THE SAIEE CHARGE REWARD PROGRAM
Aims and Goals:
- Aims to increase level of engagement of SAIEE members through volunteerism[1]
- Rewards points for qualifying volunteer work
- Allows accumulated points to be redeemed for services that ordinarily require payment
- Only bona fide[2] members qualify
- Points will be awarded for SAIEE volunteer work
- The program must not result in multiple awards of points for the same effort
- SAIEE employees and Office Bearers will accumulate points for qualifying SAIEE activities done during their official duties
- Points not redeemed within 5 years will expire
[1]Volunteerism: SAIEE activity where the member is not remunerated in any form by
the Institute
[2]Bona fide: Registered as a current member according to the administrative rules
of the Institute, e.g. not an applicant, not struck off
CHARGE POINTS ACCUMULATION
Megacharge (50 points):
- Publishing a full technical article in the wattnow magazine[3]
[3]wattnow article: This provision applies to a full technical article in line with the theme of the issue. Other contributions, such as a regular non technical column, will be vetted and awarded points, where necessary, by the T&KL committee
Supercharge (25 points):
- Attending a flagship SAIEE event: Presidents' Inaugural Lecture, SAIEE AGM, Bernard Price Memorial Lecture, Presidents' Invitational Lecture.
- Presenting a lecture/tutorial (1 hour)
- Providing mentorship services (1 hour)[4]
[4]Mentorship service: A member shall qualify to claim points for mentoring an individual for 1 hour. This benefit can be claimed more than once.
Charge (10 points):
- SAIEE Council meeting attendance
- Council admin and technical committees attendance[5]
- Attending Centre or Section events
- Serving & attending structures of committees (Chapters, Centre Committees, etc)
- Attending a short lecture, webinar, etc (min 1hr)
- Referring a member successfully[7]
[5]Council Committees: This includes administrative committees such as Finance and Membership, all Centres and all Sections & Chapters. Governance Committee to vet and award points for new structures that have not yet reached Centre status
[7]Referring a member: Referring any category of new member successfully to be developed
Charge Points Redemption:
You can redeem[8] your points against the following:
- SAIEE full annual membership fee: 1500 points
- SAIEE Gala Dinner ticket: 500 points
- SAIEE online/CPD course/day: 1000 points
- Mentoring session (1 hour): 500 points
[8]redeem: Other paid events may be added in future
Charge Points Awards
Example: 1500 points requires quite an effort A member, serving on Council (and attending 10 Council meetings), writes a WattNow article, attends 3 flagship events, serves on 2 Council committees (same assumption as Council), presents ½ day lecture and mentors 2 members 1 hour each)
Wattnow: 1 x 50 = 50
Council: 10 x 10 = 100
Council committees: 2 x 10 x 10 = 200
Flagship events: 3 x 25 = 75
1/2 day lecture/webinar: 1 x 25 x 4 = 100
Mentors 2 members: 2 x 25 = 50
Total: 575 points
Charge Points Accumulation Opportunities
Charge Points Redemption Opportunities
Earning Points/'Charge'
Redeeming Points/'Discharge'
Terms & Conditions
1. The Charge Reward Programme is available to all SAIEE members.
2. The reward programme has a 5 year running cycle. Accumulated Charge Reward Points are valid for 5 years, starting 1 December 2019. On 30 November 2024, all accumulated points are reset to 0 and a new 5 year cycle begins.
3. It is the members responsibility to ensure that their point accumulation events are captured correctly and provide proof should there be a claim.
4. Additional point accumulation and redemption events will be added as time progresses.
5. Points awarded during accumulation events and points required during redemption events are subject to change without notice.