MD Monthly—NOVEMBER 2017

Membership Development Report

This report is issued monthly on behalf of the IEEE Member & Geographic Activities Board. Source data is IEEE membership statistics.

Contact: Elyn Perez, elyn.perez@ieee.org

MD Summary & Updates Pages 1-2 Member Recruitment Pages 6-7 Membership Year Goals & Progress Pages 3-4 Active Membership Page 8 Retention & Recovery Pages 5 Society & Special Interest Memberships Pages 9-11

MD Calendar Recruitment Activities Retention Activities

January

Turn attention toward retention activities .—> Member referrals can earn your members’—and your Section— awards: www.ieee.org/mgm

2018 Renewal – Second paper notice is mailed to unrenewed HG members on 2 January. Consider sending a new year message to your members, welcoming them to the new calendar year. Review activities and events provided in 2017, and offer a preview of those planned for 2018.

February

Continue attention toward retention activities .—> Member referrals can earn your members’—and your Section— awards: www.ieee.org/mgm

Arrears Recovery Outreach – The annual service deacti-vation occurs on 24 February for all members who have not renewed for 2018. Use the SAMIEE pre-defined query called “(MD) 2017 Last Renewal Year for Active Members—Name, Grade, Email” to identify your unrenewed members and schedule an outreach.

Links to all Membership Development resources are on the MD Portal at www.ieee.org/md

MD Channel November—2018 Membership Year–to-Date

‘17 ‘16 ‘15 ‘14 ‘17 ‘16 ‘15 ‘14

Retention (Rate and Count)

Recruitment 24,278 23,814 24,111 22,625 35.2% 32.4% 33.0% 30.4%

132,746 129,945 125,846 118,194

Higher-Grade 43.5% 39.4% 39.7% 36.2%

Reinstatement 6,445 5,575 6,020 5,011 125,880 118,030 118,404 110,050

STU/GSM 7.8% 8.1% 9.0% 9.6% Recovery

n/a n/a n/a n/a 6,866 6,915 7,442 8,144 (subset of retention)

Monthly Snapshot YoY Variance Nov ‘17 Nov ‘16 Oct ‘17

Nov‘17 vs. Oct ‘17

IEEE Membership

-5,816 -1.4% 409,008 414,824 401,668 +1.8%

Honorary 3 +9.7% 34 31 34 0.0%

Fellow 146 +2.0% 7,496 7,350 7,498 0.0%

Senior Member 2,099 +5.3% 41,813 39,714 41,770 +0.1%

Member -10,278 -4.1% 239,283 249,561 237,740 +0.6%

Associate Member -916 -11.7% 6,903 7,819 6,921 -0.3%

Graduate Student -237 -0.6% 40,218 40,455 37,949 +6.0%

Undergraduate Student 3,367 +4.8% 73,261 69,894 69,756 +5.0%

Society Membership

-4,324 -1.4% 308,887 313,211 304,318 +1.5%

17 Societies up > 1% 6,278 Societies Note: Sum of respective gains and losses, with all counts excluding Affili-ates. Including Affiliates, total Society memberships are down year-over-year by –5,069 or –1.6%.

3 Societies +/- 1% -201

19 Societies down > 1% -10,401

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IEEE Membership

Overall membership remains behind last year by –1.4%, and the last three months it has been in this same general range. Since we ended the 2017 membership year with a lower number of members overall (due to declining retention as well as recruitment), the strong gains we are seeing simply have not yet offset the deficit we started with.

In looking at the chart on page 1, we see that the current retention rate and raw count of renewals is exceeding last year by almost 3,000. However we will not see the impact of retention gains until the service deactivation in February. Currently all members active for 2017 are in still in the active member counts. Once unrenewed members are removed from active membership counts in February, we will have a clearer picture of retention’s impact on overall membership growth. All channels of membership development retention, recruitment and reinstatement—are very healthy at the three months into the membership year.

Recruitment

Overall recruitment gains remain positive, ahead +1.9%. Although this leveled off from October’s +3.4% gain. This was due to undergraduate recruitment which had a very strong, early start this year however those gains were simply realized earlier and are now leveling off. (The annual IEEEXtreme Programming Competition occurred in October and as participation has grown each year, so did the gain in recruitment that we saw then as a result.) Both higher grade and graduate student recruitment are ahead of last year by significant rates.

See more detail on recruitment, page 6.

Retention

Renewal activity is off to a very strong start. Higher-grade retention saw a big bump in October due to an increase in the number of members enrolled in the automatic renewal process (which took place the second week in October), and is well ahead of same time last year. There was an increase of 4,500 members that were auto-renewed this year versus last year. (Students are not eligible for automatic renewal.) If higher retention remains ahead, this will be a big factor in achieving overall membership growth this year—because higher grade members account for about 75% of total membership, in addition to having significantly higher retention rates compared to students.

Another bump in November was due to the early renewal drawing deadline on 15 November, as we typically see a big spike in renewal activity once again leading up to it. Then, in late November, the second paper renewal notice was mailed to all unrenewed HG members, so we should see another bump in December.

See more detail on renewal, page 5.

Communicate the value of membership. Take time to remind your members about the value they get from being a member in your Section. There are many ideas that are easy to implement. Need help or ideas? Contact elyn.perez@ieee.org, or visit the MD portal, www.ieee.org/md.

Society Membership

Overall Society memberships ended the membership year also down –1.4%, and like IEEE Membership has stalled at this level the last three months. The top Societies in terms of percentage growth in the 2018 membership year thus far are: Intelligent Transportation Systems (+13.5%), Systems, Man & Cybernetics (+11.1%), and Industry Applications (+7.6%).

Society membership details are on page 9.

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November MD Highlights

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Membership Development goals are created for each individual Section for both recruitment and retention. In this report, we will track progress to goal on the Region-level. You will find the Section levels goals and progress in your monthly Region MD report. These reports are sent via e-mail once monthly. If you are not receiving your Region MD report, please contact your Region MD Chair.

For 2018 goals, we reviewed up to five years of history. Each Section has a unique goal based on different dynamics - whether the Section has had growth or decline, as well as the overall size and location of the Section. Note that reinstatement goals are assigned on the Region level only.

For a complete listing of Section goals, go to the MD portal, www.ieee.org/md.

Questions? E-mail elyn.perez@ieee.org.

Takako Hashimoto

takako@cuc.ac.jp

2017 MRRC Chair

Section Recognition Awards

Each Section that meets their goal receives special recognition in the form of an electronic banner to be placed on Section websites, in newsletters, and even in e-mail signatures. Banners are distributed to the Section’s Membership Development Chair, and/or Section Chair.

These Sections are also recognized in the MD Monthly report, region-level MD reports and on the MD portal, www.ieee.org/md.

Banners include the membership year and Section name in the graphic. A silver award is given in either the recruitment or retention category once met. A gold medal of recognition is given once both goals are met.

A special gift and certificate of recognition are mailed to those who earn the gold award. Certificates of recognition are also mailed to those who earned a silver award.

Membership Development Goals

Straight from the MD Community in Collabratec...join the conversation today:

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2018 Membership Goals—Region-Level Progress

A big chunk of renewal activity

occurred already, and why we

see the bigger progress to

goal—this is not a sign that

retention is tracking far ahead.

The goals for retention growth

are reflective of the last five

years history, and are rather

aggressive.

Eight of the 10 Regions are tracking above

goal. It will be critical to maintain the strong

recruitment momentum that we have started

the year with.

Reinstatement activity is starting strong this

year, and is currently ahead by more than

15% YoY.

The goal is to grow reinstatement by 5%,

which is the 4-year average historical growth

rate.

Find the full list of Section-level goals and progress online at www.ieee.org/md or in your monthly Region MD report.

Below is a summary by Region showing the goal and progress to goal, as of the current month. At

this point in the membership year the percent to goal benchmark (last column in charts below) should

be 25% or more.

Reinstatement 2018 Goal

2018 % Growth

2018 YTD % to Goal

R1 1,258 5.0% 387 30.8%

R2 1,051 5.0% 303 28.8%

R3 1,255 5.0% 390 31.1%

R4 869 5.0% 237 27.3%

R5 1,240 5.0% 345 27.8%

R6 2,603 5.0% 739 28.4%

R7 856 5.0% 297 34.7%

R8 4,104 5.0% 1,279 31.2%

R9 1,265 5.0% 433 34.2%

R10 5,446 5.0% 2,035 37.4%

Total 19,948 5.0% 6,445 32.3%

Recruitment 2018 Goal

2018 % Growth 2018 YTD % to Goal

R1 3,481 4.3% 1,029 29.6%

R2 2,770 4.8% 712 25.7%

R3 3,858 5.0% 1,133 29.4%

R4 2,722 4.0% 804 29.5%

R5 3,451 4.7% 1,015 29.4%

R6 6,393 2.7% 1,942 30.4%

R7 2,717 4.1% 889 32.7%

R8 17,680 2.6% 4,662 26.4%

R9 7,167 3.4% 1,377 19.2%

R10 46,337 2.1% 10,715 23.1%

Total 96,575 2.8% 24,278 25.1%

Retention 2018

Oppty 2018 # Goal

2018 Goal

2018 % Growth 2018 YTD

% to Goal

R1 28,549 23,439 82.1% 1.0% 47.0% 57.2%

R2 24,657 20,391 82.7% 1.0% 47.6% 57.5%

R3 25,656 20,166 78.6% 0.5% 45.1% 57.3%

R4 18,705 15,020 80.3% 1.3% 45.4% 56.5%

R5 23,963 18,931 79.0% 1.0% 45.3% 57.4%

R6 48,269 39,146 81.1% 1.6% 46.8% 57.7%

R7 14,733 11,359 77.1% 1.7% 38.4% 49.9%

R8 68,515 48,235 70.4% 2.0% 29.6% 42.1%

R9 16,047 8,473 52.8% 2.0% 16.7% 31.5%

R10 108,432 59,638 55.0% 2.1% 23.5% 42.7%

Total 377,526 264,797 70.1% 1.4% 35.2% 50.2%

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Membership Retention Update

You can help improve higher grade retention in your Section by promoting Senior Member elevation, or by providing events and content that match your member’s needs and interests. Get to know your members –

there are pre-defined queries in SAMIEE that can help you do this.

