Report of the secretary — 1963

Herewith is presented the Report of the Secretary for the year 1963, the first of operations under the merger arrangement that created the IEEE. Being a formative year in the attacking of problems incident to the merger, some solutions, such as the policy regarding publications, have been adopted and others are in progress but not finalized. In particular, the coordination of office operating routines and management organization have been difficult due to the quite different practices prevalent in the two former societies and some embarrassment ensued both for members and for management, due to errors that were made in the struggle to achieve unification. However, by the close of the year, most of these difficulties came under control.