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Member Survey by the SME Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD)
1.
How long have you been an SME member, inclusive of student membership?
Less than 5 years
5-10 years
11-15 years
16-20 years
21-30 years
More than 30 years
2.
Are you: (Select all that apply.)
An MPD Member
A Young Leader
A Student Member
3.
What is your current geographic region?
U.S. Northeast
U.S. Midwest
U.S. South
U.S. West
U.S. Territories
Africa
Americas (other than U.S.)
Asia
Europe
Oceania
4.
What is your gender?
Prefer not to answer
Male
Female
Other
5.
What is your race/ethnicity?
Prefer not to answer
White or Caucasian
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Asian or Asian American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
Other
6.
Which of the following groups best describes you?
Graduate Student
Undergraduate Student
Young Professional (less than 10 years from start of employment in mining / mineral industry)
Senior Professional (more than 10 years from start of employment in mining / mineral industry)
7.
Do you attend the SME Annual Conference & Expo?
Yes, always
Most of the time (75%)
Some of the time (50%)
Rarely (25%)
No, never
8.
How many SME Annual Conference & Expos have you attended?
0
1-5
6-10
More than 10
9.
If you have attended the SME Annual Conference & Expo within the last five years, which of the following did you attend / utilize? (Select all that apply.)
Short course
Field trip
Keynote Session
MPD Awards Plenary Session
SME Bookstore
Mentor / Mentee program
Exhibits
Student design competition
Student mixer
Women of SME breakfast
WAAIME function
Young Leader / Rising Professional function
Technical session, as chair
Technical session, as attendee
Presented / published a technical paper
Professional Engineers Examination Committee meeting
Technical Program / MPD Unit Committee meeting
Young Leaders Committee meeting
Grand Opening reception (Sunday in the Exhibit Hall)
Plant Operator Open Forum
Bulk Material Poster Session
MPD Student Poster Contest
MPD Luncheon
MPD Executive Committee Meeting and/or Business Meeting
MPD Scotch Nightcap
Alumni function
Not applicable (Have not attended within the last five years) / None of the above
10.
Besides the technical program at the SME Annual Conference & Expo, what other types of products, services or activities would you find helpful in your career? (Select all that apply.)
Short courses
Webinars
Technical articles
Smaller, more specific conferences
Virtual coffee breaks
Other (please specify)
No other products, services or activities
11.
The MPD Executive Committee is working with SME to identify a list of the "Hot Topics" in mineral and metallurgical processing. We hope to use this list to help develop programming and other materials over the coming years. Which area(s) is/are of particular interest to you?
Topic 1
Topic 2
Topic 3
Topic 4
Topic 5
12.
Considering your total SME involvement, are you more active at the local/regional/student chapter level or national level?
More than 90% national level
60-90% national level
Mostly equal between national and local/regional/student chapter level
60-90% local/regional/student chapter level
More than 90% local/regional/student chapter level
No involvement
13.
How easy/hard was it for you to get involved in SME/MPD?
Very easy
Somewhat easy
Neutral
Somewhat difficult
Very difficult
I'm not involved
14.
What holds you back, if anything, from being more involved in SME/MPD? (Select all that apply.)
Cost of conference/event attendance
Time commitment too high
Not enough value
Other (please specify)
15.
What do you value the most about your SME/MPD membership?
16.
What other activities can the MPD offer that would increase MPD’s membership value?
17.
Do you have suggestions or feedback for the MPD leadership? Please enter them below:
18.
Will you help answer more questions specific to the following groups? (Select the group that best describes you.)
No, I will stop here
Yes, I am a Student
Yes, I am a Young Professional (less than 10 years from start of employment in mining / mineral industry)
Yes, I am a Senior Professional (more than 10 years from start of employment in mining / mineral industry)
Current Progress,
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