Renewal activity is off to a very strong start. Higher-grade retention saw a big bump in October due to an increase in the number of members enrolled in the automatic renewal process (which took place the second week in October). This year, there was an increase of 4,500 members auto-renewed over last year. (Students are not eligible for auto-matic renewal.)

Another bump in November was due to the early renewal drawing deadline on 15 November, as we typically see a big spike in renewal activity once again leading up to it. Then, in late November, the second paper renewal notice was mailed to all unrenewed HG members, so we should see another bump in December.

Both graduate and undergraduate retention rates are just a tenth of a percent behind last year, while higher grade retention is ahead by +3.4%. In Regions 1-6, HG retention is ahead by over 5%. The second and thirds largest Regions 8 and 10 are also having an impact on the gains. Every Region is ahead in HG retention.

We will expect to see these gains level off throughout the membership year, as renewal activity has a finite opportuni-ty. If the renewal activity happens earlier, less will happen later. We will monitor this activity closely, but please make every effort to outreach to your unrenewed members.

Do you have a first-year member program in place? Need help or ideas? Contact Denise Maestri, d.maestri@ieee.org.

IEEE Membership Renewal / Retention - November 2017

RE-GION

HIGHER GRADE w/o GSM GRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TOTAL MEMBERS

Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal

# %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17

1 25,908 13,086 50.5% 45.7% 1,305 190 14.6% 13.6% 1,336 134 10.0% 10.0% 28,549 13,410 47.0% 42.4%

2 22,469 11,441 50.9% 46.3% 1,156 186 16.1% 15.7% 1,032 104 10.1% 9.8% 24,657 11,731 47.6% 43.1%

3 22,384 11,145 49.8% 45.1% 1,649 264 16.0% 18.4% 1,623 150 9.2% 10.2% 25,656 11,559 45.1% 40.9%

4 16,253 8,150 50.1% 44.7% 1,338 197 14.7% 16.7% 1,114 146 13.1% 12.2% 18,705 8,493 45.4% 40.6%

5 21,281 10,485 49.3% 43.2% 1,334 219 16.4% 16.1% 1,348 158 11.7% 11.2% 23,963 10,862 45.3% 39.8%

6 43,742 22,000 50.3% 45.2% 1,991 318 16.0% 15.9% 2,536 280 11.0% 11.5% 48,269 22,598 46.8% 42.3%

R 1-6 152,037 76,307 50.2% 45.1% 8,773 1,374 15.7% 16.1% 8,989 972 10.8% 10.9% 169,799 78,653 46.3% 41.7%

7 12,306 5,254 42.7% 39.7% 1,347 262 19.5% 20.7% 1,080 147 13.6% 13.3% 14,733 5,663 38.4% 36.2%

8 52,210 18,558 35.5% 32.7% 7,764 1,287 16.6% 16.4% 8,541 467 5.5% 6.6% 68,515 20,312 29.6% 27.9%

9 9,134 2,323 25.4% 23.8% 1,072 141 13.2% 12.4% 5,841 208 3.6% 2.8% 16,047 2,672 16.7% 15.9%

10 63,639 23,438 36.8% 33.5% 12,665 1,245 9.8% 9.4% 32,128 763 2.4% 2.1% 108,432 25,446 23.5% 22.2%

R 7-10 137,289 49,573 36.1% 33.1% 22,848 2,935 12.8% 12.7% 47,590 1,585 3.3% 3.2% 207,727 54,093 26.0% 24.6%

TOTAL 289,329 125,880 43.5% 39.4% 31,621 4,309 13.6% 13.7% 56,579 2,557 4.5% 4.6% 377,529 132,746 35.2% 32.4%

First-Year Member Renewal / Retention - November 2017

RE-GION

HIGHER GRADE w/o GSM GRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TOTAL MEMBERS

Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal Oppor-tunity

Renewal

# %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17 # %, '18 %, '17

1 1,740 322 13.9% 17.0% 594 46 3.0% 5.6% 1,002 81 7.2% 7.6% 3,336 449 9.9% 11.8%

2 1,338 241 14.3% 16.0% 500 48 4.8% 8.4% 761 58 5.4% 6.1% 2,599 347 9.9% 11.5%

3 1,640 329 15.8% 18.0% 746 66 5.0% 11.2% 1,245 81 6.2% 7.6% 3,631 476 10.3% 12.9%

4 1,154 242 13.4% 16.0% 597 54 6.0% 9.9% 846 84 8.3% 10.4% 2,597 380 10.1% 12.8%

5 1,640 330 16.9% 17.5% 583 65 7.2% 10.2% 1,025 95 8.1% 8.9% 3,248 490 12.4% 13.5%

6 3,304 621 15.3% 19.9% 859 93 3.3% 8.0% 1,997 177 5.6% 9.3% 6,160 891 10.5% 14.7%

R 1-6 10,816 2,085 15.1% 17.8% 3,879 372 4.8% 8.9% 6,876 576 6.6% 8.4% 21,571 3,033 10.5% 13.1%

7 1,145 209 12.9% 16.7% 607 71 5.8% 11.3% 795 86 5.5% 9.9% 2,547 366 8.9% 13.6%

8 6,376 858 9.7% 12.4% 3,855 427 4.4% 9.8% 6,803 249 2.2% 4.6% 17,034 1,534 5.5% 9.0%

