SolidState Circuits Society SSCS Membership

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Solid-State Circuits Society SSCS Membership

• Prepared by Bruce Hecht
• SSCS Membership Committee Chair
• September 2007
• Bruce.Hecht_at_analog.com
• 1 781-937-1535

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SSCS Membership Activities
However - Membership numbers are on a steady
decline! Decline of -2.6 from peak of 14,500
members in 2001 to 11,050 members in
2007 Consistent with the trend across many IEEE
societies

• Key Society activities are increasing and are
  highly regarded
• Journal (JSSC) up from 2,000 to 3,100 pages /
  year
• 59 Chapters started in 10 years
• 11 International sponsored and co-sponsored
  meetings
• Journal is widely accessed in IEEE Xplore
• 99 of members report reading the JSSC society
  journal

73 Industry, 15 Education
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SSCS Membership Offers More for 2007

• Three Great Improvements for Members in 2007
• Online access to all SSCS sponsored CONFERENCE
  articles in Xplore
• Enhanced print Quarterly News publication
• Digital Archive 2-DVD set, member cost of 40,
  included with ISSCC registration for SSCS
  members.

New with 2007 dues
Technical highlights from industry, government
and academia. Also hot topics, upcoming local
events, and award-winning ideas and people.
Editor Mary Lanzerotti
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Promoting membership

• Describe the benefits of SSCS membership 3 key
  themes
• Starting 2007, IEEE has a new grade for Graduate
  Student Membership
• The IEEEs GOLD program is designed to bridge the
  world of student membership to professional
  membership. GOLD stands for Graduates of the
  Last Decade. All members who are lt 10 years
  from their first degree (i.e Bachelors) are
  automatically in the GOLD category.
• Encourage chapters to connect with student
  members and GOLD members as a source for future
  leaders and contributors.

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SSCS Membership Challenges

• Society activities are valued as demonstrated by
  increasing participation in conferences, journal
  submissions, and chapter meetings. How to best
  promote and continue this work?
• With encouragement from SSCS President Dick
  Jaeger, our AdCom has launched an initiative this
  year to set goals and strategic directions.
  Rakesh Kumar, SSCS Treasurer is leading this
  team.
• Focused questions include
• To what extent are geographic shifts contributing
  to changes in membership?
• What are the most important needs for existing
  members?
• How can we best foster continuing contributions
  to the society?
• What are the most important needs for potential
  new members?
• What new programs would be of value to future
  members?

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• Additional Slides

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Main Reasons Why Members Originally Joined an
IEEE SocietySimilar pattern as current members
lower percentages
Source Elena Gerstmann IEEE Strategic Research
Question Please select the main reasons why you
originally joined the Society. (Select up to
three that apply.)
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Reasons That Influenced Members Decision Not to
Renew Their IEEE Society Membership(Percentage
of respondents)
Source Elena Gerstmann IEEE Strategic Research
Question From reasons listed, please check all
the reasons that influenced your decision not to
renew your Society membership. (Select all that
apply and include the reason(s) you typed above.)
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ISSCC Short Course Replays from DVD at
SSCS-Seoul, September, 2006Story from Jan van
der SpiegelRegion 10 Chapters Meeting
Chapter Vice President Andy Chung
initiated and organized a replay from DVD of the
ISSCC 2005 Short course on Analog-Digital
Converters by MIT Professor Hae-Seung Lee at
Korea University. With the addition of
participating chapter professors and stop-play
for QA and summary comments, the DVD replay
became an audience-friendly and interactive
learning experience.
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Profile of IEEE Members
Source Elena Gerstmann IEEE Strategic Research
Data as of 31-Dec-2006
Declining
Source Elena Gerstmann IEEE Director of
Strategic Research and Planning Presented at MDC
Retreat, May 5, New Brunswick, NJ