Editor's Turn

I am just an acting editor for this issue, giving our new editor, Vasu Atluri, a chance to enjoy his hard earned Intel Sabbatical before picking up the yoke of this Newsletter. My thanks again for those that sent in material for this issue, particularly Yan Zhang for the great coverage of the Shanghai HDP05 meeting. In addition, many of our members on conference program committees have submitted calls.

What can you do as a member to keep your Society helping your colleagues and yourself?

First, support those long term outputs by CPMT:

Transactions: submit articles and try to scan each issue for at least one article that can help your interests. Electronically scan all past issues when you are starting work in a new technology area.

Meetings: Go to one CPMT meeting a year. Submit a paper if you have only been an attendee to date. Become a session co-chair if you want to start networking with engineers that think your projects are interesting.

Newsletter: read it quickly and pass it on to one of the many engineers in your workplace that never quite get around to joining the Society that helps all of us.

Second, after you have done the first step for years you will be in a position to contribute new value to members, such as:

Start New workshops on evolving technology

Put on professional development classes or write internet courses for continuous education of your colleagues

Become a meeting chair or an editor

By example, convince your workplace colleagues to be active in IEEE Societies for mutual benefits.

Third, when it is time to stop being a volunteer, Stop. Don't let anyone convince you to do "one more newsletter". Even a boring person, like an editor, has many rewarding ways to invest their time.