This is true of every technical professional organization which I've ever
been a member of: IEEE, ACM, Usenix, and others.
--Dean
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Clint Chaplin wrote:
I wish to point out that IEEE is >not< open to just certified engineers.
I was never certified (which means that in many jurisdictions it would
be illegal to call myself an engineer), but I have been a member of IEEE
for over 27 years.
Even more interestingly, you can become a member of an IEEE standards
committee without being a member of IEEE itself. Many members of IEEE
802.11 are not members of IEEE.
Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin
"Tomson Eric (Yahoo.fr)" <Tomson_Eric(_at_)Yahoo(_dot_)fr> 6/1/03
10:43:04 >>>
Should this list be open to ANYbody (any curious/interested netizen), or
limited to proven... well... specialists? experts?
I think this IETF discussion list is like a combination of the IEEE and the
ISOC : the IEEE is limited to certified engineers, while the ISOC is open to
all netizens.