Dear MICHAEL DOLINSKY: Here's your report on news from around the IEEE by the editors of The Institute. The most current version of The Institute can always be found at http://www.ieee.org/theinstitute ________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Information Free-for-All? 2. Readers' Survey: Thumbs Up for The Institute 3. Stepping Up to Senior Member 4. Distinguished Career Parallels South Korea's Revival 5. Marketplace of Ideas: Agog Over Blogs 6. Half-Year Dues Now Available for Societies, Publications 7. IEEE Opens Search for Executive Director 8. Apply for a Job at Google Through IEEE Job Site Subscription info and your member number are at the end of the e-mail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPONSOR'S NOTICE FROM AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION Download FREE IT White Paper: Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure: Optimizing Business Value. 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Readers' Survey: Thumbs Up for The Institute Our readers had good things to say about the changes to format and content recently made to The Institute, according to a survey of IEEE members conducted late last year. Some 79 percent of respondents rate the publication's quality as excellent or good, a jump from the 70 percent who voiced the same opinion in a survey conducted in 2001. Read more at http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/survey7e/40324040 3. Stepping Up to Senior Member What does it mean to be a senior member of the IEEE? At the very least it means you've met some basic requirements: working 10 years in the profession, including five demonstrating significant professional performance, and you've received three supporting references from other IEEE senior members or fellows. But this tells only part of the story. Senior members often find their status to be an asset in their careers. 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