[SBE] Female Engineer of the Year nomination deadline near

[chscherer at everestkc.net]

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From: Phil Alexander <dynotherm at earthlink.net>

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> Good point Gary. If we are going to award a "Female Broadcast Engineer

> of the Year" the company employing the engineer should not enter 

> the evaluation.


True. And I think that this thread is now complete.



> Regarding the award itself, I have mixed thoughts about it for two

> reasons. First, because it can be perceived as demeaning to 

> engineers who happen to be women. Secondly, there is a risk of a proliferation

> of awards if we begin to fractionate the "Engineer of the Year" into

> the "Best" of various groups. We should ask ourselves if this takes

> all engineers who happen to be women out of the running for "Engineer

> of the Year." It seems to me there is a very slippery slope nearby.


Phil:
AWRT asked the SBE was asked to participate on this award. The decision to do so was carefully considered by the board. It excludes no one from the SBE's Engineer of the Year award.


Chriss