SAIEE Charged Rewards Programme

Aims and Goals:

Aims to increase the 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, where necessary, awarded points 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 Annual Awards 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 require quite a bit of 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 a ½-day lecture, and mentors 2 members for 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

The Charge Reward Programme is available to all SAIEE members.
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.
It is the members' responsibility to ensure that their point accumulation events are captured correctly and provide proof should there be a claim.
Additional point accumulation and redemption events will be added as time progresses.
Points awarded during accumulation events and points required during redemption events are subject to change without notice.