TO: All IEEE U.S. Section Chairs and Section Membership Chairs

FROM: Gordon W. Day, President, IEEE-USA

SUBJECT: SPECIAL INCENTIVE TO IEEE U.S. SECTIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT

As encouragement to IEEE's U.S. Sections to proactively recruit higher grade members during the fourth Quarter, 2009, I am pleased to announce the following financial incentives:

• A $1,150 incentive to the section that has the largest percentage increase in higher-grade membership between 1 October 2009 and 31 December 2009.
   
• A $1,150 incentive to the section that recruits the most new higher grade members (not renewals or transfers between sections) between 1 October 2009 and 31 December 2009.

This special IEEE-USA incentive is in addition to the financial incentives available through IEEE's Member-Get-a-Member program.

Funds will be distributed to the Sections (and individuals) in the first quarter of 2010 after membership numbers are confirmed. Winners and their successful campaigns will be profiled in a future issue of IEEE-USA's Today's Engineer.