9 1,710 154 6.7% 8.9% 540 40 4.6% 7.0% 4,595 106 0.9% 1.8% 6,845 300 2.6% 4.1%

10 10,534 1,422 15.9% 11.9% 8,194 483 2.3% 5.9% 26,144 441 0.5% 1.5% 44,872 2,346 4.4% 5.7%

R 7-10 19,765 2,643 12.9% 12.1% 13,196 1,021 3.2% 7.4% 38,337 882 1.0% 2.2% 71,298 4,546 4.7% 6.6%

TOTAL 30,581 4,728 13.7% 13.8% 17,075 1,393 3.5% 7.7% 45,213 1,458 1.8% 3.3% 92,869 7,579 6.0% 8.1%

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Membership Recruitment Update

Overall recruitment gains remain positive, ahead +1.9%. Although this leveled off from October’s +3.4% gain. Under-graduate recruitment had a very strong, early start this year and those gains were simply realized earlier and are now leveling off. (The annual IEEEXtreme Programming Competition occurred in October and as participation has grown each year, so did the gain in recruitment that we saw then as a result.) Here is how each of the three categories im-pacted the overall result this month:

Undergraduate recruitment is down YoY –0.2% from +2.3% last month

Main drivers: Region 9 decline got bigger and Region 10 (India, specifically) recruitment gains leveled off

Typical Q4 recruitment spike occurred earlier (September) this year than last year, leveling off now

Last year at this time: undergraduate recruitment was +0.2%

Graduate student recruitment continued improvement, up +2.6% from +2.3% last month

Main influences: Regions 7, 8 and 9 increased gains

Last year at this time: graduate student recruitment was +0.4%

Higher Grade recruitment positive third month in a row, +9.9%, slight change from +10.0% last month

Main driver: Region 10 returning to pre-2016 levels so YoY shows big growth (last year was big decline) Regions 1-6 positive growth also continued, and is ahead 2.7%, up from +1.1% in October

Last year at this time: HG recruitment was –8.8%

IEEE Collabratec Recruitment Efforts

We now have a second year of data to be able to track the increases in engagement and recruitment through the Collabratec platform. In the 2017 membership year, the platform delivered 1.6% of total recruitment. Collabratec also drives very strong reinstatement activity—former members coming back—accounting for 6.5% of total reinstatement activity during the 2017 membership year.

2017 Membership Year Total Versus 2016 Higher Grade Graduate Student Undergrad Student TOTAL

2017 2016 Chg 2017 2016 Chg 2017 2016 Chg 2017 2016 Chg

# # % # # % # # % # # %

Non-Member Sign-up to Active Member Conversions 467 284 64.4% 418 162 158.0% 633 359 76.3% 1,518 805 88.6%

Former Member Sign-up to Active Member Conversions 816 708 15.3% 255 143 78.3% 167 99 68.7% 1,238 950 30.3%

sub-total 1,283 992 29.3% 673 305 120.7% 800 458 74.7% 2,756 1,755 57.0%

First-Year Member Sign-ups to IEEE Collabratec (joined IEEE, and then signed-up) 1,679 1,927 -12.9% 1,235 863 43.1% 2,810 2,282 23.1% 5,724 5,072 12.9%

Cumulative Recruitment - September through November 2017 RE-

GION HIGHER GRADE w/o GSMs GRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TOTAL MEMBERS

2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change

# % # % # % # %

1 201 222 (21) -9.5% 233 229 4 1.7% 595 648 (53) -8.2% 1,029 1,099 (70) -6.4%

2 202 148 54 36.5% 152 172 (20) -11.6% 358 391 (33) -8.4% 712 711 1 0.1%

3 206 172 34 19.8% 294 258 36 14.0% 633 724 (91) -12.6% 1,133 1,154 (21) -1.8%

4 131 139 (8) -5.8% 191 196 (5) -2.6% 482 471 11 2.3% 804 806 (2) -0.2%

5 182 208 (26) -12.5% 228 202 26 12.9% 605 669 (64) -9.6% 1,015 1,079 (64) -5.9%

6 409 407 2 0.5% 284 311 (27) -8.7% 1,249 1,251 (2) -0.2% 1,942 1,969 (27) -1.4%

R 1-6 1,331 1,296 35 2.7% 1,382 1,368 14 1.0% 3,922 4,154 (232) -5.6% 6,635 6,818 (183) -2.7%

7 209 175 34 19.4% 245 209 36 17.2% 435 437 (2) -0.5% 889 821 68 8.3%

8 762 718 44 6.1% 1,135 1,059 76 7.2% 2,765 2,672 93 3.5% 4,662 4,449 213 4.8%

9 167 184 (17) -9.2% 187 172 15 8.7% 1,023 1,188 (165) -13.9% 1,377 1,544 (167) -10.8%

10 1,431 1,177 254 21.6% 2,543 2,546 (3) -0.1% 6,741 6,459 282 4.4% 10,715 10,182 533 5.2%

R 7-10 2,569 2,254 315 14.0% 4,110 3,986 124 3.1% 10,964 10,756 208 1.9% 17,643 16,996 647 3.8%

TOTAL 3,900 3,550 350 9.9% 5,492 5,354 138 2.6% 14,886 14,910 (24) -0.2% 24,278 23,814 464 1.9%

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Sections are encouraged to promote the Member-Get-a-Member referral program to existing members, especially within the student branches in your Section. Need help or ideas? E-mail d.maestri@ieee.org

Recruiters of the Month – Member-Get-a-Member (MGM) Program

2018 MGM Recruits YTD: 3,858 new members*

Same period last year: 4,933

Year-over-year: -21.8%

*Eligible referrals under the program rules.

Did you know? Sections can earn awards for top recruiting activity. To learn more, go to www.ieee.org/mgm or contact Denise Maestri, d.maestri@ieee.org.

Important Note: MGM awards for the 2017 membership year were sent via e-mail in late September, to the member’s primary e-mail address on record. Awards must be used by 31 December!

We are pleased to recognize this month’s top program participants. The IEEE Member-Get-a-Member (MGM) program is popular with student members and therefore the program results often ebb and flow with the academic school year.

Mahfoudh Ben Hassine R8, Tunisia Section 58 new members Angel Orozco R9, Mexico Section 12 new members

Sanchit Garg R10, Delhi Section 47 new members

Muhammad Hunain Memon R10, Nanjing Section 12 new members

Abdullah Al-jawarneh R8, Jordan Section 43 new members Sayyam Razzaq R10, Lahore Section 12 new members

Swara Shirsat R10, Bombay Section 32 new members Deepak Desai R10, Bangalore Sec-tion 11 new members

Hanen Lazreg R8, Tunisia Section 26 new members Oussama Hassine R8, Tunisia Section 11 new members

Athul Chandrasenan R10, Kerala Section 24 new members Raslan Kiwan R8, Reg 8-Countries Outside Sections 11 new members

Pauline Sarah J R10, Madras Section 22 new members Safwan Taleb R8, Tunisia Section 10 new members

Karim Dasuki R9, Colombia Section 14 new members Shefin Muhammed K R10, Kerala Section 10 new members

Raviteja R R10, Bangalore Sec-tion 14 new members Sahil Khan R10, Delhi Section 10 new members

Sakib Ahmed R10, Bangladesh Section 14 new members Jason D'souza

R8, United Arab Emir-ates Section 10 new members

Dina Ben Abdelafou R8, Tunisia Section 13 new members

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Overall IEEE Membership by Region and Grade Category

Note: e-Members are included in the higher-grade counts of Regions 3, 8, 9, and 10. Life Members are included in Higher Grade counts.

Green shading = year-over-year growth >1.0%; Yellow shading = +/- 0.99%; Red shading > (1.0%)

Overall membership is behind –1.4% YoY, was –1.5% last month

Main driver: Starting the year with fewer members, gains not yet offsetting the loss

Retention activity, though strong, does not yet impact the overall member-ship number; it will following the service deactivation in February

Last year this time was +0.7%

Higher-grade membership behind by –2.9%, was –3.1% last month

We continue to see the YoY declines shrink slowly; driven by recruitment and reinstatement

Last year overall HG was -0.1% YoY

GSM grade down –0.6% over last year, steady from last month

Main drivers: Recruitment gains staying steady

Last year this time was +0.1%

STU membership is positive +4.8%, was +5.6% last month

Main driver: Recruitment gains following IEEEXtreme diminished

Last year this time was +4.4%

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Geographic IEEE Membership Summary - November 2017 RE-

GION Higher-Grade w/o GSM Graduate Students Undergraduate Students TOTAL MEMBERS

2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change

# % # % # % # %

1 26,214 27,098 (884) -3.3% 1,687 1,747 (60) -3.4% 1,992 2,284 (292) -12.8% 29,893 31,129 (1,236) -4.0%

2 22,734 23,536 (802) -3.4% 1,444 1,569 (125) -8.0% 1,437 1,661 (224) -13.5% 25,615 26,766 (1,151) -4.3%

3 22,765 23,228 (463) -2.0% 2,114 2,109 5 0.2% 2,384 2,779 (395) -14.2% 27,263 28,116 (853) -3.0%

4 16,373 16,953 (580) -3.4% 1,659 1,760 (101) -5.7% 1,664 1,754 (90) -5.1% 19,696 20,467 (771) -3.8%

5 21,599 22,529 (930) -4.1% 1,701 1,687 14 0.8% 2,034 2,321 (287) -12.4% 25,334 26,537 (1,203) -4.5%

6 44,668 45,529 (861) -1.9% 2,560 2,547 13 0.5% 3,952 3,904 48 1.2% 51,180 51,980 (800) -1.5%

R 1-6 154,353 158,873 (4,520) -2.8% 11,165 11,419 (254) -2.2% 13,463 14,703 (1,240) -8.4% 178,981 184,995 (6,014) -3.3%

7 12,584 12,813 (229) -1.8% 1,808 1,757 51 2.9% 1,575 1,529 46 3.0% 15,967 16,099 (132) -0.8%

8 53,221 54,217 (996) -1.8% 9,697 10,128 (431) -4.3% 11,557 10,663 894 8.4% 74,475 75,008 (533) -0.7%

