The G-EWS Membership Survey

Nearly one third of the members of the IEEE Group on Engineering Writing and Speech responded to a questionnaire distributed by the Group in 1965 to determine if the Group was satisfactorily serving the needs of the members. The replies to the questionnaire indicated that about 27 percent of the members are professional writers and the remainder are mainly engineers interested in improving the quality of their writing. Thus the group must satisfy the needs of individuals desiring advanced as well as basic writing instruction. Seventy-eight percent of the members are satisfied with the benefits they have received from the group. Suggestions received most frequently involve an increase in chapter activities, more frequent and reliable distribution of Transactions, and the introduction of writing seminars and handbooks.