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John Vig Candidate for 2007 IEEE President-elect J.Vig@ieee

John Vig Candidate for 2007 IEEE President-elect J.Vig@ieee.org. Region 10 Meeting 2006. Outline. Brief bio My contributions to IEEE The major challenges Ideas for dealing with the challenges Why vote for John Vig?. Who am I?. Born in Hungary (R8)

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John Vig Candidate for 2007 IEEE President-elect J.Vig@ieee

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  1. John VigCandidate for 2007 IEEE President-electJ.Vig@ieee.org Region 10 Meeting 2006

  2. Outline • Brief bio • My contributions to IEEE • The major challenges • Ideas for dealing with the challenges • Why vote for John Vig?

  3. Who am I? • Born in Hungary (R8) • Retired Feb 2006; after 36 yrs of R&D in a gov’t lab • >100 publications; 9 book chapters • 55 patents • IEEE Fellow; IEEE Cady Award, IEEE Sawyer Award, Distinguished Lecturer… • 2005 VP for Technical Activities • 34 years of accomplishments (pubs, conferences, membership, standards, finances/investments…)

  4. Contributions to IEEE – in the OUs • Founded the IEEE Sensors Council • “Created” & guided the IEEE Sensors Journal to success • IEEE Frequency Control Symposium, IEEE SENSORS • Associate/senior editor of IEEE journals (T-UFFC, SJ) • >30 years experience as conference chairs: technical program chair, general chair, editorial & publicity chair • ~25 yrs w. standards (IEEE; Chair, SCC-27; IEC; NATO) • Membership: MDC, REP list simplification/elimination, website, IEEE Press new initiative

  5. Contributions to IEEE - BoD • Investment Operations Manual • E-mail voting by OUs • Transnational scorecard • Trust issues – budget CD, BoD archives, tax returns on website, confidentiality policy • Conferences & publications strategic planning • Marketing & Sales Comm.; initiatives, rebate program

  6. Challenges • Membership value (IEL impact*), dues structure • Globalization (“flat world,” networked world) • Publications: Open Access, timeliness, practical content • Agility, innovation & risk taking – “Venture Capital Fund” • The image of engineering and science; PR, marketing • Member involvement – only 14% voted in 2005 • Trust (19 mentions of “trust” in BDO Seidman report) • Transnationality (at OU series’, ~10% are non-US!) * ~36% of members have “free” e-access to our IP ~2M nonmembers have free access to our IP

  7. IEEE Higher Grade Membership1963 to 2005 February 2006 vs. February 2005: Total: -3.3% Higher Grade: -3.5% Students: -2.4% Society: -6.3%

  8. IEEE Society Memberships Trend Compared to IEEE Membership Trends In 2005, 45% of IEEE members held no society membership 14% decline since 2001

  9. Membership “New Initiative” • Main reasons for HG nonrenewal: “1. Membership is too expensive (46%); 2. Value does not justify cost (38%) • At IEL org’s: “I get everything for free; so, why join?” Proposal For An Experiment: • IEEE Press has >300 out-of-print + >250 in-print books • Make books available in Xplore to members, and to members only (i.e., NOT to IEL customers) • Digitization costs ~$1.30/page; <$200K for 300 books • Wiley would continue to sell hard copies (& pay royalties)

  10. Agility, Risk Acceptance • When probability of success >40% “go with your gut!” • If we do 10 experiments and 7 fail, 3 succeed, the 3 may transform the IEEE. • _________________________________________ • “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” • Wayne Gretzky • Now is the best time to experiment with new ideas! • Let’s take those “shots!”

  11. Per Capita Gross Domestic Products(in US $)

  12. Membership Dues • Membership dues are on autopilot (per Bylaw I-108.5) • "Membership is too expensive" is the number one reason, by far, for non-renewal (in 2005, we lost 68K members) • Membership strategy (especially for less developed countries)? • 2005 IEEE dues revenues w. assessments ~$35M ~12% of total revenues; IEEE reserves ~$165M • We can afford to experiment! • Experiments: Lower dues for fewer services? Lower dues for IEL org’s? Any others???

  13. Membership by Employment Category > Two-thirds of members have no Ph.D.

  14. Content for Practitioners What Has Not Worked Well Enough - Solicit "practical" papers - Solicit more review and tutorial papers - Special issues devoted to practical content What May Work • Create a new class of peer reviewed publications, Application Notes: “How to…,” state-of-the-art design solutions, “Understanding…,” case studies… • Practical impact statements – voluntary, electronic only, by author, reviewer, editor, or ANY reader! • E-books. Any other ideas??? Let’s Experiment!

  15. How I Would Lead IEEE • Set at least one lofty goal (to inspire members & staff) • “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker • Strategic planning emphasis; trust through openness; council of outside advisors • “The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away.” Linus Pauling • Invent & experiment! Volunteer-staff partnership.

  16. Why John Vig? • Knowledge and broad experience • Accomplishments – lots of them • Ideas – lots of them; willingness toexperiment • Ability to lead – to get things done

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