9 9,457 9,545 (88) -0.9% 1,399 1,272 127 10.0% 7,176 6,662 514 7.7% 18,032 17,479 553 3.2%

10 65,914 69,027 (3,113) -4.5% 16,149 15,879 270 1.7% 39,490 36,337 3,153 8.7% 121,553 121,243 310 0.3%

R 7-10 141,176 145,602 (4,426) -3.0% 29,053 29,036 17 0.1% 59,798 55,191 4,607 8.3% 230,027 229,829 198 0.1%

TOTAL 295,529 304,475 (8,946) -2.9% 40,218 40,455 (237) -0.6% 73,261 69,894 3,367 4.8% 409,008 414,824 (5,816) -1.4%

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SOCIETY / DIVISION

IEEE Societies 2017 2016 # % 2017 2016 # % 2017 2016 # % 2017 2016 # % 2017 2016 # %

DIVISION I

Circuits & Systems 9,165 9,709 -544 -5.6% 422 481 -59 -12.3% 52 49 3 6.1% 9,639 10,239 -600 -5.9% 9,587 10,190 -603 -5.9%

Electron Devices 9,722 9,752 -30 -0.3% 698 349 349 100.0% 49 51 -2 -3.9% 10,469 10,152 317 3.1% 10,420 10,101 319 3.2%

Solid-State Circuits 9,597 9,560 37 0.4% 229 294 -65 -22.1% 100 95 5 5.3% 9,926 9,949 -23 -0.2% 9,826 9,854 -28 -0.3%

Div I Subtotal 28,484 29,021 -537 -1.9% 1,349 1,124 225 20.0% 201 195 6 3.1% 30,034 30,340 -306 -1.0% 29,833 30,145 -312 -1.0%

DIVISION II

Components, Packaging

& Mfg Tech2,269 2,371 -102 -4.3% 76 32 44 137.5% 29 32 -3 -9.4% 2,374 2,435 -61 -2.5% 2,345 2,403 -58 -2.4%

Dielectrics & Electrical

Insulation1,972 2,084 -112 -5.4% 18 26 -8 -30.8% 29 29 0 0.0% 2,019 2,139 -120 -5.6% 1,990 2,110 -120 -5.7%

Industry Applications 11,106 11,052 54 0.5% 3,432 2,465 967 39.2% 177 48 129 268.8% 14,715 13,565 1,150 8.5% 14,538 13,517 1,021 7.6%

Instrumentation &

Measurements3,670 3,730 -60 -1.6% 105 88 17 19.3% 24 22 2 9.1% 3,799 3,840 -41 -1.1% 3,775 3,818 -43 -1.1%

Power Electronics 8,079 7,855 224 2.9% 808 596 212 35.6% 42 26 16 61.5% 8,929 8,477 452 5.3% 8,887 8,451 436 5.2%

Ultrasonics,

Ferroelectrics, Freq Ctrl2,193 2,222 -29 -1.3% 49 68 -19 -27.9% 45 49 -4 -8.2% 2,287 2,339 -52 -2.2% 2,242 2,290 -48 -2.1%

Div II Subtotal 29,289 29,314 -25 -0.1% 4,488 3,275 1,213 37.0% 346 206 140 68.0% 34,123 32,795 1,328 4.0% 33,777 32,589 1,188 3.6%

DIVISION III

Communications 25,900 28,048 -2,148 -7.7% 838 861 -23 -2.7% 411 432 -21 -4.9% 27,149 29,341 -2,192 -7.5% 26,738 28,909 -2,171 -7.5%

DIVISION IV 0 0

Antennas & Propagation 8,481 8,390 91 1.1% 243 218 25 11.5% 60 58 2 3.4% 8,784 8,666 118 1.4% 8,724 8,608 116 1.3%

Broadcast Technology 1,638 1,612 26 1.6% 76 54 22 40.7% 31 26 5 19.2% 1,745 1,692 53 3.1% 1,714 1,666 48 2.9%

Consumer Electronics 2,691 2,851 -160 -5.6% 83 137 -54 -39.4% 15 20 -5 -25.0% 2,789 3,008 -219 -7.3% 2,774 2,988 -214 -7.2%

Electromagnetic

Compatibility3,591 3,742 -151 -4.0% 52 39 13 33.3% 40 40 0 0.0% 3,683 3,821 -138 -3.6% 3,643 3,781 -138 -3.6%

Magnetics 2,723 2,821 -98 -3.5% 51 52 -1 -1.9% 73 67 6 9.0% 2,847 2,940 -93 -3.2% 2,774 2,873 -99 -3.4%

Microwave Theory &

Techniques10,494 10,655 -161 -1.5% 273 283 -10 -3.5% 32 30 2 6.7% 10,799 10,968 -169 -1.5% 10,767 10,938 -171 -1.6%

Nuclear & Plasma

Sciences2,896 2,808 88 3.1% 156 84 72 85.7% 44 44 0 0.0% 3,096 2,936 160 5.4% 3,052 2,892 160 5.5%

Div IV Subtotal 32,514 32,879 -365 -1.1% 934 867 67 7.7% 295 285 10 3.5% 33,743 34,031 -288 -0.8% 33,448 33,746 -298 -0.9%

