Frequently Asked Questions On Organization Structure

      1. What is the Current IEEE Organization Structure?
      2. How to form a Council?
      3. How to form a Section / Subsection?
      4. How to form a Chapter?
      5. How to form a Affinity Group?
      6. How to form a Student Branch?
      7. How to form a Student Branch Chapters?


      Q. What is the Current IEEE Organization Structure? 

      A. Thousands of IEEE member volunteers provide the leadership in IEEE organizations and activities. Supporting these volunteers is a fulltime professional staff. 
      The IEEE is made up of 10 Regions, 37 Societies, four Councils, approximately 1,200 individual and joint Society chapters, and 300 Sections. 1,000 Student Branches are located at colleges and universities worldwide.
      The IEEE is governed by a Board of Directors (Board) and Executive Committee (ExCom). The delegates representing the 10 IEEE Regions and 10 technical divisions (IEEE Societies) comprise the Assembly.
Elections are held annually for many of these positions as well as for the top officers. 
      The IEEE Corporate Activities staff supports the Board, ExCom and the Assembly, and many of the IEEE Committees. 
      Top officers are the President, who is the chief executive and serves one year. Sharing some of the duties of the Office of the President are the President-elect and the Past President. 
      The Executive Director is the full-time chief operating officer. 
      Six subordinate boards govern major areas of IEEE interest. Each has an elected volunteer leader.
These interest areas are :
      1. Educational Activities 
      2. IEEE-USA 
      3. Publication Services and Products Board 
      4. Regional Activities 
      5. Standards 
      6. Technical Activities. 


      Q. How to form a Council? 

      A. A Council can be formed by agreement of a group of contiguous Sections and it exists at their pleasure. It is intended to act as a subordinate committee of the Sections and they have the right to direct its operation. It is formed by the Sections to do only those delegated tasks that can be best done together by the Sections rather than singly by each Section. The Sections retain their recognition as the basic operating, executive and administrative unit of the IEEE. The Regional Director and the Regional Activities Board shall approve the formation of a Council. 
      The links to the petition form below supplies petition requirements and can be used to form a new Council.
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/forms_petitions/council_form.html


      Q. How to form a Section / Subsection? 

      A. A Section is a basic operating entity of IEEE constituted by a minimum of fifty (50) members. A Subsection is a part of a Section, constituted by a minimum of twenty (20) members. 
      The following link supplies petition requirements and have a form which can be used to form either one of these units.
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/forms_petitions/secsubsec_form.html


      Q. How to form a Chapter? 

      A. A Chapter is a technical subunit of one or more Sections, or a Council, constituted by a minimum of twelve (12) members of a Society and established by petition to the parent Unit(s) and Societies concerned to represent and fulfill the technical needs of the members and the missions of IEEE. 
      The links to the petition form below supplies petition requirements, information on changing the status of an existing Chapter, and can be used to form a new Chapter. http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/forms_petitions/socchap_form.html


      Q. How to form a Affinity Group? 

      A. An Affinity Group is a local unit of an IEEE organizational unit or standing committee, established by petition to the parent organizational unit to fulfill the purposes of the IEEE. "Parent organizational unit" as used here refers to an organizational unit or standing committee. The following groups have been approved by the Regional Activities Board as parent organizational units as defined above and described in their charters: Graduates of the Last Decade, Women in Engineering and Consultants Network. For additional detail, go to the Affinity Groups homepage . 
      The links to the petition form below supplies petition requirements and can be used to form a new Affinity Group.
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/forms_petitions/affinity_form.html


      Q. How to form a Student Branch?

      A.http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/tokyoit/office/sb_administration.html#How_form_SB


      Q. How to form a Student Branch Chapters?

      A.http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/tokyoit/office/sb_administration.html#How_form_SB_Chapters