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SBE Fellow 

Nominations for the SBE Fellow honor, to be awarded in 2010, are now open. Nominate a deserving member who has made a real difference in your chapter over a long period of time; someone who has exhibited a dedication to the advancement of the broadcast engineer, the field of broadcast engineering and/or the SBE itself. 

Qualifications

If you have such a person in your chapter, consider nominating him or her for the SBE Fellow rank of membership. The Fellow designation is the highest level of membership and recognition presented to members by the Society of Broadcast Engineers. Members of SBE may earn the Fellow rank through several paths of achievement including conspicuous service, valuable contributions to the advancement of broadcast engineering or its allied professions, or by disseminating their broadcasting knowledge and promoting its application in practice.

To make a Nomination

Candidates for Fellow must be proposed in writing by a voting member to the Fellowship Committee. The nomination must include a comprehensive professional history of the nominee and the reasons you feel the candidate is deserving of this honor. The nomination must also include the written endorsements of at least five other voting SBE members. All nominations are to be kept confidential. No others besides the nominators and the SBE Fellowship Committee members should be aware of the nomination. The nominee should NOT be made aware that he or she has been nominated. 

Deadline and Process

Nominations for 2010 are now opened. The Fellowship Committee will bring the names of nominees to the SBE Board of Directors for consideration and election at their April 11, 2010 meeting. The SBE secretary will then notify any members who have been elected to fellow membership. They will receive their award at the SBE National Awards Dinner in October, 2010 during the 2010 SBE National Meeting (location to be announced).

Seventy two members have been recognized with the Fellow honor in SBE’s 45+ years of existence. If there is a member in your chapter who has provided distinguished service in the field of broadcast engineering or to the chapter or at the national level, this is an opportunity for your chapter members to prepare a nomination for that person. 

Submitting a Nomination

Nominations for Fellow are to be submitted to Fellowship Committee Chairman:

Troy Pennington, CSRE CBNT, 6156 Hampton Hall Way, Hermitage, TN 37076

or to troy.pennington@cumulus.com.  Electronic submissions are preferred but nominations may also be mailed.