Region 3 September 2005 Membership Development & Corporate Relations Report
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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 September
26.  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

In the past several months, the Region 3 Membership Committee has initiated
several Membership campaigns to promote growth and upgrades.  Now that the
summer break is over, please make these campaigns a part of your Fall program.
Let me know if I need to resend any of this information to you.

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.  The initial output of this
plan is a attached presentation that Director Harrison and I proposed at the recent IEEE
Industry Relations Committee meeting.  Your comments are again welcome.

In closing, I would like to remind all Sections of the importance of an
active local Membership Development Chair.  If you don't have one, please fill that position
now before it affects your upcoming IEEE Rebate.

Thanks,

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

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