SME

Membership Application

If you prefer, you can download a PDF/F version of this form, fill it out, and mail it in.

Information noted in bold is required to process your application unless otherwise noted in the sidebar.

Name:
Prefix First Name & Middle Initial Last Name Suffix
Applying for: Admission Change of Status Reinstatement
As a: Professional Member View Qualifications
Registered Member View Qualifications
Student Member View Qualifications
Prepayment for 2010 Dues:
(not available for student-member applications)
 I would like to pay for additional year(s) of SME Membership now (3 years maximum)
If you choose to pay for additional membership years, you will not receive an invoice for next year's dues in September
Advance membership fees are non-refundable.
If reinstating:
(not required for admission or change of status)
Last year of active membership
Year of election
Previous Member Grade: Professional Member
Student Member
Contact Information: Preferred Address Home Address Work Address
Note: The information for the preferred address must be entered in the appropriate fields below...
E-mail
Personal Information: Gender Male Female
Birthdate Click Here to Pick the date (mm/dd/yyyy)
Business Address:
 Position Title
Company Name
  (school name if student)
Business Address
City, State, Zip/Postal Code
Country
Phone (With area-code and extension)
Fax (With area-code)
Home Information: Home Address
City, State, Zip/Postal Code
Country
Phone (With area-code)
Fax (With area-code)
Professional Experience:
Include a record of employment for the last 5 years most applicable to the category of membership you are applying for. (REGISTERED MEMBERS ONLY: Must include all records of employment related to the minerals industry.) Employment as a teacher in a mineral-related field is considered responsible charge. Description of your responsibilities including title or position, name, nature of company's business, and how it is related to the minerals industry.

Please be very specific with your answers.

Not required for Student Member applications.

Item 1 From: To:
Position or Title:
Employer:
Nature of employer's business:
Primary responsibilities:
Position of responsibility?: Yes No
Item 2 From: To:
Position or Title:
Employer:
Nature of employer's business:
Primary responsibilities:
Position of responsibility?: Yes No
Item 3 From: To:
Position or Title:
Employer:
Nature of employer's business:
Primary responsibilities:
Position of responsibility?: Yes No
Education:
Give name of school, specific degrees and exact dates (month and year). If you did not complete school, indicate major area of study and number of years completed.
Students: please indicate expected date of graduation. (REGISTERED MEMBERS ONLY: Must submit a copy of their University Degree, which you have signed, or a copy of your transcripts, which confirms graduation; and list all of your degrees relating to the minerals industry.)
Highest Degree: In
  School Graduation
Month/Year
Tech School:
College:
Graduate School:
Registered Member Applicants ONLY:
Registered Member Agreement:
REGISTERED MEMBER SME CODE OF ETHICS
This list is not exhaustive and may be amended subject to approval by the SME Board of Directors.
  1. The responsibility of members for the welfare, health and safety of the community shall at all times come before their responsibility to the profession, to sectional or private interests, or to other members.
  2. Members shall act so as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity and dignity of the profession.
  3. Members shall perform work only in their areas of competence.
  4. Members shall build their professional reputation on merit and shall not compete unfairly.
  5. Members shall apply their skill and knowledge in the interests of their employer or client for whom they shall act, in professional matters, as faithful agents or trustees.
  6. Members shall give evidence, express opinions or make statements in an objective and truthful manner and on the basis of adequate knowledge.
  7. Members shall continue their professional development throughout their careers and shall actively assist and encourage those under their direction to advance their knowledge and experience.
  8. Members shall comply with all laws and government regulations relating to the mineral industries, and with the rules, regulations and practices as established and promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the official listing requirements for mining and other companies.
I declare, by my acceptance application by clicking the checkbox below, that all statements made herein and on any appended sheets submitted in addendum to this electronic application are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. I shall abide by the Charter, Bylaws and Code of Ethics of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc., and that I subscribe to and will abide by them and all provisions in them as now in effect or hereafter amended and that any untrue or incorrect statement knowingly made by me in this application or my failure to abide by the Charter, Bylaws and Code of Ethics, shall be grounds for my suspension or expulsion from the Society as may be determined and directed by the Ethics Committee.

I affirm adherence to applicable professional and ethical standards, have not had a certification, license, or similar qualification suspended or terminated for ethical or disciplinary reasons during my career, nor have I resigned for such designation in participation of or in settlement of proposed grievance or disciplinary proceedings.

I grant SME permission to contact listed employers, endorses, and others who may provide information concerning my qualification for membership, and to divulge information contained in the application, or obtained in SME’s review, of my qualification, which is necessary for verification of my qualifications.

Click this box to accept these terms

 
Registered Member Conditions: (Initial Conditions for Admission for initial year 2006. Those accepted in 2006 will be Founding Registered Members)

Initial applicants will not be able to obtain the three Registered Member signatures required when applying for admission. This requirement will be waived during the first year (2006). Instead, applicants will have to demonstrate that they satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
 
Licensed or Certified in a state in the United States that is a member of the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG), Mechanical or Civil Engineering is acceptable provided the experience gained by the applicant is clearly in the minerals industry.
Certified by the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) as a Certified Professional Geologist.
Professional Engineer licensed or certified in a state of the United States.


Must mail or fax a copy of license or certification with a current expiration date in addition to this completed application to:
FAX: 303-948-4265
MAIL: 8307 Shaffer Parkway,
Littleton, CO 80127
OR
You may apply if you do not meet the above criteria but will need to provide three (3) endorsements. Endorsers must be SME Members. Those endorsing you must complete a Verification Form. Each of the 3 endorsers you list below will receive an e-mail containing a link to fill out the Verification Form online. Those three Verification forms must be filled out by the endorsers before your Registered Member application will be processed.
  First Name Last Name Phone e-mail
1
2
3
Endorsement (Student Members Only):
Student Member applications must be endorsed by an SME Member, Associate Member or Student Member in good standing.
Yes, I need help finding an endorser!
No, I'm being endorsed by an SME member:
Name:
Member #:
Divisional/Technical Interest:
Please indicate the areas in which you are most interested, in order of preference. You will be considered a member of the Division/Technical Interest that you mark as your first choice.
Division/Technical Interest Primary interest
Secondary interest
Other interest
Industry Sector: Select one from the following list:
  1. Mineral producers, developers and owners, including mining companies and contractors and mining divisions or mining departments of diversified companies engaged in:
    1. Metals Mining
    2. Coal Mining
    3. Industrial Minerals Mining
    4. Industrial Minerals Processing
  2. Government
  3. Education
  4. Economics
  5. Manufacturing
  6. Coal Processing
  7. Environmental
  8. Geology/Exploration
  9. Metallurgy
  10. Metals Processing
  11. Underground Construction / Tunneling
  12. Other
Job Title:
  SME Membership was recommended to me by: