Hi Doug:
Thanks for your support. This listserver was formed by the founders of the PSES and is now operated by the PSES. We have about 1000 subscribers worldwide. To encourage IEEE and PSES membership, the PSES Board very briefly considered and quickly rejected a suggestion to limit the listserver to IEEE members only. So, as long as the PSES exists, this listserver will be an open service of the PSES. I fully agree with you that if half or our subscribers were members of the IEEE PSES, then we would easily meet our goal. So, if you are a fan of National Public Radio, you know of their "beg-a-thon" appeals for donations from those who listen to the stations. Insofar as the listserver is concerned, we ask the readers and users of this forum to join the IEEE and PSES to keep this listserver on the air as well as to support the ONLY organization whose goal is to provide for the professional growth of product safety professionals. Best regards, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Doug Kramer > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: IEEE PSES / Please Read > > > IEEE membership in general has been a great career resource > for me and I do not (and will not) hesitate to renew > membership. Society memberships have come and gone based on > my interests and area of industry in which I have worked > (Consumer Electronics, Antenna, DSP, EMC, Communication). > > As users of this forum, if half of us were PSES members that > should cover the numbers. There are expenses associated with > a society and if there is little interest the society should > be reexamined. Interest as gauged by membership numbers. > 1000 seems a little high to me, but in a > global organization like IEEE it may be reasonable. > > The bigger question (and one for the PSES society board), is > there enough interest in a PSES? Would the global community > be better served if there was no PSES? > > My opinion is that the community is better served by having a > PSES and as such I will be adding that Society (along with > EMC) to my renewal list. > > Best regards, > Doug Kramer > > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
