Things to Think About – An Institute Perspective (this isn’t (just) about TAC) Bob Dickman Executive Director 8 January 2012

Publications Number of Journal Pages:  2007: 11,424  2011: 9992 Individual Subscribers  2007: 5607  2011: 3553 Institutional Subscribers  2007: 3081  2011:

Conferences Full Paid Attendance  2007: 10,026  2011: 8644 Total Attendance  2007: 12,738  2011: 11,791 Technical Papers from Meetings  2007: 5213  2011:

Membership Professional Members  2007: 29,588  2011: 27,591 Renewals  2007: 23,187  2011: 22,093 Student members  2007: 6,902  2011: 7,464 4

Other Professional Member Numbers We have more members over 70 than under 30  And more over 60 than under 40  And more over 50 than under 50 (median is 51) 12% of members are on a committee, are a Region/Section officer or are on a Board  78% of those that listed age are 40 or older  80% of TC/PC members that listed age are 40 or older Only 8% of our members are female (19% of BoD) 5

Operations Revenue  2007: $22,057,000  2011: $22,794,000 Staff Head Count  2007: 96  2011: 89 6

Corporate-Related Corporate Memberships, # and Revenue  2007: 69$951,683  2011: 96$1,195,802 Exhibits, # and Revenue  2007: 9$2,386,080  2011: 6$779,450 Advertising Revenue  2007: $218,087  2011: $166,104 7

Why Change? The Future of AIAA Is at Stake. We are becoming less relevant to our members and potential members  We are mostly “male, pale and stale”  Young people ARE joiners, but they don’t stay with us We are weak in the things that the largest employers (and their employees?) look for from associations  Technical activities throughout the value chain  Recognition of technical and product excellence  Educating the public and Congress about aerospace Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. 8

Questions? Comments? (Or, do you want to hear my thoughts on Conferences?) 9

Conference Structures Stand-Alone, System/Collocation, Integration “ASM” “Space” “Aviation” Others? Weapon System Effectiveness Hypersonics Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations “Missiles” “ASM” “JPC” “SDM” “Fluids” “GNC” Missile Sciences Strategic and Tactical Missiles Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Non-deterministic Approaches Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Gossamer Systems Adaptive Structures Aeroacoustics Fluid Dynamics Aerodynamic Measurement Technology, Ground Testing and Flight Testing Applied Aerodynamics Plasmadynamics and Lasers Aerodynamic Decelerators Thermophysics Atmospheric and Space Environments Flow Control Environmental Systems Propulsion Energy Conversion Engineering Guidance, Navigation and Control Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Modeling and Simulation Technologies Astrodynamics Specialist 10