Membership Development Report for August 2009: As of July 22, 2009, there are 1349 members of all grades in the Orlando Section. This is an increase from 1307 members at the end of May 2009. Active Member Counts by Grade, Orlando Section, 7-22-09 IEEE Current Grade Description Count of Members Affiliate 44 Associate Member 62 Fellow 18 Graduate Student Member 135 Life Fellow 11 Life Member 107 Life Senior 33 Member 751 Senior Member 89 Student Member 99 Total Members 1349 Most of increase has occurred at the Member grade level (+82), with substantial decreases (-23) at the Graduate Student and (-27) Student grades. Over the 31 days ending July 22, 2009, there were 9 new members in the Orlando Section: 0 Associate; 4 Members; 3 Student Members; and 2 Graduate Student Members. See the attached detailed list. Over the 31 days ending July 22, 2009, 2 existing members moved to the Orlando Section. See the attached detailed list. The Membership Development Conference reports for the May and June 2009 time periods (webcasts were conducted on June 22, 2009, and July 18, 2009, respectively) are also attached. As discussed in the July webcast, there will be an upcoming incentive program to reward regions and sections for adding new higher-grade members. During the month of August, Members in the Orlando Section, who earlier reached Level 1 of the process to become Senior Members but not yet attained the upgrade to Senior status, will be individually contacted to participate in the drive for Senior Members to be initiated in September. Regards, William Hortos, IEEE Orlando Section Chair, Membership Development