Appointment by Board of Directors. The activities of the IEEE shall
be conducted wherever possible through
voluntarily associated groups of members
organized by (1) geographic area (i.e.,
Sections, etc.) and (2) field of interest
(i.e., Societies). To provide for
activities of the IEEE not adequately fulfilled
by the voluntarily associated groups,
committees of members shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors. Those committees,
known as Standing Committees, are as listed in
Bylaws I-305 and I-306. The voting
members of the Major Boards and Standing
Committees appointed by individuals or
committees, other than the IEEE Board of
Directors, as specified in these Bylaws, shall
be annually submitted to the IEEE Board of
Directors for affirmation.
Major Boards. The Board of Directors of the IEEE
establishes the following major organizational
units. These major organizational units
as defined in this bylaw shall also be known
as the Major Boards of the IEEE.
IEEE Educational Activities Board
(EAB) IEEE Member and Geographic
Activities Board (MGAB) IEEE Publication
Services and Products Board (PSPB) IEEE
Standards Association (IEEE-SA) IEEE
Technical Activities Board (TAB) IEEE
United States of America (IEEE-USA)
These organizational units shall
implement programs intended to serve and
benefit IEEE members, the engineering and
scientific community, and the general
public. Programs of Major Boards that have
a close relationship to the missions of other
Major Boards shall be coordinated with those
organizational units. The Board of
Directors shall approve the charters,
objectives, and mission statements of each such
Major Board.
Major Boards and their organizational
units may organize and sponsor meetings,
seminars, symposia, conferences, and other
programs on matters related to the interests
of the units, within their technical and
geographical boundaries.
Major Boards and their organizational
units may authorize newsletters, periodicals,
magazines, proceedings, and other publications
as it may deem necessary for effectively
disseminating and publicizing their
activities. In so doing, it shall
administer the policies and standards set by
the Publication Services and Products Board as
they relate to publications.
Each Major Board shall be appointed a
Staff Secretary who shall be a member of the
IEEE staff as designated by the IEEE Executive Director.
Educational Activities Board (EAB). The IEEE Educational Activities Board
shall recommend to the Board of Directors
policies on educational matters and implement
programs specifically intended to serve and
benefit IEEE members in educational pursuits,
the engineering and scientific community, and
the general public. These programs shall
include the broad planning of educational
activities of the IEEE, the development and
delivery of continuing education products and
activities, the development of guidelines for
the IEEE representatives to accreditation
bodies, the monitoring of accreditation
activities, the coordination of pre-university
programs, and the representation of the IEEE
in matters regarding engineering
education. The EAB shall be the IEEE
interface in education-related matters with
external bodies.
EAB shall be responsible for
administration of the annual assessment paid
to ABET, Inc.
EAB Membership. The Educational
Activities Board shall consist of not more than
17 members, including the Chair, who shall be
the Vice President-Educational Activities; the
immediate Past Vice President-Educational
Activities; two members having strong interest
in engineering education from Technical
Activities, jointly appointed by the Vice
President-Technical Activities and the Vice
President-Educational Activities; two members
having strong interest in engineering
education from Member and Geographic
Activities, one from Regions 1 - 6, and one
from Regions 7 - 10, jointly appointed by the
Vice President - Member and Geographic
Activities and the Vice President -
Educational Activities; one member from the
Standards Association, jointly appointed by
the President, Standards Association and the
Vice President - Educational Activities; Chair
of the EAB Accreditation Policy Council, and
the Chairs of the following EAB committees:
Finance, Strategic Planning, Awards and
Recognition, Pre-University Education
Coordinating, Section Outreach, Society
Outreach, Continuing Professional Education, and
Public Awareness, all of whom shall be
appointed by the Vice President –
Educational Activities and affirmed by a
majority of EAB; and the Staff Secretary who
shall serve without vote.
The members of each subcommittee shall
be approved by the Educational Activities
Board. Up to two non-members of the IEEE
may be appointed as voting members on each of
the following subcommittees:
Pre-University Coordinating Committee,
Continuing Professional Education Committee;
EAB Editorial Board for Engineering,
Technology and Computing Portals. The
Chair of each subcommittee shall be an IEEE Member.
