IEEE Policies

Section 9 - Activities of IEEE Organizational Units

9.25 Use of E-Mail by the IEEE Board of Directors

To allow for the free exchange of information and ideas between meetings of the IEEE Board of Directors, an alias e-mail list containing the addresses of current Directors, and select staff, is maintained for use by members of the Board.

The following guidelines shall be followed by Directors, and those additional people who may be invited by the Board of Directors to participate in discussions, to ensure that correspondence is protected and kept private:

1)	E-mail messages to the Board of Directors shall be addressed to the Board of Directors alias alone and shall not be copied (i.e., cc'ed or bcc'ed, or forwarded) to others, without the prior approval of the members of the Board.
2)	E-mail messages addressed to the Board of Directors alias shall not contain defamatory statements, nor shall they contain discussions of potential or actual legal claims, employment personnel matters or alleged violations of the IEEE Code of Ethics or IEEE Policies.
3)	The Board may determine that certain business critical issues shall only be discussed at in-person meetings.