IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - November/December 2016 - 10

We need to
be proactive
in serving
our members
and reaching
out to others
who can
benefit from
associating
with us.

development experts, en-
trepreneurs, consultants,
and academics-who
can be a potential source
of new pes members.
as the second larg-
est Ieee society, we
have over 35,000 mem-
bers in 150 countries.
By tapping into this
new base, we can sig-
nificantly increase our
membership and enrich
our content.
through our six
journals, two magazines,
and many conferences,
we publish several thou-
sand articles every year, which enrich

the technical literature
in the field of power
and energy engineering.
But for our papers to be
more relevant to practic-
ing engineers, we need
to look into producing
longer and in-depth
thematic issue papers.
topics could include ul-
tra-high voltage ac and
dc transmission, grid in-
tegration of large-scale
solar/wind power, dc
power grid, grid-scale
storage technologies,
and advanced telecom-
munication technolo-
gies. Well-written and technically rich

papers of this kind can underpin high-
value technical sessions in our meetings.
We need to be proactive in serv-
ing our members and reaching out to
others who can benefit from associat-
ing with us. We should be more fo-
cused in explaining to our members
and others why we do what we do. as
your president-elect for 2016-2017
and president for 2018-2019, I would
like to hear your suggestions, criti-
cisms, and advice. you can reach me
at s.rahman@ieee.org. But most im-
portantly, please remain engaged with
your society and ask your friends and
colleagues to join.
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