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@Yahoo.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. > > > > >