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Title: Senior Member Program


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

2
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

3
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)

4
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

5
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

6
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

7
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

8
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

9
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

10
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

11
Questions
  • To get further information, contact
  • RD (Bob) Adams
  • r.d.adams_at_ieee.org
  • 317-841-0655

12
Membership Development
  • IEEE MEMBERSHIP IS
  • EVERYONES BUSINESS
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