In message <[email protected]>, dated Thu, 23 
Jul 2009, Jim Bacher <[email protected]> writes:

>We wanted to make you aware of our need to increase PSES membership by 
>the end of this
>year. If we do not increase membership from 600 members to at least 
>1000 members by the
>end of the year, there will be a movement to shut down the Product 
>Safety Engineering
>Society in 2010.

I'm surprised that the IEEE management indulges in 'numberism'. 
Consider, how many design engineers does one safety or EMC engineer 
'support'? I guess a number around 20 is not unusual. So will the 
'other' Societies with memberships below 20 000 be shut down?
-- 
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Things can always get better. But that's not the only option.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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