Senior Member Program

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Senior Member Program

• IEEE Region 4 Meeting
• Jan 31 Feb 1, 2004
• Presenter Bob Adams
  R4 Membership Chair

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What is it?

• Senior Member Event
• Host events to support eligible members in
  upgrading to Senior Member status
• At event, Section Senior Members help with online
  application submission and serve as the necessary
  Senior Member reference

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What does it look like?

• Evening Event - 630 to 9 PM
• Located at a college or business
• Members come and go during evening
• With no wait, member spends 30 to 45 minutes
  completing the application process
• Can have light refreshments (optional)

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Requirements for Senior Member Upgrade

• Practice in profession for at least 10 years
• Academic time resulting in degrees count toward
  professional practice
• Five years of significant performance
• Does NOT require special awards, patents, or
  other extremely sophisticated technical
  accomplishments
• References - three required OR
• Nomination from Section and
• Two written references from other Senior Members

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Process/Procedure

• Procedures listed in three separate blocks of
  activities
• Prior to Event
• At the Event
• Post Event
• Detailed procedure list and supporting material
  is available
• www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html

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Prior To Event

• Identify an event source person (i.e.MDC)
• Identify a Location
• Need an area for staging/waiting
• Required to have bank of computers with internet
  access and floppy drives (12 min, depending on
  size of section)
• Contact eligible members
• News Letter Announcement (two months prior)
• Send Email to all eligible members, request RSVP
• Send follow-up Email to all RSVPs listing what to
  bring
• Contact SM/Officers and invite to participate

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Day of Event

• Have at least two SMs present for each 10
  expected members
• SMs coach EVERY candidate in filling out an
  application - Significant Performance
• No references or reference writer names are given
  at event - Leave application blank
• Event tracking spreadsheet is filled out
• Contains contact info and IEEE member
• Electronic copy of resume and SM application are
  gathered BEFORE applicant leaves

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Post Event

• Applicants assigned to SM reference writers
• Distribute resume and application to reference
  writer - encourage writers to contact applicants
  for any clarification
• Reference writers Email applications to IEEE HQ,
  CC event source person for tracking
• Regular call (weekly) to IEEE HQ to check status
  of applicants
• Follow-up with reference writers - reassign as
  necessary

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Reference Generation

• Time to write reference - 20 to 45 minutes
• Can be any format, Email, Document, Webpage
• needs to contain all the information required
• Writer does not need to know the applicant
  personally outside of IEEE
• Focus writing effort on significant performance
  section of application
• Provide recommendation for upgrade

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Advertising new SMs in Section

• After AA panel meeting, advertise new Senior
  Members in
• Section Newsletter and/or
• Section Website
• Make a big deal out of Senior Member status
  locally

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Questions

• To get further information, contact
• RD (Bob) Adams
• r.d.adams_at_ieee.org
• 317-841-0655

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Membership Development

• IEEE MEMBERSHIP IS
• EVERYONES BUSINESS