1. IEEE Organization 101 Lew Terman 2007 IEEE President-Elect Region 10 Meeting Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia March 23, 2007

2. The IEEE is a Big Organization World’s largest professional society dedicated to the advancement of technology Over 375,000 members Over 80,000 student members In over 160 countries 42% in non-USA Regions –Annually sponsors and cosponsors more than 450 conferences worldwide –Publishes over 30% of the world’s literature in electrical and electronics engineering and computing –Offers over 800 active industry standards –Budget: ~ US$300M, Reserves ~ US$200M

3. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors Chapters

4. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

5. At the top: the Board of Directors (BoD) 31 Voting Members: –3 Presidents (3Ps) (past, present, future) –Treasurer –Secretary –10 RAB Region Directors –10 TAB Division Directors –6 Board VPs: RAB, TAB, PSPB, EAB, Standards, IEEE-USA

6. BoD (31) “…shall be the governing body of the IEEE…” –It has ultimate responsibility for the operation of the IEEE –i.e., “the buck stops here…” Meets 3 times per year, 2 days each time, at the “Board Series” (February, June, November) –when other Boards and Committees also meet –Numerous e-mails It can and does delegate many responsibilities downward, allowing the Major Boards to operate semi-autonomously on many subjects It approves the budget, is responsible for finances, and owns the reserves

7. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

8. ExCom (11) Membership: –3Ps –VP EAB –VP PSPB –VP RAB –VP TAB –President, IEEE-USA –Secretary –Treasurer –Senior Division Director, Computer Society Has various specific duties assigned to it Acts for the BoD between the BoD meetings

9. Assembly (23) Membership: 3Ps, 10 Region Directors, 10 Division Directors Each year, elects: –VP EAB –VP PSPB –VP RAB –Secretary –Treasurer Receives various reports Replaces a meeting of the members that would otherwise be required by the IEEE incorporation

10. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

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

12. RAB (18) Mission: serve the needs of members by –Maintaining, enhancing, and supporting the geographic units of IEEE –Responsible for membership and member development Membership: –RAB VP –Past RAB VP –10 Region Directors –Treasurer –Member Activities Committee Chair –Student Activities Committee Chair –Region/Section/Chapter Activities Committee Chair –Strategic Planning Committee Chair –GOLD Committee Chair

13. IEEE Membership 375K Members Worldwide presence: –10 Regions –324 Sections –Over 1,500 Chapters –About 1,400 Student Branches Coming: Membership Business Unit

14. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

15. Technical Activities Board 39 Societies and 5 Technical Councils Technical publications: Journals, Magazines, Newsletters Conferences, seminars, meetings, symposia, etc. Continuing education through conference short courses, tutorials, etc. Recognizes member and non-member technical accomplishments

16. Attributes of TAB 39 Societies and 5 Technical Councils. 6 TAB Standing Committees –(Including the IEEE Conferences Committee) 15 Subcommittees –Reporting to the 6 TAB and the Standing Committees Various Ad Hoc Committees TAB Officers - VP, VP-Elect, Past VP, Treasurer, Secretary Three major Business Areas –Publications – over 100 –Conferences – over 400 –Membership – over 330K Society Memberships

17. TAB Membership (61) TAB Chair (VP - Technical Activities) * TAB Vice Chair (VP-elect Technical Activities) Past Chair (Past VP Technical Activities) Treasurer Secretary (non-voting) 10 Division Directors * 44 Society & Technical-Council Presidents TAB Periodicals Committee Chair TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee Chair IEEE Conferences Committee Chair Liaison Reps ( non-voting)  61 voting members !!

18. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

19. PSPB PSPB oversees policy –For all information related products and services across IEEE –Policies for quality, copyright and IP issues, publishing technical standards, etc. PSPB provides support services –Publishing services for transactions, magazines, newsletters –IEEE Xplore –Budgets for operations and internal transfer rates PSPB oversees IEEE-wide products –Proceedings of the IEEE –IEEE Spectrum and The Institute –IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL), Member Digital Library, etc.

