India Challenge [President's Message]

The IEEE is the world's largest professional technical association with about 50% U.S. and 50% non-U.S. membership. From a demographic point of view, membership in the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) is equally divided, split between the United States and the rest of the world. We are a very diverse community on a global scale with members from more than 46 different countries, representing many different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. We organize and/or support many meetings and symposia with several large events, the International Microwave Symposium held in the United States, the European MW Conference held in Region 8, and the Asia Pacific Conference in Region 10. Our Society represents microwave engineers and scientists in all regions and helps organize and support a variety of local and regional activities. It's appropriate for us to reach out to engineers and scientists involved with microwave theory and techniques regardless of their location and encourage them to participate as members of the international microwave community. It's important to make sure all members and nonmembers appreciate what being a member of MTT-S and the IEEE is all about and how being a member is important professionally and personally.