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John Vig
Candidate for 2008 IEEE President-elect
www.JohnVig.org
IEEE Region 4 MeetingChicago, IL, USAJanuary 27, 2007
Bio
>25 years of research leadership in US Army R&D labs
Authored >100 publications & 9 book chapters
55 patents
PhD; IEEE Fellow; IEEE UFFC-S Cady, Distinguished Service & Sawyer Awards; Distinguished Lecturer
>30 years of accomplishments in IEEE: S/C pres., DD, VP, pubs, conferences, membership,
standards, finances, investments, strategic planning
www.JohnVig.org
Contributions to IEEE
Founded the IEEE Sensors Council
>30 years conference leadership experience as: general chair, technical program chair, editorial &
publicity chair
>25 yrs w. standards (Chair, IEEE SCC-27, IEC, NATO)
Senior/Associate editor of IEEE journals (SJ, T-UFFC)
Brought the Frequency Control Symposium into IEEE
Membership: MDC, REP list simplification/elimination, website, IEEE Press & marketing new initiatives
Contributions to IEEE - BoD
Agenda items coauthored with 19 directors
Investment Operations Manual
E-mail voting by OUs that don’t directly report to BoD
Budget CD, BoD archives, tax returns on website, confidentiality, REP list, transnational scorecard.
Marketing & Sales Comm.; initiative, rebate program
Strategic planning – conferences, publications
Challenges, Ideas
Finances & Investments in our future: +$31M $169M vs. <$3M invested; we must invest more!
Membership (IEL impact*)
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.
Publications: Open Access, timeliness, practical content (IEEE Press books, application notes)
* ~100K members have “free” e-access to our IP >1M nonmembers have free access to our IP
Benefits of IEEE Membership*
www.ieee.org/join
*Posted in the Membership VC on January 18, 2007
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”
“I got into this field to change the world!”
~85% of income growth is due to technology IEEE
Standards (interoperability, safety, quality) IEEE
Sharing info, networking (conferences) IEEE
Educational activities (tutorials, Tryengineering.org…)
S/C & NTDC activities: Energy efficiency, life sciences, healthcare, environment, earth observation,
security…
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
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
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
Membership dues are on autopilot
"Membership is too expensive" is the number one reason, by far, for non-renewal (membership peaked in 2002)
2005 IEEE dues revenues w. assessments ~$35M ~12% of total revenues; IEEE reserves ~$169M
We can afford to experiment!
Experiments: Lower dues for fewer services? Lower dues for IEL org’s?
Any others???
Membership strategy (especially for less developed countries)?
Membership “New Initiative”Proposal For An Experiment (2007 New Initiative proposal)
IEEE Press has >300 out-of-print + >250 in-print books
Press books have lots of content for practitioners
Member Value Project: 33% of members would include IEEE Press books online in their ideal membership (10th)
IEEE Press has lost $4M since 1995
Make IEEE Press books available in Xplore to members, and to members only (i.e., NOT to IEL customers)
Membership by Employment Category
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999Private industry 50.6% 49.6% 52.3% 54.8% 60.3% 62.9% 59.2%Academia 23.5% 24.8% 20.3% 16.6% 15.8% 10.6% 13.7%Public/Government 8.3% 9.0% 8.6% 9.6% 8.7% 10.6% 13.7%Self-employed 6.0% 5.7% 6.5% 5.8% 6.7% 7.1% 5.4%Retired 4.7% 3.9% 4.9% 5.3% 2.9% 4.4% 3.9%Other 4.7% 4.5% 3.4% 4.0% 3.7% 2.7% 2.9%Unemployed 2.0% 2.7% 3.9% 4.0% 1.9% 1.5% 1.3%
Source: IEEE Member Satisfaction Surveys from 1999 to 2005
Margin of Error ± 5%
> Two-thirds of members have no Ph.D.
Content for PractitionersWhat 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…
Add blogs to Xplore: practical impact statements & other comments by author, reviewer, editor, or ANY reader!
E-books. Any other ideas??? Let’s Experiment!
Per Capita Gross Domestic Products(in US $)
Luxembourg 63K
Norway 42K
USA 42K
Switzerland 35K
Denmark 34K
Canada 33K
Belgium 32K
Japan 30K
Sweden 30K
Lithuania 13.7K
Russia 10.7K
Bulgaria 9.0K
Armenia 5.1K
Egypt 4.4K
Serbia-Mntgro 2.6K
Kenya 1.2K
Eritrea 1.0KTanzania 0.7K
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
