sscs membership committee report august 15, 2011 tzi-dar chiueh anne o’neill katherine olstein
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SSCS Membership Committee Report
August 15, 2011Tzi-Dar ChiuehAnne O’NeillKatherine Olstein
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Goals of Membership Committee
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SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Membership Trend within IEEE
IEEE membership continues to rise
Other major societies also rising
SSCS continues to lose members
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SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
SSCS Membership in the past 9 years
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Falling steadily at a rate of about 5%Action now decides where this trend goes
SSCS Membership
14337
9635
-5% per year
9559
-0.8% in 2011
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Membership Trend in 2011
IEEE membership rise, society membership steady
SSCS membership decline 1%
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SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Monthly Membership Statistics
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400+
Gap begins
to shrink
< 80
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Membership Efforts
1. Membership kits – sent to each chapter or conference that will layout the
materials
2. New member welcome letter– Sent monthly
3. Web info on SSCS.org – Benefits listed, Join link
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SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
New Membership Efforts in 2011
Email campaign for ½ year rates – to IEEE members, recruited 73 new
members. 8500+ emails sent.
Free on-line tutorials/short courses– http://sscs.ieee.org/tutorials-on-line.html
Student travel grant award for SSCS sponsored conferences
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SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
18 Student Travel Grants awarded to students to attend ISSCC. Many of them came for student research preview.One winner for CICCFour awards for A-SSCC.
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Student Travel Grant AWARDS - Accomplished
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
SSCS launched tutorials onlinesscs.ieee.org/tutorials-on-line
ISSCC tutorials and short course (2004-2007)– Free to SSCS Members– Priced at $30/90-minutes for IEEE members and
double for non-members.
“The quality and content are both excellent. The transcript is truly helpful to understand the accent from other countries. It deeply impresses me with my first use. Many will want to join the SSCS society because of this advantage.”
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Online Tutorials - accomplished
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
– Free on-line offering extends to DL talks now in planning
– Slides Slides only (voluntary basis) Audio recording Transcript
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Online DL Talks
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
IEEE is launching a bundled society membership in 2013– Each IEEE member can choose, free of
charge, a society to bundle with his/her IEEE membership
– IEEE may reimburse the society in the futureSSCS needs to decide what competitive benefits to offer the bundled SSCS members– E-magazine, – Subset of free on-line tutorials/DL talks
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IEEE Basic (Bundled) Society Membership
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
All SSCS members at ISSCC 2011 received a $10 Starbucks card – As a member thank-you– To draw attention to ourselves– To encourage networking– To enhance the conference experience
ISSCC 2012 gift plan– USB keys with ISSCC content– Starbucks card (again)– Free one-year SSCS membership
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Use Conferences to grow membership
SSCS Membership Committee August 2011
Summary
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On-line free tutorialsStudent travel grant awardsOn-line DL talksBundled membership benefitMember benefits at ISSCC