Resources for WIE Affinity Groups

Benefits of Forming a WIE Affinity Group	How to Form a WIE Affinity Group	Affinity Group Required Reporting
Planning Successful Meetings & Events	Recruiting Volunteers for a WIE Affinity Group	WIE Funding Request Form
WIE Promotional Material Request Form	Meeting, Officer & Membership Roster Report Forms	Recognizing Volunteer Efforts
Recognition Products	Member and Geographic Activities Operations Manual	Website Hosting
WIE Forum Funding Form	Premiere Issue of WIE Magazine

Benefits of Forming a WIE Affinity Group

Opportunity to network on a local level.

Free website hosting.

Apply for funding for events & activities. (Request must be submitted and approved by the IEEE Women in Engineering Committee)

Eligible to receive additional funding of US $200 through IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) if Affinity Group meets minimum requirements. Additional US $75 activity bonus is available for Affinity Groups reporting six or more meetings of a technical, professional or educational nature. For more information on these funding opportunities review the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Rebate Schedule.
Post regional news and upcoming events in the WIE Newsletter and the WIE website. Send all postings to women@ieee.org.

Borrow WIE Forum videotapes for affinity group meetings

Free WIE membership promotional items for affinity group meetings and events

How to Form a WIE Affinity Group

Forming a group is the best way to interact and share information with others with similar interests in your local area. There are two types of affinity group formations:

Section Affinity Group for members
Student Branch Affinity Group

To form an Affinity Group:

Recruit six IEEE members willing to be part of the founding affinity group.

Select someone to be responsible for the affinity group until the first meeting is held and the Officers are formally appointed.

Obtain your Section or Student Branch's Executive Committee's approval. An Affinity Group depends administratively and financially on the Section.

Submit a petition to IEEE Member and Geographic Activities.
Affinity Group Petition Form (Word) (HTML)
Affinity Group Student Branch Petition Form

Affinity Group Required Reporting

Affinity Groups are required to submit meeting, financial and officer reports to IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA). Further information and report forms are available through IEEE Member and Geographic Activities.

Student Branch Affinity Groups should follow the reporting procedures required by their Student Branch Chapter.

Planning Successful Meetings & Events

Meetings are one of the most visible and valuable ways for an affinity group to serve its members. Find out more on how to organize a successful event.

Recruiting Volunteers for a WIE Affinity Group

IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) has a volunteer recruitment tool kit available. It has been developed to provide IEEE Units (Regions, Sections, Societies, Chapters, or Affinity Groups) with ideas for recruiting local IEEE members who may be interested in volunteering time to help lead in IEEE activities.