DIVISION V/VIII

Computer 39,691 44,487 -4,796 -10.8% 4,815 4,150 665 16.0% 6,738 7441 -703 -9.4% 51,244 56,078 -4,834 -8.6% 44,506 48,637 -4,131 -8.5%

DIVISION VI

Education 3,177 3,255 -78 -2.4% 70 64 6 9.4% 41 42 -1 -2.4% 3,288 3,361 -73 -2.2% 3,247 3,319 -72 -2.2%

Industrial Electronics 6,740 6,524 216 3.3% 365 259 106 40.9% 36 34 2 5.9% 7,141 6,817 324 4.8% 7,105 6,783 322 4.7%

Product Safety

Engineering776 794 -18 -2.3% 23 37 -14 -37.8% 11 13 -2 -15.4% 810 844 -34 -4.0% 799 831 -32 -3.9%

Professional

Communication646 644 2 0.3% 38 25 13 52.0% 56 56 0 0.0% 740 725 15 2.1% 684 669 15 2.2%

Reliability 1,606 1,682 -76 -4.5% 63 15 48 320.0% 27 21 6 28.6% 1,696 1,718 -22 -1.3% 1,669 1,697 -28 -1.6%

Social Implications of

Technology1,484 1,464 20 1.4% 96 70 26 37.1% 26 24 2 8.3% 1,606 1,558 48 3.1% 1,580 1,534 46 3.0%

Technology and

Engineering Mgmt2,888 2,872 16 0.6% 189 75 114 152.0% 43 36 7 19.4% 3,120 2,983 137 4.6% 3,077 2,947 130 4.4%

Div VI Subtotal 17,317 17,235 82 0.5% 844 545 299 54.9% 240 226 14 6.2% 18,401 18,006 395 2.2% 18,161 17,780 381 2.1%

DIVISION VII

Power & Energy 30,619 30,461 158 0.5% 6,940 5,019 1,921 38.3% 464 421 43 10.2% 38,023 35,901 2,122 5.9% 37,559 35,480 2,079 5.9%

DIVISION IX

Aerospace & Electronic

Systems 4,483 4,446 37 0.8% 262 226 36 15.9% 25 26 -1 -3.8% 4,770 4,698 72 1.5% 4,745 4,672 73 1.6%

Geoscience & Remote

Sensing3,478 3,351 127 3.8% 158 115 43 37.4% 183 172 11 6.4% 3,819 3,638 181 5.0% 3,636 3,466 170 4.9%

Information Theory 3,013 3,144 -131 -4.2% 96 74 22 29.7% 32 28 4 14.3% 3,141 3,246 -105 -3.2% 3,109 3,218 -109 -3.4%

Intelligent Transportation

Systems1,721 1,519 202 13.3% 52 43 9 20.9% 32 19 13 68.4% 1,805 1,581 224 14.2% 1,773 1,562 211 13.5%

Oceanic Engineering 1,641 1,721 -80 -4.6% 76 65 11 16.9% 34 29 5 17.2% 1,751 1,815 -64 -3.5% 1,717 1,786 -69 -3.9%

Signal Processing 15,400 16,214 -814 -5.0% 524 983 -459 -46.7% 196 175 21 12.0% 16,120 17,372 -1,252 -7.2% 15,924 17,197 -1,273 -7.4%

Vehicular Technology 4,343 4,198 145 3.5% 107 108 -1 -0.9% 28 21 7 33.3% 4,478 4,327 151 3.5% 4,450 4,306 144 3.3%

Div IX Subtotal 34,079 34,593 -514 -1.5% 1,275 1,614 -339 -21.0% 530 470 60 12.8% 35,884 36,677 -793 -2.2% 35,354 36,207 -853 -2.4%

DIVISION X

Computational

Intelligence6,646 6,324 322 5.1% 551 389 162 41.6% 83 88 -5 -5.7% 7,280 6,801 479 7.0% 7,197 6,713 484 7.2%

Control Systems 8,333 8,467 -134 -1.6% 306 255 51 20.0% 74 80 -6 -7.5% 8,713 8,802 -89 -1.0% 8,639 8,722 -83 -1.0%

Engineering in Medicine

& Biology8,087 8,987 -900 -10.0% 1,122 1,100 22 2.0% 363 660 -297 -45.0% 9,572 10,747 -1,175 -10.9% 9,209 10,087 -878 -8.7%

Photonics 5,868 6,040 -172 -2.8% 130 102 28 27.5% 179 197 -18 -9.1% 6,177 6,339 -162 -2.6% 5,998 6,142 -144 -2.3%

Robotics & Automation 10,942 11,102 -160 -1.4% 2,494 2,424 70 2.9% 165 138 27 19.6% 13,601 13,664 -63 -0.5% 13,436 13,526 -90 -0.7%

Systems, Man &

Cybernetics4,853 4,384 469 10.7% 179 144 35 24.3% 43 38 5 13.2% 5,075 4,566 509 11.1% 5,032 4,528 504 11.1%

Div X Subtotal 44,729 45,304 -575 -1.3% 4,782 4,414 368 8.3% 907 1201 -294 -24.5% 50,418 50,919 -501 -1.0% 49,511 49,718 -207 -0.4%

