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.

2022 Membership DriveThe 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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