1. IEEE 2007 Region 5 Welcome TISP Workshop Dallas-FT Worth Texas Jul 13-14, 2007

2. Welcome To DFW Area, Texas and Region 5

3. So Who Belongs to IEEE In 2007 u Over 365,000 members in over 150 countries o almost 41 percent of whom are from outside the United States. u Over 80,000 student members. u Over 27,000 society affiliates. u 319 sections o Over 1,570 Technical Chapters u More than 1,500 student branches in 80 countries. o More than 390 student branch chapters. u 252 Affinity Groups u 39 societies and 5 technical councils

4. IEEE Fosters Technological Innovation u IEEE conferences o Over 350 conferences per year held worldwide o 110,000 plus participants u IEEE publications o Over 30% of the world's literature in electrical and electronics engineering and computer science o Over 1.3 million subscriptions o Over 100 periodicals o Over 600 conference proceedings per year o 50 new IEEE books per year u IEEE standards o More than 890 currently active standards published under the IEEE Standards Board. o IEEE Standards Association has more than 8,350 individual and almost 60 corporate members

5. IEEE Helps to Enabling Members’ Careers u Pre-college programs u University Program Accreditation u Technology & Professional Policy u Lifelong Learning u IEEE financial advantage program

6. IEEE Supports Electronic Services Member/Customer u Members can have a total electronic experience o New member application o Renewal, add ser v ices, update contact information, o On-line store o IEEE Xplore o Instant access to electronic services u Myieee and u What’s new @ IEEE u E-mail alias service with virus protection & spam filtering u IEEE job site

7. IEEE Supports Awards & Recognition Peer recognition to individuals whose contributions to the art and science of electro- and information technologies world-wide have improved the quality of daily life u Medal of Honor/IEEE Medals u IEEE Fellows u Technical Field Awards u Honorary Membership u Service Awards u Corporate Recognition u Prize Paper Awards u Society & Conference Awards u Public Service & Professional Recognition u Geographic Unit Awards http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/

8. IEEE Is a World Wide Organization with Staff In the Following Locations New York (2) Piscataway, NJ Washington, DC (2) Los Alamitos, CA Singapore Tokyo

9. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA S tandards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils S taff & Society Executive Directors

10. R9 – 14,598 R8 – 60,856 R10 – 67,442 R1 to 6 – 215,851 R7 – 16,020 IEEE Membership By Region 31 December 2006 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 374,767 R1 – 38,617 R2 – 33,054 R3 – 30,615 R4 – 23,982 R5 – 29,444 R6 – 60,139 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the two largest IEEE Regions

11. IEEE U.S. Regions 31 January 2007

12. Region 5 u Region 5 is currently the seventh largest IEEE region. At the end of March 2007, the Region had 24,402 total members u Region 5 represents 8% of IEEE’s total membership u There were 273 Region 5 Members elevated to Senior Member during 2006, which is 128.8% of the goal set by the Membership Development Committee.

13. Region 5 Organizations Seven States, part of 5 others 21,152 Higher Grade Members 3,244 Student Members Four Areas (N, E, S, W) 24 Sections, 7 Subsections, 110 Chapters (11 New Chapters 2006; Last 4 PE31, E25, CIS11, OE22) 84 Student Branches (UTB Brownville, TX 2006) 29 Student Branch Chapters Affinity Groups 22- 10 GOLD, 4 LM, 5 WIE (Houston 2007), 4 Consultants Networks

17. Welcome Again From Region 5 Special Thanks goes to the Educational Activities Moshe Kam, Doug Gorham, Brad Snodgrass and EAB Staff Region 5 Candy Robinson, Dusty Fisher, Texas STEM and Panel Speakers For this TISP Workshop Bob Scolli Director Region 5