Assessing responsible experience. Part 1: The implications of Bylaw 12

Because some members and prospective members of the IEE find difficulty in interpreting the 'responsible-experience' clause of Bylaw 12 of the membership regulations, the Membership Committee invited the authors to try to explain, from their past experience of membership matters, the principles involved. Nevertheless, the committee feels that it must state that it cannot be bound by individual interpretations that may be put on particular phrases in this article, because so much depends on individual circumstances, as the article explains.