What
is SWE Leadership Incentive Program (LIP)?The SWE-PNW Leadership
Incentive Program, updated and reintroduced for FY01,
was developed (originally by the FY95 Executive
Committee) in accordance with the Society's strategic
plan to establish and encourage programs that provide
leadership and management skills development to enhance
career, personal and SWE growth. This program also
serves to encourage members to actively participate in
Section activities and derive maximum benefits from
being a SWE member.
Suzanne Hakam was one of
the main the developers of the program in FY95 (the
original idea was inspired by the Detroit Section's
Engineer of the Year awards and Toastmasters
International's Club recognition program) and helped
re-introduce it in FY01 which continues on to this date.
Throughout the year,
members of the section will receive points for attending
or participating in various events both SWE and non-SWE
related. At the end of the year, members with 7 or
more points will be recognized at the annual Spring
Banquet and will get to choose from various prizes
purchased/donated for the event including the chance to
win a free SWE Membership renewal for the next fiscal
year.
It is easy to start
collecting points, and the tallying starts over every
year, so if you weren't able to accumulate 7 or more
points last year, you have a brand new chance at it this
year!
Below are some examples
of how you can earn LIP points:
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Renew your SWE
National Membership by Sept 30th |
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Sponsor a New
Member or Bring a Friend to a Meeting |
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Membership
Upgrades |
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Personal
Accomplishments like earning a degree or
finishing a marathon |
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Attending a SWE
Regional Conference or ABJ Conference |
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Attending the
SWE National Conference |
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Attending a SWE
PNW Executive Council Meeting |
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Participating on
a SWE PNW committee |
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Chairing a SWE
PNW committee |
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Count towards a
quorum at a business meeting |
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Attend a SWE PNW
Event |
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Participate in a
Career Guidence activity within SWE |
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Attend a SWE PNW
General meeting (like Google tour, MOHAI Tour,
Self Defense Class, December Social, or any of
our upcoming events) |
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Participate in a
Career Guidance activity within SWE (like the
SWE Shadow Program) |
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Participate in a
Career Guidance activity outside of SWE (like
Northwest Girls Collaborative, Girl Scouts, etc) |
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Participate in a
Professional Development activity within SWE
(like the SWE web-seminars) |
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Participate in a
Professional Development activity outside of SWE
(like PSEC mentor nights, engineers fair, etc) |
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Submit a
newsletter article |
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Present a paper,
poster, or presentation at a conference (SWE or
non-SWE) |
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Staff the SWE
booth at the PSEC Engineer's Fair |
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Submit an
in-kind donation to the section (like for the
LIP prizes) |
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Attend another
society's general meeting (PSEC, AIAA, SME, etc) |
These are just some
examples of how you can start collecting points. If you
attend/participate in one of the events above more than
once, you will get a point for each time you
participate/attend. In addition, if you feel another
event or activity should count towards an LIP point,
record it!
