The society should inform the worldwide public debate on technical issues in the field, promoting enlightened technology policies for the benefit of the membership, the profession, the industry, and the greater societies in which we live and work. The society should utilize, to the extent that it is practical and prudent to do so, new technologies for the development and dissemination of products and services. In February 1997, the Board of Governors was asked to assess progress toward each of the goals. The IEEE Computer Society is in good shape and is poised for another great 50 years. The publications program generates many of the products, delivering nearly 15,000 editorial pages in 19 titles, in a diverse array of quarterly, bimonthly, and monthly periodicals.
Computer magazine is viewed as the most important benefit of membership.
In 1997, the society published 21 new books. It produced 147 conference proceedings in 169 volumes totaling nearly 71,000 pages of content. It sponsors or cosponsors 125 technical meetings annually, providing networking and access to current information for members. It continues as a major player in computing standards, with over 200 working groups developing draft standards. Approximately 22,000 members belong to the society s 30 technical committees and councils.