TOTAL 282,622 291,342 -8,720 -3.0% 26,265 21,869 4,396 20.1% 10,132 10877 -745 -6.8% 319,019 324,088 -5,069 -1.6% 308,887 313,211 -4,324 -1.4%

IEEE Society Membership Totals as of November 2017

IEEE Higher Grade

Members

(including GSMs)

ChangeIEEE Student

MembersChange

Society

AffiliatesChange

Society Totals

(with affiliates)Change

Society Totals

(without affiliates)Change

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Grade This Month

‘17 This Month

‘16 YoY

# Chg YoY

% Chg

Fellow 116 103 13 12.6%

Senior Member 829 736 93 12.6%

Member 4,869 4,507 362 8.0%

Associate Member 158 133 25 18.8%

Graduate Student 2,139 2,071 68 3.3%

Student 14,025 12,087 1,938 16.0%

Total 22,136 19,639 2,497 12.7%

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) membership is only available to IEEE members. WIE membership is free for students, graduate students and life members. Professional members pay a WIE membership fee.

Region This Month

‘17 This Month

‘16 YoY

# Chg YoY

% Chg

U.S. 3,542 3,379 163 4.8%

Canada 458 413 45 10.9%

Europe, Middle East, Africa 3741 3117 624 20.0%

Latin America 2834 2654 180 6.8%

Asia Pacific 11561 10076 1,485 14.7%

Total 22,136 19,639 2,497 12.7%

Grade This Month

‘17 This Month

‘16 YoY

# Chg YoY

% Chg

Student 47 38 9 23.7%

Higher Grade 6,521 6,295 226 3.6%

Affiliate 62 62 0 0.0%

SA Only Members 482 476 6 1.3%

Total 7,112 6,871 241 3.5%

IEEE Standards Association members may also be IEEE members or Society Affiliates. However IEEE or Society membership is not a require-ment to join. These individuals join the Standards Association for the benefit of being able to ballot on standards projects and assume leadership roles within a working group.

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Membership in IEEE Young Professionals is automatically given to Graduate Students (GSM) and higher grade members within 15 years of receiving their first professional degree, and higher grade members beyond 15 years who wish to opt in, at no additional cost.

Active IEEE Members that belong to Eta Kappa Nu

Geographic IEEE Young Professional Membership - November 2017

Region Higher Grade w/o GSM GSM w/o Students Total

2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016

# # %

Change # # %

Change # # %

Change

1 3,823 4,168 -8.3% 1,594 1,665 -4.3% 5,417 5,833 -7.1%

2 3,269 3,529 -7.4% 1,365 1,494 -8.6% 4,634 5,023 -7.7%

3 3,822 4,079 -6.3% 2,000 1,993 0.4% 5,822 6,072 -4.1%

4 2,995 3,312 -9.6% 1,558 1,672 -6.8% 4,553 4,984 -8.6%

5 3,744 4,151 -9.8% 1,590 1,597 -0.4% 5,334 5,748 -7.2%

6 7,558 7,782 -2.9% 2,388 2,424 -1.5% 9,946 10,206 -2.5%

R 1-6 25,211 27,021 -6.7% 10,495 10,845 -3.2% 35,706 37,866 -5.7%

7 2,959 3,210 -7.8% 1,698 1,666 1.9% 4,657 4,876 -4.5%

8 15,638 16,779 -6.8% 9,233 9,617 -4.0% 24,871 26,396 -5.8%

9 3,425 3,430 -0.1% 1,300 1,180 10.2% 4,725 4,610 2.5%

10 19,445 19,734 -1.5% 15,589 15,185 2.7% 35,034 34,919 0.3%

R 7-10 41,467 43,153 -3.9% 27,820 27,648 0.6% 69,287 70,801 -2.1%

TOTAL 66,678 70,174 -5.0% 38,315 38,493 -0.5% 104,993 108,667 -3.4%

Geographic IEEE HKN Membership - November 2017

Region Higher Grade w/o GSM Students Total

2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016

# # %

Change # # %

Change # # %

Change

1 1,209 1,260 -4.0% 184 573 -67.9% 1,393 1,833 -24.0%

2 1,141 1,189 -4.0% 142 413 -65.6% 1,283 1,602 -19.9%

3 1,144 1,253 -8.7% 192 494 -61.1% 1,336 1,747 -23.5%

4 824 919 -10.3% 165 491 -66.4% 989 1,410 -29.9%

5 1,163 1,308 -11.1% 170 512 -66.8% 1,333 1,820 -26.8%

6 1,707 1,646 3.7% 301 715 -57.9% 2,008 2,361 -15.0%

R 1-6 7,188 7,575 -5.1% 1,154 3,198 -63.9% 8,342 10,773 -22.6%

7 38 36 5.6% 5 7 -28.6% 43 43 0.0%

8 87 83 4.8% 11 36 -69.4% 98 119 -17.6%

9 48 54 -11.1% 9 52 -82.7% 57 106 -46.2%

10 121 128 -5.5% 20 89 -77.5% 141 217 -35.0%

R 7-10 294 301 -2.3% 45 184 -75.5% 339 485 -30.1%

TOTAL 7,482 7,876 -5.0% 1,199 3,382 -64.5% 8,681 11,258 -22.9%