2.1 IEEE Societies
In
recognition of the continuing growth and
diversification of its technical activities,
the IEEE has provided for Societies within the IEEE
structure.The Societies benefit from the economies
of centralized administration, extensive
geographical organization of the IEEE, and the
ease with which an individual can participate in
several organizational units within the IEEE,
thus providing a better match between technical
needs and the necessarily arbitrary lines of organization.
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Functions
of Societies. Each Society
operates in a distinct technical area, and shall
provide the necessary basis for its
further growth, for attracting new members in
competition with other societies in the
field, for merging IEEE Societies into
stronger technical organizational units, for
merging non-IEEE societies into IEEE,
for dealing with other professional societies,
and for facilitating the representation
of the profession to outside agencies
including governments. Each Society carries out
its own publication, meetings,
standards, and other activities as required and
operates within its own budget and may
establish Technical Committees to allow
members to promote specialized technical areas.
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Administration.
Each Society is governed by its own
administrative body responsible to its members.
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Society
Membership Dues. The membership dues
structure for Societies shall be set as
part of the annual budget cycle.
- No Society shall be recognized as joint
with any other organization, society, or
group outside the IEEE. However, Societies may
cooperate with other organizations in
the operation of joint committees and the
holding of joint meetings and may invite members
of such organizations and the public to
their meetings.E. Society Finances. The annual
Society budget must be approved by the TAB
Finance Committee and the Technical
Activities Board.
