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Invest in a Colleague: Nominate an IEEE Fellow An IEEE Fellow is a member of unusual distinction in the profession. This recognition is conferred only by invitation of the Board of Directors on a person of extraordinary qualifications and experience who has made important individual contributions to one or more of the IEEE fields of interest. No more than one-tenth of one percent of the total Institute membership may be advanced to Fellow grade in any given year. A nominee must be a Senior Member of the Institute and must have been a member in any grade for at least five years prior to the year of election. Each nomination is evaluated by the relevant technical society or council, and all nominations are then rated and ranked by the 26-member IEEE Fellows Committee. Multiple reviewers produce a composite viewpoint that is used in recommending suitable candidates to the Board of Directors for election to Fellow grade. The number of nominations evaluated by our Society is below that of other IEEE societies of comparable size. As a Society, we simply are not doing an adequate job of recognizing the very significant contributions our members have made to our profession. We must reverse this trend. The Fellow nomination process is relatively straightforward but does require some forethought and planning. The Fellow nomination form is four pages long. It is not difficult to complete and should focus on the technical achievements of the nominated candidate. It is usually completed in collaboration with the nominee. The deadline for receipt of the nomination form and reference letters is 15 March 2002. The nominator does not have to be an IEEE Fellow or even an IEEE member; self-nomination, however, is not allowed. A minimum of five and a maximum of eight references are required from current IEEE Fellows, who are listed alphabetically at the beginning of the IEEE Membership Directory. If the nominee is not an IEEE Senior Member, the Senior Member application and its three supporting references must be submitted no later than 4 February 2002. Senior Member forms and references can be emailed or completed online: Senior-member-forms@ieee.org; URL: www.ieee.org/organizations/ rab/md/smforms.htm. Snail mail is also acceptable. Fellow kits can be requested in hard-copy format (Fax: +1 732 981 9019) or downloaded from the Web (email: fellow-kit@ieee.org ; URL: www.ieee.org/about/awards/ fellows/forms.htm). The Society welcomes suggestions of members who should be nominated for Fellow. Richard
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