Membership Development ReportRegion 4 Meeting

January 27-28, 2007Marriott Hotel, Chicago

Tarek Lahdhiri

Region 4 MD Chair

Responsibilities Promote Membership Development and diversity Development, implementation and evaluation of

programs intended to recruit new members, retain existing members and recover members

Analysis of membership statistics Support the Senior and Fellow membership program Create new MD products that fits the Region Enhancement & maintenance of the MD Web pages Communicate member feedback to IEEE MD

committees

2006 Membership Statistics

Region 4: -1.4% Region 1-6 Average: -1.1% R4 Students: - 4.5% R4 Higher grade: - 0.8%

2006 Membership SnapshotDec 2006 – highest point in four years

2006 Terminator – lowest point in four years

Key Activities in 2006 Developed and distributed Media to promote MD

resources

IEEE Membership tables at major events

Encouraged IEEE-USA committees to visit Region

4 and promote IEEE services and benifits: CWPC

Workshop for the Southeatern Michigan Section

Conducted several workshops to increase IEEE

membership awareness

Plan for 2007 Increase IEEE awareness among sections : MD Chair in

each section More communications with the local MD Chairs: Webinars,

Seminars, and workshops Promote membership elevation programs Increase IEEE awareness among sections Provide support to GOLD and WIE Provide support to ExCom programs and projects Participate in MD workshops and wecasts Conduct and organize a membership retreat in R4

Proposal for a 2007 R4 MD Retreat Goals: Provide MD leaders with training to achieve the IEEE

goals for membership retention and recruitment Format: One full day workshop Date: Saturday (April 2007) Participants: Sections MD Leaders Location: Chicago (Marriott Chicago Hotel) Lodging: requires 2 night hotel stay Speaker: Charles Lord, Region 3 Budget: $5000 from the Region.

The Region will pay up to $250 for one section representative The section will reimburse the rest of expenses

Proposal for 2007 R4 MD Retreat Introduction to IEEE Region 4 MD Retreat (1/2 hour) - Where do we fit in

the “big picture” and why are we here Review Membership Statistics for 2006 (1/2 hour) - What can we learn from

the 2006 statistics IEEE Section Operation (2 hours) - The “nuts and bolts” of how a section

operates, who to call for what and where the resources are Communications Basics for Sections (1 hours) - How we use all the

communication “tools” available to us to communicate and work with one another and how we communicate—both ways—with our members

Vision, Mission, and Strategic Planning (1 hours) - Does your section have a vision of where it wants to be? Do you have a plan? Goals? Have you ever done strategic planning? Come learn how!

Conference Basics (1.5 hours) - Basics of how to plan and carry out a successful conference, including a look at the rules as well as the many resources available throughout the IEEE

Brainstorming Session (1 hours) - Ideas for section/area/ region level projects, including examples of past projects and sources for funding.