Region 3 Membership Development & Corporate Relations
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Membership Development is one of the most important activities that we
can support at the Section, Chapter and Region level.  As of today,
Region 3 has 26,231 "Members".  This represents a slow but steady drop
in our total regional membership in recent years.

As a organization, we need to do whatever we can to grow this number so
we can have the resources to continue to provide the services that our
members need.  I would like to encourage each one of you to take the
challenge of finding one new Member this year.  A growing Membership is
the foundation that we need for the future.

Region 3 has a Membership Development Committee made up of Section
Membership Chairs.  Most Region 3 Sections already have a Membership
Chair.  If your Section does not have one, please ask the question, "
Who is looking out for the future of your Section" ?  Without a growing
base of members, you will not have a Section in the future.

We have an ongoing series of Membership Development e-conferences on the
4th Monday of each month.  The next MD e-conf is April 25.  Please make
sure that your local Section MD Chair participates.


If you need help with your local Membership Program, try the resources
at,

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/mdresources.html

and

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/mdprogrpt.html

The very latest in IEEE Membership statistics/news can be found at,

https://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/mdprogrpt.html


Another aspect of Membership that we want to promote in 2005 is
Corporate Relations. Most engineers work for industry and we need to
encourage both members and companies to work together as the economy
continues to provide opportunities.  We are currently developing a
Region 3 Corporate Relations plan.  We would like your input as to
projects and opportunities that we can undertake that will build a base
of activities that will benefit not only companies but the careers of
electrical engineers.

In closing, I would like to remind all Sections of the importance of an
active local Membership Development Chair.  I have attached the current
list of MD Chairs for our Region.  Please send me any updates.  Please
try to help me fill any remaining vacancies.

Thanks,

Lee Stogner
Region 3 Membership Development Chair
l.stogner@ieee.org

Allen Thomas
Region 3 Corporate Relations Chair
a.thomas@ieee.org