Lee Stogner
Region 3 Membership Development Chair
l.stogner@ieee.org
Beginning in October of each year, the IEEE mails out membership renewal
packages to every member. This begins a yearly campaign to encourage most
members to renew early and avoid the year end rush. Members that renewed
their membership online by November 14 were entered into a contest to win a
Dell Notebook computer. Some members renew late in the year and run the
risk of interruptions in their membership and subscriptions. And there
are some members that do not renew for financial and other reasons.
Two-thirds of IEEE members that do not renew their membership in any given year
are Students and Young Professionals. In talking to IEEE members in this group,
the consensus was that this percentage can be substantially reduced through
PERSONAL CONTACT from their IEEE colleagues. Personal contact is important in
curtailing member attrition at these two important junctures:
To complete this retention effort and to ensure success, follow-up with the all-important PERSONAL CONTACT
You may need to discuss the value of IEEE membership. More information on
IEEE Benefits & Services can be found at,
https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/mdprograms.html
More information on the overall IEEE Membership Renewal program can be found
at,
https://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=membership/renewal&file=index.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
Please encourage your young and old members to stay with the IEEE. Let me
know if there is anything that I can do to help.