20. PSPB Membership (27) PSPB Chair, who is IEEE Vice President PSPB Past Chair PSPB Vice Chair – member of and appointed by TAB Nine Members-at-Large One GOLD member Lead volunteers for publications –Editor-in-Chief, IEEE PRESS –Editor-in-Chief, PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE –IEEE Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board Representative –THE INSTITUTE Editorial Advisory Board Representative –Editor-in-Chief, IEEE POTENTIALS One current/or past member of Computer Society Board of Gov An additional representative from each of the following Major Boards: –Educational Activities, Regional Activities, Standards Association, Technical Activities and IEEE-USA Chair, IEEE Conference Committee The Chair of each PSPB Standing Committee –Operating, Finance, Strategic, N&A, Publishing Conduct Committee

21. IEEE Publications Group in New Jersey Serves 42 of 44 Societies & Councils in some way Periodicals or conference publishing and/or author tools –Produces Potentials Magazine for RAB, regional conferences in Xplore –Operates IEEE Spectrum, The Institute & Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Press –Responsible for IEEE Xplore, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL), IEEE Enterprise, IEEE Member Digital Library (MDL) –See appendix 2 for details Large part of IEEE’s 2006 Budget –Gross Revenues = $98.7 million (with all IEL Revenue) –Gross Expense = $56.5 million (before reimbursements) –194.9 Staff

22. 131,000 Source: Articles loaded into IEEE Xplore. IEEE Publishes More Quality Content Than Ever Measured in Articles

23. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

24. EAB’s Mission Policies and programs on to serve and benefit IEEE members in educational pursuits, the engineering and scientific community, and the general public, including –Educational activities of the IEEE, –Continuing education –Accreditation activities and reps to accreditation bodies –Pre-university programs –Represents IEEE in engineering education The EAB shall be the IEEE interface in education-related matters with external bodies EAB shall be responsible for administration of the annual assessment paid to ABET, Inc.

25. EAB Membership (17) VP, EA, Chair, EAB Vice Chair/N&A Chair Committee/Council Chairs FinCom SPC Section Outreach Society Outreach Continuing Professional Education Pre-University Ed Coordinating Awards & Recognition Public Awareness Accreditation Policy Council RAB Representative (2) TAB Representative (2) SA Representative EA Secretary/MD

26. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

27. IEEE Standards Association Mission: To be first in today’s standards marketplace How: As an international membership organization that develops a complete portfolio of standards programs –Affiliation with the IEEE-ISTO* brings consortia directly to the IEEE Constituency –Individual (6675) and Corporate (74) Members –Thousands of stakeholder participants, engaged based on standards under development Technical Center of standards for –Networks – wired and wireless –Energy and electric power –Small, portable batteries –And many more * ISTO  Industry Standards and Technology Organization

28. IEEE Standards Association (14) RESPONSIBILITIES Board of Governors: sets policy, oversees finances (14 members) Standards Board: adjudicates standards development process across IEEE (30 members) Corporate Advisory Group: forum for direct corporate engagement in governance & standards sponsorship MAJOR PROGRAMS in 2007 Strategic International Alliances Full Standards Life-cycle Products & Services

29. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors

30. IEEE-USA (16) Mission: “to recommend policies and implement programs specifically intended to serve and benefit the members, engineering professionals, and general public in the United States. IEEE-USA shall be the organizational unit that represents the professional interests of the IEEE before U.S. governmental bodies. IEEE-USA Board members: –IEEE-USA 3Ps, –2 Members-at-large, –4 Vice Presidents, –Secretary-Treasurer –6 U.S. IEEE Region Directors. Programs include –Career/Member Services –Professional Activities –Government Relations –Communications –Public Awareness

31. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA Standards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils Staff & Society Exec. Directors Chapters

32. How does IEEE Work? Staff Volunteers Efforts are accomplished through a partnership between Volunteers, Members, and Staff Many volunteers are not members Volunteers are key to all IEEE activities Members

33. IEEE must focus on enabling technical professionals to distinguish themselves in a globally competitive environment. - Leah Jamieson