet March 30, 2005 Singapore Prof. S V Sankaran

2. 2March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore GREAT NEWS !! R10 became theLARGEST in IEEE worldwide as of DECEMBER 2004 !! R10 Membership 63548 vs 61540 of R6 (+2008) R10 Growth of 6.7% vs. -0.9% of R6 ALL SECTIONS DID A GREAT JOB !!!! IEEE R10 MDC

3. 3March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore BUT ?? As of Feb 05 (Terminator run) R10 lost 21310 members and is not larger than R6, now This is the usual yearly cycle, will pick up during the year ALL SECTIONS NEED TO WORK HARD !!!! Arrears list sent to Sections IEEE R10 MDC

4. 4March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore R10 – R6 Comparison Dec 2003 Nov 2004 Dec 2004 Jan 2005 Feb 2005 R66211160991(-0.7%)61540(-0.9%)62614(-0.6%)52407(-1.6%) R105953861136(+7.3%)63548(+6.7%)67280(+9.8%)45970(+3.5%) Dec 2004: HG Members -- R6 54466 R10 45294 IEEE R10 MDC

5. 5March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore 2004 Review R10 growth consistently higher than other Regions in 2004 (some have negative growth) Overall target of 5% growth was exceeded – 6.7% achieved Target of 2% well-exceeded in HG category – 5.8% achieved -- growth in all, M, SM, F Student Member growth short of ambition of 15% -- achieved 9.7% -- still very good compared to other Regions IEEE R10 MDC

6. 6March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore 2004 Review …Contd Good SM drive by various Sections -- R10 exceeded HQ targets, with 271 SM elevations in 2004 Excellent growth in SBs -- 49 new added Good growth in new Chapters too – 17 new added One new Subsection (Guntur in Hyderabad Section) added IEEE R10 MDC

7. 7March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore SOME HIGHLIGHTS of 2004 For the first time R10 grant to Sections was distributed based on SBs’ membership on 31 st Dec. and list provided to Sections Outstanding overall growth exhibited by Hyde- rabad Section (56%) and Pune Subsection (54%) Hyderabad showed 37% growth in full Member too and 57% in student category and added one new Subsection GUNTUR IEEE R10 MDC

8. 8March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore MD STATISTICS & ANALYSIS For 2001 to 2004: For 2001 to 2004: Membership by Grade Membership by Country Membership by Sections IEEE R10 MDC Charts

9. 9March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore 2005 OUTLOOK 2004 showed solid growth after the big setback in 2003 – this shows R10’s potential Large potential in HG members and student members for 2005-06 and future TARGET 2005 For 2005, projection of 5% overall growth – 3177 more members IEEE R10 MDC

10. 10March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore TARGET 2005 Overall target 5% Overall target 5% Fellows: add 27 Senior Members: add 156 Members: add 1762 HG Members: add 2264 Student Members: add 913 Total membership: add 3177 IEEE R10 MDC

11. 11March 30, 2005R10 Meeting Singapore ACTION 2005 ACTION 2005 Special focus on upgrades: M  SM, SM  F and Associate  M Consolidate SBs and Student retention Student to Member tracking with help of GOLD MDC Grant to Sections will be on same basis as in 2004 -- $50 to new SBs, $1 per Student Member IEEE R10 MDC

12. Always looking for new ideas and suggestions THANK YOU !!! IEEE R10 MDC