1. Loretta Arellano RS Chapters Coordinator, 2012
Chapters Activities
Loretta Arellano
RS Chapters Coordinator, 2012

2. Technical Entities As of 31 Dec 2011, 415,989 Memberships
348,360 total society memberships
2,128 chapters and 662 student branch chapters\
RS has 23 chapters
38 Societies/7 Technical Council
10 Divisions 8

3. Reliability Society Chapters (data from Jan ’12)
North America Europe / UK / Russia
15 chapters chapters
MidEast / India
0 chapters
South America Africa Asia / Japan / Australia / China
0 chapters 0 chapters chapters

4. Chapter Listing

5. Geographic & Technical Unit Relationship
Geographic Unit Structure
Technical Activities Board
IEEE Societies
Parents - WIE, Consultants, GOLD, LMC

6. Chapter Obligations Annual report (year end) to the parent Section:
meeting activity (L31)
financial activity (L50)
current officers
Chapter may be dissolved if there are no reports submitted for 3 consecutive years.
IEEE Bylaws require that a Chapter:
maintain a membership of not fewer than ten members, other than Students, and
to hold not less than two technical meetings per year.
Joint Chapter meetings (where the Chapter is joint with two or more Sections) will be credited to the administrative (parent) Section.
Section will be credited $200 for each Chapter that holds at least two (2) technical meetings per year. Funds are distributed to Section, who then distributes to Chapters

7. Holding Successful Chapter Meetings
Meetings are one of the most visible and valuable ways in which a Chapter serves its members.
The basics of putting together an interesting, well attended meeting generally include:
Selecting a subject and format
Finding a good speaker
Logistics: location and schedule
Planning a social dimension
Publicizing the meeting

8. Successful Meetings Require Planning
Selecting a subject and format
ask the members to submit subject suggestions
subject matter need not be limited to electrical engineering – any related technical field is appropriate, as long as it interests the membership
Format: seminar, tutorial, conference or lecture
will largely depend on your objectives
Finding a good speaker
IEEE Distinguished Lecturers Handbook
Survey recently published papers and contact authors
Consult other Chapters or your Society
Reliability Society distinguished lecturers available
Contact local colleges or universities

9. Successful Meetings Require Planning (page 2)
Logistics: location and schedule
Centrally located, conveniently accessible and with adequate parking facilities.
If possible, hold meetings in the same location each time.
Try to have a regular schedule for meetings
Planning a social dimension
Good idea to try to keep costs low.
A faculty dining room at a college or a company cafeteria
Some hotels and restaurants will provide the meeting space along with the cost of the meal.

10. Successful Meetings Require Planning (page 3)
Publicize the meeting
Do not limit your publicity to your own membership
Other methods of publicity
Bulletin Boards
Internal mailings (university, company, etc)
Newsletters – Your Section and Society, as well as local colleges, companies and professional associations,
Section Communications
Direct Mail/Electronic Mail – Mailing or ing invitations
Your Section’s SAMIEEE program recipient can supply lists (for both Section/Chapter). Contact Alfred Stevens for lists for RS chapter.

11. Ideas for Chapter Activities
Following are some "best practices":
Establish an Innovation Committee: Students and emerging technologists.
Mini-symposia across Chapters – cutting edge topics.
Career days/planning booths at college days to publicize IEEE (increase awareness at pre-college level).
Increase industry involvement – help to keep technologists in industry.
Identify "hot" topics and bring in speakers to address those technical needs.
List Chapter meetings on the Section or Chapter’s Web site.
Send meeting announcements via within corporations, universities, government agencies.
Consider networking lunches or receptions at local restaurants.
Offer free admission to lunch/dinner meetings to members who bring prospective members.
Offer free admission to lunch/dinner meetings to members who bring completed Senior Membership applications.
Have joint meetings among Chapters in related technologies or with related non-IEEE groups such as national societies.
Publicize Chapter meeting to all Section members.
Leverage local industries’ and universities’ support for membership.

12. Reliability Society Activities Support Chapters
Technical Operations Committees – good area for chapter members to get involved at the Society level and keep current on their field of interest
Standards activity – RS involved in generation of standards.
Conference/Symposia
Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium
International Reliability Physics Symposium
Integrated Reliability Workshop
See Conference brief for all

13. Reliability Society Activities Support Chapters (con’t)
Annual Chapters award program
Chapter Webpage links to Society webpage
Student Outreaches jointly with Chapter meetings.

14. Chapter Visits
Communication and visibility is very important between chapters and AdCom
Chapters are breeding ground for AdCom members
Chapters are source for technical information, transactions, conferences, etc.
Method to aid in this communication
Every AdCom member evaluate their travel schedules and try to visit an existing chapter when their schedule permits.
RS to pay for one extra night of hotel and dinner costs

15. IEEE SOCIETIES CAN PARTICIPATE IN "NOMINATE A SENIOR MEMBER INITIATIVE":
The Nominate a Senior Member Initiative was designed to encourage all IEEE Societies and Sections to become actively involved in promoting the Senior Member grade.
To qualify for the 2012 Nominate a Senior Member Initiative, completed Senior Member application and reference forms must be submitted no later than 1 November Nominating Societies who nominate at least five successful new senior members will be awarded US$10 for each Senior Member they nominate who is approved for elevation to Senior Member
RS will flow to chapters any funds received by chapters successfully nominating new Senior members.

16. GoToMeeting and GoToWebinars
RS has shared services with three other groups (ASQ RD, ASQ SD, and ASQ LED)
We can offer to the US Chapters this service
broaden meeting tech presentation attendance.  
Each chapter could notify the other US chapters of their upcoming tech meeting for additional attendance as well as the chapter to have it available for their local people to tie in when they can’t attend
Can present a webinar with up to 500 connections and up to 20 participants.  The account only allows one meeting or webinar at a time. 
Coordinate with Alfred Stevens/ Dennis Hoffman to schedule

17. In Summary Chapters are important to the Reliability Society
How can we help?
Contact the Reliability Society Chapters Coordinator
Loretta Arellano, 2012 Coordinator