Is it possible to remain a CEng if IET membership is ended?

Roy,

A very cogent and thoughtful post as usual.

In addition to being a member of the IET I am also a member of the IMarEST, which used to be IMarE (though I was a member of the IEE first!) Certainly in the days before they added "Science and Technology" to the title they had a policy of rewarding those who had been members for 45 years by waiving their fees from that point on, and I believe also paying their ECUK fees. The 45 year time meant that it was always retired members who benefitted and I felt it was a great way to honour their commitment, though sadly I will have about a decade of retirement before I reach the 45 years and I am also not sure if it is still in place. They even published photographs of members recieving their 45 year award in the monthly magazine.

My point in this is, can we find out what the other PEIs do for their long standing members - I think it has to be done on the basis of length of membership or it would seem a bit unfair that somebody who took up membership a couple of years before retirement got the same benefit as someone who was a committed member since the age of 20, so either a sliding scale or a fixed membership term would work.

Alasdair

Roy,

A very cogent and thoughtful post as usual.

In addition to being a member of the IET I am also a member of the IMarEST, which used to be IMarE (though I was a member of the IEE first!) Certainly in the days before they added "Science and Technology" to the title they had a policy of rewarding those who had been members for 45 years by waiving their fees from that point on, and I believe also paying their ECUK fees. The 45 year time meant that it was always retired members who benefitted and I felt it was a great way to honour their commitment, though sadly I will have about a decade of retirement before I reach the 45 years and I am also not sure if it is still in place. They even published photographs of members recieving their 45 year award in the monthly magazine.

My point in this is, can we find out what the other PEIs do for their long standing members - I think it has to be done on the basis of length of membership or it would seem a bit unfair that somebody who took up membership a couple of years before retirement got the same benefit as someone who was a committed member since the age of 20, so either a sliding scale or a fixed membership term would work.

Alasdair