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SAE FELLOW NOMINATION FORM PROCESS INSTRUCTIONS

February, 2014

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STEPS TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH

THIS SUBMITTAL PROCESS

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1. Read the following documents prior to completing the Fellow Nomination Form: Judging Guidelines; Nominator & Reference Instructions; Example Completed Nomination form; Example Citation document; and the Example Reference Letters.

2. Contact references and supervisor/management representative to request letters of support. (Forward these individuals the link to or a copy of the Nominator & Reference Instructions to review.)

3. Collect background information on your nominee.4. Complete the SAE Fellows Nomination form.

5. Collect the support letters to submit in one complete package.

A Fellow Nomination Package must include: a completed Fellow Nomination on the most up-to-date form plus a total of 5 letters of support.

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FIVE EASY STEPS ...

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QUALIFICATIONS FOR

NOMINEE, NOMINATOR, & REFERENCES

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Nominators must be either an SAE Fellow or Member grade member.

Nominee must be a ten-year SAE member, and be a Member grade member.

Members from the Affiliates: SAE India and SAE Brazil are permitted to nominate and be nominated, meeting the same criteria.

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MAKE SURE NOMINATOR, NOMINEE, AND REFERENCES ALL QUALIFY! (Otherwise the nomination will not be processed.)

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ABOUT THE REFERENCES

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PURPOSE: REFERENCE LETTERS VERIFY THE NOMINEE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS CITED IN THE NOMINATION FORM The completed Fellow Nomination package, when submitted to SAE

International, must contain the letters of support.

Three of the 5 letters of support must be from SAE members (any grade of membership except student). The remaining 2 letters can be from non members.

It is strongly encouraged that all 5 letters of support, which is counting the supervisor/management representative’s letter, be submitted. If 5 letters cannot be provided, at minimum, 3 must be provided with all 3 references being SAE members.

The one (or fifth) support letter should be from the nominee’s immediate supervisor or a management representative regardless if this individual is an SAE member.

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REFERENCES

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The nominator is not permitted to be a reference but can be the nominee’s supervisor. (Refer to the Nominator & Reference Instructions.)

Select references who are familiar with the nominee’s technical and/or outstanding achievement(s).

It is suggested that the nominator select references from a variety of organizations rather than all from the nominee’s organization.

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REFERENCES

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FELLOW NOMINATION

FORM SUBMITTAL GUIDELINES

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DO NOT submit a bio or curriculum vitae with the completed nomination form. Any pertinent information to be considered should be included within the nomination form.

DO NOT submit a list of publications or patents. Read the instructions on the nomination form for the information requested.

The page limit for the nomination (excluding support letters) is 10 pages. Pages submitted over the 10-page limit risk not being considered by the Fellows Committee.

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HOW MUCH INFORMATION TO SUBMIT

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FELLOW NOMINATION

FORM TEMPLATE

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The Fellow Nomination template is in Word 2010, and is a Word Template.

Download the template from the web page www.sae.org/membership/fellows and save to your hard drive. **Remember each time you save your template after working in it, you must save it as a template.

Use the tab key or the arrow keys to move to most fields in the template. After a drop down box click the mouse in the next field.

Anyone needing a lower version of this template, contact Janiece Fecich at 724-772-7137.

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TIPS FOR USING THE NOMINATION TEMPLATE

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HOW AND WHEN TO SUBMIT A

NOMINATION PACKAGE

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HOW AND WHEN TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION PACKAGE ...

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Completed Nomination Packages are due to Janiece Fecich on or

beforeJuly 1, 2014

Submit Nomination Package by e-mail to:

fellows@sae.orgjaniec@sae.org

or Submit Nomination package

by mail to:Janiece Fecich

SAE International400 Commonwealth DriveWarrendale, PA 15096-001

USA

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CONTACT JANIECE FECICH FROM SAE INTERNATIONAL

AT 724-772-7137 OR JANIEC@SAE.ORG

WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FELLOW NOMINATION

PROCESS