Society Review CommitteeUpdate to TMC

Ellen J. YoffaChair, TAB Society Review Committee

19 May 2011New Brunswick, NJ

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Agenda

Troubled society study

Report to TMC on completed reviews – February 2011– Motion to receive reports

Upcoming reviews– June 2011

Troubled Society Study

TAB restructuring committee requested background on societies in trouble– Hoping for indicators, trends– Examples: SSIT and PCS (SRC to review in June)

Data collection underway to present at June TMC

Will look at trends in– Paid membership– Conference attendance– Periodical circulation– Financial metrics– Leadership pipeline– Strategic planning

Additional suggestions?

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Current Reviews

Society/CouncilReview date

Stage in process Comments

Electromagnetic Compatibility

Feb 2011 TMC

Engineering in Medicine & Biology

Feb 2011 TMC

Vehicular Technology

Feb 2011 TMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

Society has a very good, detailed Strategic Plan – SRC recommends development of an Operational Plan

Follows a thoughtful process for event technical co-sponsorshipPuts serious focus on education, e.g., runs successful “Global EMC University Program”

– Should consider possibility of expanding to electronic disseminationFinancially sound

– SRC recommends EMCS identify initiatives to spend some of Society’s reserves

Globalization– Exhibitor issues tie flagship conference to North America– EMCS supports active worldwide chapter program, but has difficulties

identifying sufficient volunteers from outside the US

EMC summary response

– EMCS started working on an Operational Plan to implement its strategy during its strategic planning meeting held in March 2011

– During its March BoD meeting, EMCS approved several new initiatives

Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

EMBS has a crisply written FOI and ongoing strategic planning activities– Sets a solid foundation for accommodating new technologies in a rapidly evolving field,

which is very active outside IEEEMembership numbers continues to grow (currently in top 1/3 at ~9k)

– Excellent GOLD member websitePublications

– Nine publications with no apparent process problems– Experimenting with an open access publication model

Conferences– Excellent manual for conference organizers– Recently started new co-sponsored IEEE/AMA Medical Technology Conference

Education– Revitalizing Distinguished Lecturer program, also utilizing ExpertNow modules, IEEE.tv

videos, workshops/tutorials at conferences, and CME credits at specific conferencesFinancially sound

SRC recommends EMBS

– Increase its role in the proposed IEEE Life Sciences Initiative

– Consider expanding its target market for publications outside of the traditional EE-based IEEE Xplore community

– Continue developing web-accessed educational material

Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

EMBS response

– EMBS is already playing an active leadership role in the Life Science Initiative

via volunteer participation, AdCom support, and by including LSI in EMBS’s strategic plan

– EMBS will explore effective ways to expand the target market of its publications outside the traditional EE-based Xplore community

Will work with IEEE Marketing and Sales to develop and implement a business plan to sell to the bio and medical communities

– Redesigning the EMBS website and using the website to develop educational material have been a priority action item.

Currently focused on developing more web-based educational material for industrial members, particularly for the pharma market

Vehicular Technology Society

Conferences, publications and educational activities in reasonable shape– SRC encourages VTS to continue work already underway to address various

issues (e.g., magazine submissions and Distinguished Lecturer Program)

SRC recommends VTS undertake targeted strategic planning to explore updating its scope of activities beyond its current strong communications focus

VTS has good pipeline of volunteer leaders

Financially sound

VTS response

– Already focusing on many of the areas called out by SRC

– Will consider updating our FOI based on the web site, although will maintain primary focus on providing high quality member

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Motion

Receive the following reports which have completed the review process:

– Electromagnetic Compatibility Society– Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society– Vehicular Technology Society

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June 2011 Reviews

Society/Council Review date

Stage in process

Comments

Computer June2011

Society

Council on Electronic Design Automation

June 2011

Council

Professional CommunicationJune 2011 Society Troubled society study