Membership news

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society continued to grow at a strong rate in 2000, even though the growth rate began to level off. As can be seen in Figure 1, active membership has been increasing, but with decreasing growth rates. From July 1997 to July 1998, the SSCS grew 13.8%; from July 1998 to July 1999, we grew 9.1%; and this past year during the same period, the SSCS grew 6.7%. As can be seen in the chart, active membership takes a major dip in February, when the IEEE drops members in Regions 1–6 who don´t renew, and again in April, when the IEEE drops members in Regions 7–10 who don´t renew. The SSCS continues to exceed the overall growth rate of the IEEE by three times.