Publication Services and
Products Board (PSPB). The IEEE Publication Services
and Products Board shall report to the
Board of Directors and shall be
responsible for formulating and
recommending information-related,
published services and products policies to
the Board of Directors, establishing and
maintaining standards and procedures for
IEEE information dissemination,
recommending to the Executive Committee
policies and best practices as they
relate to the IEEE website, and otherwise
coordinating and assisting those
activities of the IEEE and its various
organizational units. It is expected
that the IEEE organizational units will
fulfill their obligations for their
services and products. Once approved by
the Board of Directors, these procedures
become part of the policy and procedures
of the IEEE. Other organizational units
shall be responsible for administering
those policies set by PSPB as they
relate to the publications, services and
products for which they are responsible.
(a)
The IEEE shall provide
services and products which
disseminate information on
technical, scientific,
professional, and newsworthy
topics of interest to members,
the engineering and scientific
community, and the general public.
(b)
The IEEE shall publish a
magazine entitled IEEE
SPECTRUM, which contains
technical and scientific
articles of general interest
to the entire membership.
(c)
The IEEE shall publish a
newspaper entitled THE
INSTITUTE, which contains
news of current events in
the IEEE itself, the
industry, and the engineering
and scientific community.
(d)
IEEE SPECTRUM and THE
INSTITUTE shall be
distributed to all Honorary
Members, Fellows, Senior
Members, Members, Associate
Members, Graduate Student
Members, and Student Members.
PSPB Membership. The
Publication Services and Products Board
shall consist of not more than 29
members, which shall include the Vice
President of PSPB, who shall serve as
Chair; nine Members-at-Large appointed by
the IEEE Board of Directors for
three-year staggered terms, for which PSPB
shall recommend nominees; one GOLD
member appointed by the Chair for a
one-year term; the Editors-in-Chief of IEEE
Press, Proceedings, and Potentials; one
representative each from the Spectrum and
Institute Advisory Boards; one current
or past member of the Computer Society
Board of Governors, appointed by that
Board; one representative from each of
the other Major Boards; the Chairs of the
Standing Committees and other
appointments, as specified in the PSPB
Operations Manual; and the Staff
Secretary, who shall serve without vote.
Member and Geographic Activities
Board (MGAB). The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities
Board shall be responsible to the Board of
Directors and shall serve the needs of the
members of the IEEE by maintaining, enhancing,
and supporting the geographical organizational
units of the IEEE. MGAB shall be responsible
for IEEE membership and member development.
Membership includes recruitment, administration
of admissions, retention, elevation, and
service, as well as related operational and
budget issues. Member development includes
member value development, new member programs
and services and support for members’
careers, in collaboration with other IEEE
Organizational Units.
MGAB
Membership. The Member and
Geographic Activities Board shall
consist of not more than 20 members
including the Vice President - Member
and Geographic Activities who shall be
Chair; the immediate Past Chair; the
MGAB Treasurer, who shall be
selected by the MGAB Assembly; the ten
Region Directors; four Vice Chairs who
shall be specified in the MGAB Operations
Manual, and who shall be selected by the
MGAB Assembly; two members appointed by
the Vice President - Technical
Activities; and the Staff Secretary, who
shall serve without vote.
Members of MGAB shall be of Fellow or
Senior Member grade.
Individuals holding more than one
position on MGAB shall be limited to one vote.
Standards Association (IEEE-SA). The IEEE Standards Association shall be
responsible to the Board of Directors for
standards programs that enhance the strategic
initiatives of the IEEE. The IEEE-SA shall
establish, coordinate, develop, approve, and
revise IEEE standards and conduct other
standards-related activities in fields of
interest to the IEEE. The IEEE-SA shall be the
IEEE interface in standards-related matters
with external bodies. The IEEE-SA Board of
Governors shall be the governing body of the
Standards Association, and it shall reflect
the technical and global standards interests
of the IEEE.
IEEE-SA Board of Governors (IEEE-SA BOG)
Membership. The IEEE-SA BOG shall
consist of not more than 15 members who
shall be the IEEE-SA President, who shall
be elected for a two-year term by the
eligible voting members of the IEEE who
are also members of the Standards
Association; the IEEE-SA President-Elect
or the most recent IEEE-SA Past President
willing to serve; the Chair of the
Standards Board, who shall be appointed
by the IEEE-SA BOG; the most recent Past
Chair of the Standards Board willing to
serve; the Chair of the IEEE Standards
Association Corporate Advisory Group, who
shall be appointed for a two-year term
by the IEEE-SA BOG; the IEEE-SA
Treasurer, who shall be appointed for a
two-year term by the IEEE-SA President;
eight Members-at-Large, four of whom
shall be elected by the eligible voting
members of the Standards Association and
four of whom shall be appointed by the
IEEE-SA BOG, as specified in the SA
Operations Manual; and the Staff
Secretary, who shall serve without vote.
