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Only Ties?

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Hello,


Set off to the Rohde & Schwarz Demystifying EMC event this morning. Upon arrival at the Silverstone car park, I proceeded to get my IET tie out and promptly put it back in my bag after realizing I was not wearing a post Christmas shirt and the collar was a bit too tight to be kept fastened. That got me thinking along the lines of what else could be made available to fly the IET membership flag ..... and then it came to me, enamel lapel badges!


So how about adding them alongside ties?


Regards,


Jon


P.S. The Rohde & Schwarz event was very good!
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    Lisa Miles:


     


    Grace Munday:




    Hmm... Rather sexist, women dont usually wear ties! And I thought we were trying to encourage women to enter engineering! Pity, I would have liked a pin badge!


    Perhaps the IET could offer ties, silk scarves (my idea - possibly feminine take on a tie???), lanyards and pin badges...




     






    Hi Grace Munday‍ 


    We did at one time have IET Pashminas for our female members but as I recall there wasn't much uptake of them so we stopped doing them. sad


    Lisa


     




    Thats a shame, I would have liked one. I suspect one reason they didnt sell was that few people knew that the IET were selling them - I certainly didnt know about the ties until I saw this post and I have in the past tried (and failed) to find IET mechandise on the IET website! I came to the conclusion that the IET didnt sell/do any merchandise! Possibly also a low uptake because the vast majority of IET members are men? In my opinion if the IET is truly supporting the campain to encourage more women to enter engineering then they should have products aimed at both men and women even if low women members means that not many womens items are sold!!! At least pin badges are fairly gender neutral, but we are told they have stoped doing them, so ties for men are the only option!


    Whatever happens about merchandise in the future I consider that the IET need to:

       1. redress the implied discrimination by offering something other than ties

       2. make the merchanise easily available and mail every member when something first changes (put a flyer in the E&T?!) and thereafter notify each new member

       3. make it easy to find on the IET website


    I will be extreemly disapointed if the above points (particularly point 1.) dont happen!!!


    Lisa, are you able to pass my comments to the relevant people at the IET or should I contact someone directly?


    Grace

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    Lisa Miles:


     


    Grace Munday:




    Hmm... Rather sexist, women dont usually wear ties! And I thought we were trying to encourage women to enter engineering! Pity, I would have liked a pin badge!


    Perhaps the IET could offer ties, silk scarves (my idea - possibly feminine take on a tie???), lanyards and pin badges...




     






    Hi Grace Munday‍ 


    We did at one time have IET Pashminas for our female members but as I recall there wasn't much uptake of them so we stopped doing them. sad


    Lisa


     




    Thats a shame, I would have liked one. I suspect one reason they didnt sell was that few people knew that the IET were selling them - I certainly didnt know about the ties until I saw this post and I have in the past tried (and failed) to find IET mechandise on the IET website! I came to the conclusion that the IET didnt sell/do any merchandise! Possibly also a low uptake because the vast majority of IET members are men? In my opinion if the IET is truly supporting the campain to encourage more women to enter engineering then they should have products aimed at both men and women even if low women members means that not many womens items are sold!!! At least pin badges are fairly gender neutral, but we are told they have stoped doing them, so ties for men are the only option!


    Whatever happens about merchandise in the future I consider that the IET need to:

       1. redress the implied discrimination by offering something other than ties

       2. make the merchanise easily available and mail every member when something first changes (put a flyer in the E&T?!) and thereafter notify each new member

       3. make it easy to find on the IET website


    I will be extreemly disapointed if the above points (particularly point 1.) dont happen!!!


    Lisa, are you able to pass my comments to the relevant people at the IET or should I contact someone directly?


    Grace

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