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 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Bacher Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: IEEE PSES / Please Read Dear emc-pstc Member: We wanted to make you aware of our need to increase PSES membership by the end of this year. If we do not increase membership from 600 members to at least 1000 members by the end of the year, there will be a movement to shut down the Product Safety Engineering Society in 2010. I feel the society is too important to just throw up our hands and give it up. If you have been a member of this email discussion list for any amount of time you know how valuable the list is. Even though the list will not go away if the society goes away, I do not want to allow the society to fail. To join only the society (not be a member of the IEEE) you may join as an affiliate. The cost is approximately half of what a full member of the IEEE would cost. To join go to: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/societies/PSE043.html Affiliate part of the Dues are show below. Add on the society fee (to the amount show below) of $35 for full year (after August 16) or $17.25 for a half year. Full Rate Half year rate IEEE Regions 1-6 (USA) 64.50 32.25 IEEE Region 8-10 64.50 32.25 IEEE Region 7, GST 67.73 33.87 IEEE Region 7, HST 72.89 36.45 Region info available at: http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/home/world_reg.html Why be a member information at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/membership.html Thank You, Jim Bacher President IEEE PSES http://www.ieee-pses.org http://www.psessymposium.org/ - 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]> - 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]>
