The Member-get-a-member (MGM) works!

No one knows how beneficial IEEE membership is to technical and career development better than IEEE members.

Consider sharing your IEEE membership experience and get rewarded for doing so. Through the Member-Get-a-Member program, IEEE rewards your efforts in recruiting new members. Your local IEEE Section can also benefit.

For each new member you recruit, you earn an award which can be used toward IEEE dues, IEEE Society fees or the purchase of IEEE products and services. During the 2011 membership year (16 August 2010 through 15 August 2011), the IEEE MGM Program offers the following award schedule to members who recruit other individuals into IEEE membership.

Professional Members can earn:

• US$15 for each Professional member recruited;
• US$5 for each Professional member recruited to e-Membership (offered in developing nations only);
• The maximum amount a member can earn during the membership year is US$90.

Student Members can earn:

• US$2 for each Student or Graduate Student member recruited;
• US$15 for each Professional member recruited;
• US$5 for each Professional member recruited to e-Membership (offered in developing nations only);
• The maximum amount a member can earn during the membership year is US$90.

Section Benefits.

The top five recruiters in each IEEE Geographic Region will earn membership development rewards for their Section, to help underwrite the Sections' local programs and activities. Within the Region, the following incentive will be rewarded to the recruiters' Section:

• First Place - $500.00
• Second Place - $400.00
• Third Place - $300.00
• Fourth Place - $200.00
• Fifth Place - $100.00

Professional members are not eligible to receive incentives for recruiting IEEE Students or IEEE Graduate Students. All amounts are quotes in US Dollars.

Member Recruiters will be notified of their incentives earned in October 2009. Incentives will be valid toward IEEE dues, IEEE Society fees, IEEE products and services. Or, at your option, the value of the incentive may be donated to the IEEE Foundation. IEEE MGM incentives are not redeemable for cash and will expire on 31 December 2009.

More information on this incentive can be found at www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/mgm.html

For more information on this and other membership development issues, please contact Bill LaBelle at