Membership ReportSome numbers, ideas, questions

Sal Portillo

OUTLINE1. A little historical perspective

a) What have we been achieving?b) How have we been doing this?

2. Conference Effortsa) What needs to be doneb) Much to learn still!

3. Who are we?1. IEEE demographics, NPSS.2. Why are we different?3. Are we saturated in the US?

4. Where do we want to be1. Total number2. Growth Rate3. Demographics

5. Overview of plan

10 year NPSS recruitment

Date of Report

1/1/03

1/1/04

1/1/05

1/1/06

1/1/07

1/1/08

1/1/09

1/1/10

1/1/11

1/1/12

1/1/13

# of

NPS

S m

embe

rs

2000

2200

2400

2600

2800

3000

3200

3400

3600

3800

Feb 2007 =2450

Dec 2009 =3609

Dec 2007 =3350

2011 and 2012 ~2650

2012 We are hovering around 2600 members…as in 2003..We are fighting over the same number!

Some points worth mentioning…

1. In 2003-2006 we saw a decline of about 13%

2. A concerted effort to recruit new members at conferences took place.. in 5 years we recouped the lost 13%

3. The past three years we have stabilized around 2650 members.

4. Large increases in new members for the past 7 years, sometimes up to 1000 new members!

5. BUT.. each year we had an equivalent large drop.. No new renewals.

Where are we?

Awaiting NSS and Beams

Conference Location Date First IEEE NPSS booth Second IEEE NPSS Booth New MembersAdvancement in Nuclear Instrumentation and Measurements (ANIMMA) Marseille, France Jun-13Electromagnetic Launch Technology (EML) Beijing, China May-12Euro-Asian Pulsed Power/ High Power Beams (EAPPC/BEAMS) Karlsruhe, Germany Sep-12 Chris Williams Lehr(ICALEPS) International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control SystemsSan Francisco, CA Oct-13International Conference on Megagauss Magnetig Field (Megagauss) Maui, HI Oct-12International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Edingburgh, Scotland Jul-12 Scott Kovaleski Students 37

International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) New Orleas, LA May-12 1

International Power Modulator and High Voltage (IPMHVC) San Diego, CA Jun-12 Sal Portillo Lehr 31

Nuclear And Space Radiation Effects (NSREC) Miami, FL Jul-12 Dennis Brown 23

Nuclear Power Plant Management (PLIM) Salt Lake, UT May-12Nuclear Science Symposium/ Medical Imaging (NSS/MIC) Anaheim, CA Nov-12 Filemon , Vern Price Ed, AlbeRadiation Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS) Biarritz, France Sep-12 Chris Williams LehrReal Time Conference (RTC) Berkeley, CA Jun-12 11

Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) San Francisco, CA Jun-13Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA) Oaklad, CA May-12 15

Conference Efforts

Why1. Of course, recruit!2. Wave the NPSS flag. We are typically

(co)sponsors

What is ‘Best’ way to do this??Sort of like ‘what is the best ride at Disney? Lots of opinions!

Ok. Lets set some Goals1. Systematic and consistent approach at all

conferences.a) But what is this approach?

2. Core set of volunteers.a) Hard Work!!

3. Better Targetinga) Europe, Asia, Students, Senior

Members,???4. Still learning.. Is it worth sending a volunteer

to Hawaii for an 80 member conference?

Need systematic focused approach. Focus on students, Asia, Europe? More on this later!

NPSS Membership

Number of Members0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Mem

ber T

ype

Fellows

Regular

Life

Associate

Students

Now: -- Nominal: --

Typical Renewal Rate of ~75%

This is us..

1.Large Number of regular members

2.Not so many students…

3.Some fellows and life but these are not growth areas?

Who are we?

How do we do this? Devil is in the details!

What if?

1.We increased our retention from ~75% to 80% (ahead of IEEE by 10%)

2.Reduce the large swings by being better at sales..

3.Increase our peak recruit numbers by branching

4.Had a net 2% growth each year

Where do we want to be?18 year NPSS recruitment ??

Date of Report

1/1/03

1/1/04

1/1/05

1/1/06

1/1/07

1/1/08

1/1/09

1/1/10

1/1/11

1/1/12

1/1/13

1/1/14

1/1/15

1/1/16

1/1/17

1/1/18

1/1/19

1/1/20

# of

NPS

S m

embe

rs

2000

2200

2400

2600

2800

3000

3200

3400

3600

3800

~2% yearly net growth

Smaller swings

More recruits

Approximate NPSS Asia Pacific membership

Sandy

SAMIEE

Approximate IEEE membership 2012=400k

Asia Pacific 100kGrowth Rate >50%

300k other RegionsGrowth Rate of about 6%

Approximate IEEE student membership 2012=400k

Students~25 % of IEEE

Approximate NPSS student membership 2012=220k

Approximate 8% of NPSSmembers are students

Graduate

Where are the opportunities..

Students!Asia PacificEuropeUSA?

How do we do it? General concepts1. Focus on Retention

1. I need to develop a plan that allows me to contact those that did not resign, letter from the president had myself perhaps, reminder of benefits, incentives, etc..

2. Aim for a sustainable yearly growth rate of 2-3%1. Focus recruitment efforts on students, asia pacific,

europe.

3. Reduce Swings

4. Focus On Students

5. Increase Focus on Asia Pacific, Europe

6. Consistent Approach to recruiting

7. Documentation that can articulate the benefits of IEEE+NPSS

Thank You!