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ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS | VOLUME 20 NO. 4 14 • Engaging knowledge resources ºº Develop fully indexed and searchable content while preserving traditional media ♦ ♦ ISTFA papers ♦ ♦ Desk Reference (updated content in the works) ♦ ♦ EDFA magazine ºº Reevaluate our educational offerings—e.g., short courses and tutorials, and their delivery methods ºº Explore the possibility of providing online tools and calculators to assist with daily FA • Engaging the industry ºº Continue exploring the FA roadmap ºº Consider corporate memberships Our opportunity to focus on these three engagement pillars will be facilitated through our parent society, ASM International, and our members. Many of these opportunities will be made possible by advancements to our website. ASM’s Digital Transformation initiative will drive changes to our website needed to accomplish these objectives. Look for these improvements to be rolled out over the next couple of years. We have already seen progress in improved e-commerce capabilities including easier onlinemembership renewal, the creation of ASMConnect (an online collaboration tool), and an improved association management system. Our membership is imperative to these initiatives. We are a volunteer-driven society and member input is critical to our initiatives. Regular feedback will ensure that discussion groups, roadmap planning, EDFA magazine, ISTFA, and more provide value that will engage and grow our membership. During the past two years, the board and our member volunteers have made a significant impact. Initiatives include growing our ISTFA programming and adding new tutori- als, designing two awards to recognize member contributions, and creating new board positions to engage students and help us reach international markets. If you’re not already involved, please consider volunteering and becoming a part of making EDFAS successful. While you attend ISTFA, take some time to think about what EDFAS means to you and how it could best serve your professional needs, and share your thoughtswith us. Your boardmemberswill be at the event, wearing designated ribbons on our badges. So stop us and let us know your thoughts or send us your ideas via email. You can find us on the EDFAS website, edfas.org. Most of all, we hope that you will engage with the presenters, colleagues from across the industry, and vendors on the exhibit floor to solve some of your toughest problems and enhance your skills and performance. GUEST EDITORIAL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 EDFAS Strategic Objectives Draft (continued)

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