Shape the Future
The SBE wants your help in recruiting new members, and you can win rewards for your efforts. Sponsor a new Member, Associate Member or Sustaining Member between March 1 and May 31, 2026, and you will be eligible for the prize drawings. For each approved new member application you sponsor you will earn $5 off your 2026 membership dues, up to $25. If you recruit three or more Regular or Associate Members, or one Sustaining Member, you will also receive an upgrade to SBE MemberPlus for the remainder of the 2026 membership period. (If you already hold SBE MemberPlus, the benefit will be added for 2027.)
Each new member application may have only one sponsor. Applications must be received at the SBE National Office between March 1 and May 31, 2026, to be eligible. Drawing for all prizes will be completed by June 25, 2026.
New members are welcome throughout the year. Here’s the link to the member application: SBE Membership application
Prizes
From the SBE
- A copy of SBE CertPreview
- One free SBE Webinars by SBE registration
- One $25 gift certificate for the SBE Store
- An SBE-logoed hat
From SBE Sustaining Member Companies
- BSW: Three BSW Aircan Headphone 5-Packs
- Dielectric: Two Technician’s backpack
- GatesAir: Steve Rossiter Dummy Load Desk Lamp
- Heartland Video Systems: $100 Amazon gift card; Heartland Video tote bag and luggage tag; HVS/Core Values t-shirt; Office Essentials Pack; Wireless Charger
- LBA Group: Five registrations to the LBA RF Safety Course
- Telos: Two Telos swag bags
Additional prizes will be announced as they are provided.
Top Recruiter Award
This recognizes the SBE member who individually recruits the most new members (regular, associate or sustaining) during the Membership Drive.
Golden Recruiter Award
This award recognizes a chapter in each size division recruiting the most new members during the Membership Drive. Category A and B are based on chapter enrollment, Class A represents chapters whose membership is less than the national median. Class B includes chapters with a membership greater than the national median. Certificates will be awarded during the SBE National Meeting and Awards Program in October.
Membership Drive FAQs
Where do I find new members? Prospective members can be non-members attending chapter meetings, fellow engineers at work or other stations, suppliers or educators.
How do I get credit for new members? Direct prospective members to the SBE website to join online or provide them with a copy of the membership application and ask him/her to fill in your name on the line “Sponsor’s Name/Who introduced you to SBE.” Once the new member’s membership application has been approved, your name will be placed in the prize drawing, which takes place in June 2026.
Official Rules: Only members of the SBE in good standing (national dues paid) and residents of the United States are eligible for the prize drawings. All members of the SBE in good standing (national dues paid) are eligible for the dues rebate incentive. All applications are subject to approval by the admissions committee per the SBE By-laws. Only sponsorships of new applications for Member, Associate Member and Sustaining Members are eligible for the prize drawings and the dues rebate incentive. Each approved application will earn $5 off the recruiter’s 2027 membership dues, up to $25. Each new member application may have only one sponsor. Applications must be received at the SBE National Office between March 1 and May 31, 2026, to be eligible. Drawing for all prizes will be completed by June 25, 2026. Winners will be notified by mail. There are no prize substitutions. Winners are responsible for any taxes on prizes. Employees of the SBE and their family members are not eligible to win. Contest void where prohibited. Entrants agree that their name and likeness may be used by the Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc. for promotional purposes.
