THE 2005 AMS MEMBERSHIP SURVEY

Insights into a Professional Society

How does the AMS better serve its membership? One way is to better understand who belongs to the Society. Since 1975, this understanding has in part been obtained through a membership survey. The survey responses provide a contemporary snapshot of the AMS and offer a fascinating historical perspective on how the Society, and the atmospheric and related science community in general, have evolved.

Drafted principally by members of the AMS Board on Women and Minorities, the most recent survey, conducted in 2005, was the first to be administered electronically. The response rate of 66% is exceptionally large compared to previous AMS mail …