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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE member grade for which I
 EEE members can apply and does not incur any additional cost or fees. The 
 Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members to receive recognition f
 or their professional experience and significant performance in Electrical
  and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fields including Computer S
 cience and Information Technology\, Physical Sciences\, Biological and Med
 ical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communications\, Education\, Manag
 ement\, Law\, and Policy. The advancement to Senior Member provides the IE
 EE members with significant and distinct benefits. These benefits include 
 the eligibility to hold Executive IEEE Volunteer Positions and getting rec
 ognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence. Newly el
 evated senior members will also receive an engraved senior member plaque f
 rom IEEE.\n\nSenior Member Elevation:\n\nIEEE Southeastern Michigan Sectio
 n Membership Committee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, on
  September 11th\, 2021 between 9 AM and 11 AM online.\n\nElevation:\n\nSen
 ior Member Reviewers will assist interested member candidates with at leas
 t 10 years of experience in their profession.\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nA
 t least a 10 years of significant experience with BS degree needs be be es
 tablished to initiate the senior membership elevation. (A Ph.D is consider
 ed to be 5 years of significant experience and a master degree is consider
 ed to be 2 years of significant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 
 8 (with MS degree) years of significant experience should be established f
 rom the member experience in his/her profession to initiate and submit app
 lications for Senior Member Elevation.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becom
 ing a Senior Member\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the 
 IEEE ‘Fellow’ level. For a complete description of the Senior Member p
 rocess and its benefits\, see the link at: http://www.ieee.org/membership_
 services/membership/grade_elevation.html\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vt
 ools.ieee.org/m/274895)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this
  site](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274895)for the event and consider 
 contacting existing senior members/fellows as references\; also bring an e
 lectronic copy of your resume\, and relevant supporting materials (list of
  papers published\, standards work done\, patents\, senior/leadership posi
 tions\, etc).\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recommend that attendees join us onli
 ne\, we will create several\, one for each reference (at least) breakout r
 ooms\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sharan Kalwani\n\nSpeaker(s): Member\, \n\nAgenda
 : \nOnline Link (TBD)\n\nSeptember 11th\, 2021 (Saturday)\n\n09:00 AM Coff
 ee/Tea (on your own)\, Introductions\, and Elevation processing.\n\n11:00 
 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, contacts\, networking
  and temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nRoom: Breakout\, Bldg: Online\, Virtual
 \, Cyber City\, Michigan\, United States\, 48309\, Virtual: https://events
 .vtools.ieee.org/m/274895
LOCATION:Room: Breakout\, Bldg: Online\, Virtual\, Cyber City\, Michigan\, 
 United States\, 48309\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274895
ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:11
SUMMARY:IEEE Senior Member Elevation (a Virtual Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274895
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE
  member grade for which IEEE members can apply and does not incur any addi
 tional cost or fees. The Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members
  to receive recognition for their professional experience and significant 
 performance in Electrical and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fi
 elds including Computer Science and Information Technology\, Physical Scie
 nces\, Biological and Medical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communica
 tions\, Education\, Management\, Law\, and Policy. The advancement to Seni
 or Member provides the IEEE members with significant and distinct benefits
 . These benefits include the eligibility to hold Executive IEEE Volunteer 
 Positions and getting recognition of your peers for technical and professi
 onal excellence. Newly elevated senior members will also receive an engrav
 ed senior member plaque from IEEE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family
 : arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Membe
 r Elevation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, hel
 vetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;IEEE Southeastern Michigan Sectio
 n Membership Committee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, on
  September 11th\, 2021 between 9 AM and 11 AM online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14p
 t\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elevation:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-f
 amily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Senior Member R
 eviewers will assist&amp;nbsp\;interested member candidates with at least 10 y
 ears of experience in their profession. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-
 family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The way it wor
 ks is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-s
 erif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of significant experience wi
 th BS degree needs be be established to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: unde
 rline\;&quot;&gt;initiate&lt;/span&gt; the senior membership elevation. (A Ph.D is consi
 dered to be 5 years of significant experience and a master degree is consi
 dered to be 2 years of significant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) 
 to 8 (with MS degree) years of significant experience should be establishe
 d from the member experience in his/her profession to initiate and submit 
 applications for Senior Member Elevation.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fon
 t-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note
 : &lt;/strong&gt;There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this step is
  a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE &amp;lsquo\;Fellow&amp;rsquo\; level. &amp;nb
 sp\; For a complete description of the Senior Member process and its benef
 its\, see the link at:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;stron
 g&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Me
 mber Elevation&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/g
 rade_elevation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-saferedirecturl=&quot;
 https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.ieee.org/membership_ser
 vices/membership/grade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=150004806
 1782000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&quot;&gt;http://www.ieee.org/&lt;
 wbr /&gt;membership_services/&lt;wbr /&gt;membership/grade_elevation.&lt;wbr /&gt;html&lt;/a
 &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helveti
 ca\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.iee
 e.org/m/274895&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot;
  Time Slot\, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274895&quot; targe
 t=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt; register on this site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;te
 xt-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;or the event and consider contacting e
 xisting senior members/fellows as references\; also &lt;span style=&quot;text-deco
 ration: underline\;&quot;&gt;bring an electronic copy of your resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and 
 relevant supporting materials (list of papers published\, standards work d
 one\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, etc).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;
 span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Networking:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14p
 t\;&quot;&gt;* &amp;nbsp\;We recommend that attendees join us online\, we will create 
 several\, one for each reference (at least) breakout rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /
 &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span s
 tyle=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;Online Link (TBD)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;f
 ont-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;September 
 11th\, 2021 (Saturday)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-
 family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;09:00 AM &amp;nbsp\; Coffee/Tea (on 
 your own)\, Introductions\, and &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;
 &gt;Elevation processing&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-siz
 e: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;11:00 AM - &lt;/span
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friends
 hips\, contacts\, networking and temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;
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