The IEEE-SA Past President shall serve as
a voting member of the IEEE-SA BOG in
which years there is no IEEE-SA
President-Elect.
All voting members of the IEEE-SA BOG
shall be of Member, Senior Member, or
Fellow grade, and shall have membership
in the IEEE-SA, as specified in the
Standards Association Operations Manual.
The IEEE-SA President may appoint
non-voting individuals to the IEEE-SA BOG
to facilitate its work. These individuals
shall be members of IEEE-SA and
represent specific needs. Subject to
Bylaw I-305.5, all individuals shall be
appointed on an annual basis.
Technical Activities Board (TAB). The IEEE Technical Activities Board shall
be responsible to the Board of Directors for
directing the advancement of the theory and
practice, of electrical, electronics,
communications and computer engineering, as
well as computer science, and the allied
branches of engineering and the related arts
and sciences and technologies, and their
application for the benefit of IEEE members
worldwide and for the general public. TAB
shall encourage and support its Societies,
Councils, and Committees to develop and
deliver to their global customers appropriate
and timely intellectual property products, in
either printed or electronic form, or through
meetings on current or emerging technologies.
TAB Membership. The Technical Activities
Board shall consist of the Chair, who shall be
the Vice President - Technical Activities; the
immediate Past Chair; the Vice Chair, who
shall be the TAB Vice President-Elect; the
Society Presidents; the Technical Council
Presidents; the ten Division
Delegate/Directors; the TAB Treasurer; the
Chair of the TAB Periodicals Committee; the
Chair of the TAB/PSPB Products and Services
Committee; the Chair of the IEEE Conferences
Committee; and the Staff Secretary who shall
serve without vote.
The Vice President – Technical
Activities shall be elected by the eligible
voting members of the IEEE who are also
members of at least one society. The
Society Presidents shall be elected or
appointed in accordance with the bylaws of
each respective Society. The Technical
Council Presidents shall be appointed by the
Board of Governors of each respective
Council. The ten Division
Delegate/Directors shall be elected in
accordance with the IEEE Bylaw I-308.
The TAB Treasurer shall be appointed by the
Chair for a two-year term, with reappointment
permissible for up to a maximum of six
years. The Chair of the TAB Periodicals
Committee shall be appointed by TAB for a
two-year term. The Chair of the TAB/PSPB
Products & Services Committee shall be
appointed jointly by TAB and PSPB for a
two-year term.
The Vice President - Technical
Activities shall be ineligible to serve a
second full term.
IEEE United States of America (IEEE-USA). The IEEE United States of America
shall be responsible to the Board of Directors
and shall recommend policies and implement
programs specifically intended to serve and
benefit the members, engineering
professionals, and general public in the
United States. IEEE-USA shall be the
organizational unit that represents the
professional interests of the IEEE before U.S.
governmental bodies. It shall also be
responsible for coordinating and reporting,
under federal disclosure laws, all official
communications with government.
IEEE-USA Board Membership. The
IEEE-USA Board of Directors shall consist of not
more than 18 members, which shall include the
IEEE-USA President, who shall be Chair; the
IEEE-USA President-Elect; the IEEE-USA Past
President; the Directors for Regions 1-6; one
member from Technical Activities, who shall be a
sitting or past Director and appointed by the
Vice President – Technical Activities
with the concurrence of the IEEE-USA President;
two IEEE-USA Members-at-Large, who shall be
elected by the eligible voting members within
Regions 1-6, serving staggered two year terms;
four IEEE-USA Vice Presidents and the
Secretary/Treasurer all of whom shall be
appointed by the IEEE-USA Assembly; and the
Staff Secretary who shall serve without vote.
Members of the IEEE-USA Board of
Directors shall be of Fellow or Senior
Member grade.
The IEEE-USA President shall be
ineligible to serve a second full term.
IEEE-USA Members-at-Large will not be
eligible for a second successive term.
Major
Board Operating Procedures. Each Major Board shall adopt
operating procedures that are responsive to the
needs of such Major Board for the purpose of
governing its operations and administration.
These operating procedures shall be maintained
in an Operations Manual and shall conform to
and not conflict with the IEEE governance
documents described in Bylaw I-300. The
Operations Manuals or any amendments to its
procedures shall not be adopted until such
Operations Manuals or any amendments have been
submitted to and reviewed by the IEEE
Governance Committee. The minimum required
information to be contained in the Major Board
Operations Manuals shall be specified in the
IEEE Policies.
