9.13 Guidelines for Individual
Benefits and Services Committee
Membership benefit programs are initiated and
monitored as adjuncts to membership in IEEE, whose
principal purposes are technical and professional.
The following guidelines shall be observed by the
Individual Benefits and Services Committee when
developing programs for consideration by the
Executive Committee.
- The program shall have broad applicability
and not individually or collectively overwhelm
the principal purposes of the IEEE.
- The programs offered should be of the kind
not easily obtained on favorable terms elsewhere.
- The cost to IEEE of establishing, publicizing
and monitoring the programs shall be
commensurate with the services offered.
- The programs shall generally be available to
all members of the IEEE, and will be offered
only if there is reason to believe that they
are of interest to a sufficiently large number
of members.
- The IEEE, when deemed appropriate, shall be
in a position to participate in royalty income
from an approved affinity program, so long as
this participation will not have an adverse
impact on the overall benefit, service and
financial operation of the program.
- The services of external administrators,
rather than staff, shall be engaged to
implement the programs.
- Announcements of member benefit programs
shall make clear the limited responsibility
and involvement of the IEEE in such programs.
- The programs shall not jeopardize IEEE's
tax-exempt status.
- All necessary steps shall be taken to
minimize IEEE liability and the possibility of
legal action involving IEEE. All
programs shall be reviewed by legal counsel.
