Lead Organization
R3 Membership development Committee
Mission
Increase overall Membership in Region 3 by 5% in 2006 from a base of 31,576.
Assignments:
Lee Stogner, Chair
Section MDC Chairs
Major Activities / Milestones
- Assign Team: 29 January 2006.
- Report status – SoutheastCon Region 3 Meeting
- Update R3 MD Chair roster – Done
- Integrate and leverage project with IEEE-USA / IEEE MDC activities – Done and ongoing
- Communicate MD issues to Region 3 EXCOM, Section Chairs and Membership
- Email – Started and ongoing
- 1 of 4 quarterly e-notices – Done and ongoing
- Region 3 newsletter – February issue released, more pending Southeastcon – April 1
- Provide Section SAMIEEE support – Started and ongoing
- Distribute R3 arrears list – Done, update by March 31
- Update R3 Membership web site – March 31
- Membership booth at Southeastcon – March 31
- Begin coordinated outreach campaign with PR Committee – April start
- Monthly e-conf with R3 MD Chairs – April start
- Senior Member Upgrade Contest – May start
- Increase overall Membership in Region 3 by 5% in 2006 from a base of 31,576 – by 12/31/2006
Objectives, Actions and Deliverables
- Statement: The IEEE is facing a challenge as overall Membership has declined in recent years. Region 3 has experienced a similar decline in its total of active higher level Members and Student Members.
- Region Goal Supported: “Increase Membership through growth, retention and promotion of Membership value.”
- Develop a detailed plan that will coordinates the activities of the Region 3 Membership team
- Build, train and coordinate a Region 3 wide Membership sales team that is based on a MD Chair in every Section.
- Work with both IEEE and Region 3 entities to develop and document Membership benefits that promote the value of Membership.
- Support a communications plan that will promote the value of Membership to every Region 3 Member and ask for their support in the 2006 Membership plan.
- Coordinate with other IEEE Membership functions to avoid duplication and promote synchronization during the execution of the Region 3 2006 Membership development project.
- Increase IEEE relevance to employers initially through a concentrated effort to involve Engineering Managers as members / volunteers