Member Survey by the SME Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD)

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* 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

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* 2. Are you: (Select all that apply.)

An MPD Member

A Young Leader

A Student Member

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* 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

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* 4. What is your gender?

Prefer not to answer

Male

Female

Other

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 8. How many SME Annual Conference & Expos have you attended?

1-5

6-10

More than 10

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 15. What do you value the most about your SME/MPD membership?

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* 16. What other activities can the MPD offer that would increase MPD’s membership value?

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* 17. Do you have suggestions or feedback for the MPD leadership? Please enter them below:

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* 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)