This is true of every technical professional organization which I've ever
been a member of: IEEE, ACM, Usenix, and others.
--Dean
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> I wish to point out that IEEE is >not< open to just certified engineers.
> I was never certified (which means that in many jurisdictions it would
> be illegal to call myself an engineer), but I have been a member of IEEE
> for over 27 years.
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> Even more interestingly, you can become a member of an IEEE standards
> committee without being a member of IEEE itself. Many members of IEEE
> 802.11 are not members of IEEE.
>
> Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin
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> >>> "Tomson Eric (Yahoo.fr)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/1/03 10:43:04 >>>
> Should this list be open to ANYbody (any curious/interested netizen), or
> limited to proven... well... specialists? experts?
>
> I think this IETF discussion list is like a combination of the IEEE and the
> ISOC : the IEEE is limited to certified engineers, while the ISOC is open to
> all netizens.
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