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The following information will help to guide you through the process of developing a society/technical council chapter. IEEE Staff is available to assist you in any step of the process of chapter development. Please direct any questions to , phone: +1 732 562 5357, fax: +1 732 981 1769.&
A Technical Chapter is the technical subunit of one or more geographic units, and one or more Societies/Technical Councils.
are your local link to the valuable resources available from . To form a Chapter, please read the requirements below. This petition form also provides the requirements to form a joint Chapter of two or more S to form a joint Chapter of two or more contiguous S or how to change the status of an existing Chapter. Any questions should be submitted to . This petition to establish a Technical Chapter shall contain the following:
Name of the geographic parent
Name of the sponsoring technical parent Society(ies)/technical council
Name of the organizer must be of IEEE Graduate Student Member or of higher-grade status and must be an IEEE member for a minimum of six months. The organizer shall serve as the interim Chair pending election at a later date.
Signatures of at least twelve (12) IEEE members, in good standing, of Graduate Student Member grade or higher, who are members of the parent society(ies) and geographic unit involved, and are IEEE members for a minimum of six months.
Each petition to form a Technical Council Chapter will be signed by at least twelve (12) IEEE voting members of a Society that is a Member Society of the Technical Council. It is suggested that more than the specified amount of names and written signatures be included to ensure that all petitioners qualify, thus speeding the petition&s processing.
In lieu of their signatures on the petition, IEEE will accept an email message from IEEE members stating their agreement to the formation. These emails must include the name of the member, IEEE membership number, and a brief statement of support of the petition. These messages are to be sent to the petition organizer who is requested to cut and paste these emails, preserving the email header information, into one document.
A business plan that includes mission/goals, planned meetings, and activities for first six months.
Written approval of the geographic parent executive committee. The completed petition shall be submitted to the geographic parent executive committee for approval, prior to submission to the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) staff.
& MGA staff will review the petition and work with the organizer to resolve any discrepancies. The Chapter will be considered established after Member and Geographic Activities has ascertained that the Regional Director and the Society/Technical Council President(s) have approved to the formation of the Chapter.Following approval, the Geographic parent Chair, the Chapter Organizer, the Regional Director and the President of the Society/Technical Council will be notified. The Chapter formation will be noted in the Report of the Managing Director at the next meeting of the Member and Geographic Activities Board.
The requirements are the same as for a single Society Chapter, except that not less than three of the 12 signatures on the petition shall be voting members of each of the Societies involved.For example, a joint Power & Energy (PE31) and Industry Applications (IA34) Society Chapter might be formed with eight petitioners belonging to PE31 and four petitioners to IA34. It is not required, but may be useful, that Chapter members or officers maintain membership in both Societies. It is suggested that more than the specified amount of names and signatures be included to ensure that all petitioners qualify, thus speeding the process of the petition.
A petition must be signed by not less than twelve (12) voting members of the Sections involved, who are members of the Society or Societies, and submitted for approval by the pertinent Sections& Executive Committees. It is suggested that more than the specified amount of names and signatures be included to assure that all petitioners qualify, thus speeding the process of the petition.In addition to the items required for forming a single Section chapter, the petition must include:The names of the Sections involvedThe name(s) of the Society or Societies/Technical CouncilThe name and address of the Chapter OrganizerThe organizational unit (administrative parent Section) that shall be responsible for the Chapter&s management. (In joint Chapters, administrative matters relate to the parent Section)Written approval of the entities involvedThe joint Chapter shall be considered established after MGA has ascertained that all entities involved have approved to the formation of the Chapter.Following approval, the Sections and Societies/Technical Council involved, the Chapter organizer, and the Regional Director will be notified. The Chapter formation will be noted in the Report of the Managing Director at the next meeting of the MGA Board.&
The status of an existing Chapter may be changed from single to joint, or vice versa, or from one joint combination to another, without submission of a petition. The change in status will become effective following approval of the change by the Regional Director, the Society/Technical Council Presidents, and the involved Geographic Parent Executive Committee(s).
The written request, with full details on the proposed change in Chapter status, shall be submitted by the Geographic Parent Executive Committee. This request should include the name and address of the Organizer of the restructured Chapter who will act as its Chair, and be faxed or mailed to the address below.
Action will be taken by MGA staff to obtain approval of the change in status by those concerned.
When the necessary approvals have been received, the Geographic Parent Chair, the Chapter Organizer, the Regional Director and the Presidents of the Societies/Technical Council concerned will be notified.
The Chapter formation will be noted in the Report of the Managing Director at the next meeting of the MGA Board.
SUBMIT COMPLETED PETITION, BUSINESS PLAN AND REQUIRED SIGNATURES VIA:
+1 732 463 3657
IEEE Member and Geographic Activities
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The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Department monitors the activity level of affinity groups and technical Society Chapters with meeting reports (L31's). If your Chapter is currently inactive, simply have a meeting and report your activity to reactive your Chapter. Society Chapters are required to report a minimum of two technical meetings, and affinity groups must report a minimum of two meetings, of any type, each year.
Chapters/affinity groups that have not reported any meetings for a minimum of three consecutive years will be put on probation to be dissolved.&Once a Chapter has been dissolved, the process to form a new Chapter must be utilized to reinstate the Chapter.
The organizer shall be of an IEEE Graduate Student Member, or of higher-grade status, and must be an IEEE member.&Signatures of at least 12 IEEE members, in good standing, of Graduate Student Member, Member, Senior Member, or Fellow grade, who are members of the Society(ies) and Section(s) involved are required.
The IEEE staff person in the position of Society/Technical Council Chapter Coordinator will help you contact your Society and Section representatives, as well as assist in determining your Chapter Development options. For assistance, . The volunteer at the Society level, in the position of , will be able to tell you if the Society is interested in forming a Chapter, or if there are already Chapters in existence in your area. This person will also help you access membership information and serve as your contact to the Society.
Access to membership data is available through . Information regarding the number of a Society's higher grade members and contact information will be sent to any IEEE Society Chapter-Coordinator who requests it. If you are not yet formally recognized as a Chapter volunteer, please contact or the Society of your choice for further assistance.The yearly IEEE Secretary's report is also available online. This report shows the regional and sectional Society.
The most important document you will need to complete is the &(DOC, 51 KB).The organizer shall be of an IEEE Graduate Student Member or higher-grade status and must be an IEEE member. Signatures of at least 12 IEEE members, in good standing, of Graduate Student Member, Member, Senior Member, or Fellow grade, who are members of the Society(ies) and Section(s) involved, are required.MGA staff will review the petition and work with the organizer to resolve any discrepancies. The Chapter will be considered established after Member and Geographic Activities has ascertained that the Regional Director and the Society/Technical Council President(s) have no objections to the formation of the Chapter.Following approval, the Section Chair, the Chapter Organizer, the Regional Director, and the President of the Society/Technical Council will be notified. The Chapter formation will be noted in the Report of the Managing Director at the next meeting of the Member and Geographic Activities Board.
Fill out all the paperwork requested from the Society/Technical Council&and your Section. In many societies, significant funding is available as Chapter start-up funds or for increased membership within a Chapter. Sections also receive funding from IEEE based on Chapter membership. Required reporting must be turned in annually for a Chapter to be considered active.