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IEEE Life Members

IEEE Life Members. Charles Husbands, Region 3 Life Member Coordinator. Life Member Requirements. Age 65, plus 35 years of membership Total equals 100 or more Automatic transition Permanent gold membership card next year. Life Member Benefits. No IEEE member dues or assessments

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IEEE Life Members

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  1. IEEE Life Members Charles Husbands, Region 3 Life Member Coordinator

  2. Life Member Requirements • Age 65, plus 35 years of membership • Total equals 100 or more • Automatic transition • Permanent gold membership card next year

  3. Life Member Benefits • No IEEE member dues or assessments • Free basic society memberships after 5 years • Semiannual Life Member Newsletter • Reduced registration fees for IEEE technical conferences • Technical tour participation • Panama Canal first • UK & Scotland this year • Tokyo planned for 2013

  4. Section Benefits • Volunteers with extensive experience who may have time for section activities • Many LMs have been long-time technical society members • May assist in section Excoms, projects or conferences • Organize local meetings for IEEE members

  5. Life Member Fund • Supports projects dealing with: • Education • History • Humanitarian goals • Community outreach • Examples: • Small Radio Telescope at museum • Transcripts at National Electronics Museum • Milestones of electrical engineering

  6. Life Member Affinity Groups • Aid section activities • Rebate to section if 2 meetings per year • Meetings can be joint with chapters/section • Petition needs only 6 members to form • See http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/life_members/groups.html

  7. Grant Applications 3X/Year • See www.ieee.org/lmc for information and applications • Grants funded by donations from Life Members (there are over 25,000 of them) • Typically 15-20 grants per year, awards evaluated by a committee of the IEEE Foundation

  8. Incentives to Donate • One time: Life Member pin for $50 donation • Each year: a pewter coaster commemorating an electrical engineering milestone, for $100 or more • Telstar • Panama Canal • Bullet Train • ENIAC

  9. Life Member Fund Activities • $393,000 given to LMF in 2010 • Support for History Fellow • Support for History Center, Rutgers U., established 1980 – Newsletters at • http://www.ieee.org/about/history_center/newsletters.html • Global History Network http://ghn.ieee.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Home • Newsletter contributions – “Tales from the Crypt”

  10. Need Assistance? • Funds available to form new LM Affinity Groups or invigorate old ones • Contact Region 3 LM Coordinator • Charles Husbands • chusbands@ieee.org or chusbands@cfl.rr.com • Phone 386-760-7163

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