Each year, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, conducts a member recruitment drive. The drive calls on current SBE members to encourage their non-member colleagues to join the association. This year, 68 individual members were recruited.
The SBE Membership Drive ran from March 1 until May 31. As a recruiting incentive to members, the SBE asks for prize donations from SBE sustaining member companies. In addition, the recruiter will earn $5 per new member (up to $25) off his or her 2023 membership dues. 11 sustaining member companies plus the SBE provided prizes this year, ranging from shirts and hats to broadcast equipment. The SBE donated logo items, a copy of CertPreview, and a free Webinars by SBE registration. The theme for the 2022 drive was Expand Your Network.
All the recruiters were eligible for the Membership Drive Grand Prize: A trip the SBE National Meeting this fall. (A cash prize option is available if the winner is not able to travel to the SBE National Meeting.) That meeting will be held during the 2022 SBE 22 Broadcast & Technology Expo in Liverpool, NY. The Grand Prize winner this year is Jack Conway of Cox Media Group, Owasso, OK.
The SBE thanks the sustaining members who provided prizes: Blackmagic Design, Broadcasters General Store, Davicom, Heartland Video Systems, latakoo, LBA, Orban, Shively Labs, Sutro Tower, Telos Alliance, and Tieline. The list of prizes and the winning recruiters will be published in the August 2022 issue of The Signal, the SBE’s bi-monthly newsletter, and on the SBE website.
The close of the drive resulted in 68 new recruited individual members, who were sponsored by 61 current members. The recruiters represent 32 different SBE chapters.
Prize Donor
Prize
Winner
Location
Chapter
SBE
trip to the SBE National Meeting
John Conway
Owasso, OK
56
Blackmagic Design
ATEM Mini Extreme ISO
Stephen Brown
Appleton, WI
80
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
Maria Laing-Smith
Camarillo, CA
47
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
Danny Shoen
Lexington, KY
35
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
Vince Forcier
Falls Church, VA
37
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
Craig Seelig
Honesdale, PA
2
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
William Armstrong
Hollywood, FL
53
Broadcasters General Store
BGS tumbler and $20 Starbucks gift card
John Collinson
New Port Richey, FL
39
Davicom
$50 Amazon gift card
William Harland
Chandler, IN
121
Heartland Video Systems
$100 Amazon gift card
Charles Kinney
Atlanta, GA
5
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems backpack
Aaron Hume
Shoreline, WA
16
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems coffee mug, Heartland Video Systems mouse pad
Julio Bonet
Miami Lakes, FL
53
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems drinking glass, blue
Thomas Ray
New Windsor, NY
15
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems drinking glass, clear
Robert Kelley
Tamuning, GU
126
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems knit cap, Heartland Video Systems bound notebook
Jonathan Iler
Savannah, GA
5
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems swag pack
Aaron Carter
Bangor, ME
11
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems swag pack
Bruce Hart
Louisville, OH
70
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems tote bag, Heartland Video Systems mouse pad
Blake Thompson
Akron, OH
70
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems/Ericsson throw
Josh Bohn
Pelham, AL
68
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems/Thomson t-shirt
Pierre Lonewolf
Kotzebue, AK
89
Heartland Video Systems
Heartland Video Systems/Thomson t-shirt
James Leifer
Port Saint Lucie, FL
11
Heartland Video Systems
Rocketbook smart notebook
Christopher Tarr
Mukwonago, WI
28
Heartland Video Systems
USB wireless charger base, Heartland Video Systems lens cloth, Heartland Video Systems mouse pad
Arthur Clardy
Lafayette, LA
72
Latakoo
Bose QuietComfort headphones
Jeffrey Juniet
Casselberry, FL
42
LBA
$250 in LBA online safety courses
Chuck Kelly
Noblesville, IN
25
Orban
1101e card and breakout cable
Bradley Rakestraw
New Albany, MS
68
Shively Labs
$100 L.L. Bean gift card
SeVern Ashes
Vermillion, SD
74
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower swag pack
Lee Deprey
Cary, IL
80
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower swag pack
Gery Jezbera
Wilcox, NE
87
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower swag pack
Jennifer Wolfe
Myrtle Beach, SC
107
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower swag pack
Evan Adkins
Ashland, KY
116
Telos Alliance
Telos swag pack
Stavros Hilaris
Washington, DC
37
Telos Alliance
Tribit Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Jason Quinn
Albuquerque, NM
34
Tieline
$25 Amazon gift card
Ryan Stotts
Mt. Juliet, TN
103
Tieline
$25 Amazon gift card
David May
Lexington, KY
147
SBE
Webinars by SBE registration
Steve Young
Fort Smith, AR
56
SBE
$25 gift certificate to the SBE Store/SBE Bookstore
Josh Roberts
Lynchburg, VA
78
SBE
SBE coffee mug and magnet
James Ellett
Tampa, FL
39
SBE
SBE coffee mug and magnet
Daniel Carpenter
Westerville, OH
52
SBE
SBE-logoed hat
John Conway
Owasso, OK
56
SBE
copy of CertPreview
Joseph Fleming
Midlothian, VA
60
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