I used to maintain a membership with IEEE. I no longer do.
The latest nonsense to come from them is a change for the worse in their copyright assignment policy, which i thought was already problematic.
Other engineering societies (IETF, USENIX, etc) continue to do socially relevant, useful work without attempting to control copyright of work contributed to them. This just makes IEEE look like a power- and money-hungry organization, rather than a force for positive advancement of technology.
For shame, IEEE.
I will not consider reinstating my membership unless the organization changes their copyright assignment and publication policy to better reflect the spirit of scientific inquiry and technological advancement they should stand for.