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Honorary Fellowship

Mark Curtiz
That William Adams (a.k.a Will.i.am) was made an Honorary Fellow for his outstanding contributions to engineering is fantastic - it also intrigued me as to the process involved. Does anyone know?

And I also wondered why the process is not invoked more often to reflect the contribution of the many noteworthy individuals - for example people like Elon Musk whose contributions to engineering and technology are very visible and exceptionally impressive. Is there a nominations process?
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    Mehmood,

    I think these gentlemen earned it, and if there are female candidates they would have been listed too. 

    Indeed having females     who are members of IET earning that status of a Fellow exists, or distinguished woman earning Honorary Fellowship may attract an additional woman to Engineering, I have seen efforts being done in this area as well.  I don't have the data to show if this is the case.

    BTW I don't think "    archaic, elitist and snobbish" applies to the open, collaborative, advanced  IET.  For many, this is a lifetime achievement and source of pride.
    It takes time to build the competencies and achieve leadership and managerial skills and other benchmarks that make one eligible to be a TMember, Member or Fellow, many with the appropriate level of EC registration. 

    Is there a room to make things better and attract engineers, yes. But the reason people decide not to join is not that of elitist, archaic or snobbish.

    The reason usually simply comes to if they need it. 

     


     

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    Mehmood,

    I think these gentlemen earned it, and if there are female candidates they would have been listed too. 

    Indeed having females     who are members of IET earning that status of a Fellow exists, or distinguished woman earning Honorary Fellowship may attract an additional woman to Engineering, I have seen efforts being done in this area as well.  I don't have the data to show if this is the case.

    BTW I don't think "    archaic, elitist and snobbish" applies to the open, collaborative, advanced  IET.  For many, this is a lifetime achievement and source of pride.
    It takes time to build the competencies and achieve leadership and managerial skills and other benchmarks that make one eligible to be a TMember, Member or Fellow, many with the appropriate level of EC registration. 

    Is there a room to make things better and attract engineers, yes. But the reason people decide not to join is not that of elitist, archaic or snobbish.

    The reason usually simply comes to if they need it. 

     


     

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