Membership Development(Membership Recruitment and Recovery Committee - MRR)

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Spring Planning MeetingSpring Planning MeetingJanuary 26, 2013San Marcos, TX

Joe RedfieldIEEE CTS Membership Development Chair

J.Redfield@ieee.org

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IEEE Membership Development Annual Cycle

Chapter Volunteer Support IEEE Senior Member Upgrade Planned Activities for 2013

Today’s Discussion …

What is Membership Development?Membership Development = Member Engagement

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The IEEE Membership Cycle

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CTS Chapter Officer MD Volunteer Support

IEEE Membership Development Website http://www.ieee.org/md

SAMIEEE Membership Data SAMIEE access available to Chapters Will be scheduling CTS SAMIEEE training !!!

Membership Development Supplies Direct order or though CTS MDC (me)

Speaking at Chapter Meetings “Did you know” benefits presentation

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What is an IEEE Senior Member?• Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE

members can apply. IEEE members can self-nominate, or be nominated, for Senior member grade.

• To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:

• be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields;

• have experience reflecting professional maturity;• have been in professional practice for at least ten years;• show significant performance over a period of at least

five of their years in professional practice.

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Becoming an IEEE Senior Member• Must be an IEEE member in good standing• Must either be nominated or self nominate• Once nominated, applicant completes online application www.ieee.org/seniormember

• References are written and submitted online• Application, resume, references are combined into a SM package and delivered

to next Awards and Advancements (A&A) Panel review meeting• A&A panel review of SM package by three IEEE members• Each reviewer rates package as

• Qualified – meets all requirements• Pending – need more information to evaluate• Unqualified – missing one or more requirements, eg. 10 years experience, etc

• ALL three reviews must rate SM package as Qualified before SM elevation is granted

• Typical time – two to six months or more

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CTS Senior Member Elevation Program

• CTS evening event• CTS Senior Member volunteers available to review

application for completeness (experience and significant performance sections)

• CTS will provide nomination• CTS will manage the writing of one, or both, of the

required two references (done by fellow CTS IEEE Senior Members)

• Three to six month process• Next CTS event – Spring 2013 (April/May in Austin)

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Section MD Outreach Activities - 2013 Welcome/New Member Emails Support Senior Member Upgrades

NEW SM Upgrade Events CTS/MD table at local IEEE Conferences and

Events NI Week Engineers Week Others

Austin Brain Party

Opportunities to participate and engage members

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Membership Development…..It’s What

We Do!

What Can We Do to Support YOU ???

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