John Vig Candidate for 2008 IEEE Presidentelect J

John Vig Candidate for 2008 IEEE President-elect J. Vig@ieee. org www. John. Vig. org IEEE Region 4 Meeting Chicago, IL, USA January 27, 2007

Bio l >25 years of research leadership in US Army R&D labs l Authored >100 publications & 9 book chapters l 55 patents l Ph. D; IEEE Fellow; IEEE UFFC-S Cady, Distinguished Service & Sawyer Awards; Distinguished Lecturer l >30 years of accomplishments in IEEE: S/C pres. , DD, VP, pubs, conferences, membership, standards, finances, investments, strategic planning www. John. Vig. org

Contributions to IEEE l Founded the IEEE Sensors Council l >30 years conference leadership experience as: general chair, technical program chair, editorial & publicity chair l >25 yrs w. standards (Chair, IEEE SCC-27, IEC, NATO) l Senior/Associate editor of IEEE journals (SJ, T-UFFC) l Brought the Frequency Control Symposium into IEEE l Membership: MDC, REP list simplification/elimination, website, IEEE Press & marketing new initiatives

Contributions to IEEE - Bo. D Agenda items coauthored with 19 directors l Investment Operations Manual l E-mail voting by OUs that don’t directly report to Bo. D l Budget CD, Bo. D archives, tax returns on website, confidentiality, REP list, transnational scorecard. l Marketing & Sales Comm. ; initiative, rebate program l Strategic planning – conferences, publications

Challenges, Ideas l Finances & Investments in our future: +$31 M $169 M vs. <$3 M invested; we must invest more! l Membership (IEL impact*) l 2005 Sections Congress priority #1: “Increase membership value; Include as part of the basic membership free limited access to online publications…” Provide digitized IEEE Press books as a free membership benefit. l Publications: Open Access, timeliness, practical content (IEEE Press books, application notes) * ~100 K members have “free” e-access to our IP >1 M nonmembers have free access to our IP

Benefits of IEEE Membership* *Posted in the Membership VC on January 18, 2007 www. ieee. org/join

The Value of IEEE Membership Knowledge. . . staying current with the fast changing world of technology Community … unparalleled networking opportunities, and the buying power into low, members-only rates on benefits and services Profession … empowering members to build and own their careers, giving back to society

The IEEE is Changing the World “…for the benefit of humanity and the profession” l “I got into this field to change the world!” Ø ~85% of income growth is due to technology IEEE Ø Standards (interoperability, safety, quality) IEEE Ø Sharing info, networking (conferences) IEEE Ø Educational activities (tutorials, Tryengineering. org…) Ø S/C & NTDC activities: Energy efficiency, life sciences, healthcare, environment, earth observation, security…

Knowledge. . . The Value of IEEE Membership staying current with the fast changing world of technology Community … unparalleled networking opportunities, and the buying power into low, members-only rates on benefits and services Profession … empowering members to build and own their careers, giving back to society Making the World a Better Place … IEEE pubs, standards & conferences improve the quality of life around the world, enhance economic growth… Be Part of YOUR Professional Society … If you are a professional working in IEEE’s fields of interest, then the IEEE is YOUR professional society; your professional home…

“…for the benefit of humanity and the profession” • Let’s invest in marketing & PR to improve the public image of IEEE and of engineers & scientists, and, thereby… • Let’s make our members proud!

Colin Powell’s Lesson 12 Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. The ripple effect of a leader's enthusiasm and optimism is awesome… I am talking about a gung ho attitude that says "we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. " Colin Powell, “A Leadership Primer” http: //www. chally. com/enews/powell. html

www. John. Vig. org

Outline • Brief bio • Contributions to IEEE • Major challenges • A few ideas for dealing with the challenges

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

Please vote! • Only 14% of eligible members voted in 2005; 3 candidates • Therefore, ~5% elected the pres-elect. • Division 8 director’s winning margin was 3 votes • 36% voted when a controversial petition candidate, Irwin Feerst, ran for IEEE president. Lesson? • “THE INSTITUTE is the newspaper of the IEEE. ” Is it a newspaper or a “house organ? ” • www. ieee. org/elections

Membership Dues l Membership dues are on autopilot l "Membership is too expensive" is the number one reason, by far, for non-renewal (membership peaked in 2002) l 2005 IEEE dues revenues w. assessments ~$35 M ~12% of total revenues; IEEE reserves ~$169 M l We can afford to experiment! l Experiments: Lower dues for fewer services? Lower dues for IEL org’s? Any others? ? ? l Membership strategy (especially for less developed countries)?

Membership “New Initiative” Proposal For An Experiment (2007 New Initiative proposal) Ø IEEE Press has >300 out-of-print + >250 in-print books Ø Press books have lots of content for practitioners Ø Member Value Project: 33% of members would include IEEE Press books online in their ideal membership (10 th) Ø IEEE Press has lost $4 M since 1995 Ø Make IEEE Press books available in Xplore to members, and to members only (i. e. , NOT to IEL customers)

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

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 l l l Create a new class of peer reviewed publications, Application Notes: “How to…, ” state-of-the-art design solutions, “Understanding…, ” case studies… Add blogs to Xplore: practical impact statements & other comments by author, reviewer, editor, or ANY reader! E-books. Any other ideas? ? ? Let’s Experiment!

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The electric lightbulb was not discovered via incremental improvements to the candle. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT, 2 May 2006

TAB Complexity Stifles Success* • In 2006 there are eighteen different factors on which TAB revenue and expense allocations are based • The situation is so complex that no volunteer or staff person can figure out the impact of a change in any one of these factors until the whole series of recursive allocation algorithms is run * From “A New Organizational Structure: The Status Quo is No Longer an Option, ” Gerald Engel, 2005 CS Pres. , Nov. 2005

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. Albert Einstein