🚀 go-pugleaf

Here's another on IEEE and membership.  Last Fall my girlfried was asked
to join ACS by her advisor.  When she got the form to send in we found out
that the total bill would be about $120.00!!!!!  That's for a graduate
student in chemistry that makes $13,000 per year BEFORE taxes and tuition.

I was outraged that a professoinal society would charge so much for a 
graduate student to belong.  I even used IEEE as an example of how a society
should treat its student members.

A few months later it came time to renew my IEEE membership.  I found that
IEEE now has special rates for graduate students -- rates that increase
with the year you are in school.  I feel like they are trying to get
blood out of a turnip.  I've sent in TWO letters asking them to please
explain their reasoning and the only reply I've received is processed 
checks (they accompanied the letters).  


Aren't the peronnel at IEEE intelligent enough to realize that:
	1. We don't have to belong.  
	2. If they are nice to students we will probably be strong members
		later.
	3. There are other Professoinal Societies out there (granted they 
		aren't nearly as good).

By the way.  I still haven't received all the periodicals I subscribed to!
It's only been 4 months, maybe it'll just take them a little time.



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