IEEE Policies

Section 9 - Activities of IEEE Organizational Units

9.7 Participation in IEEE Activities

It is the responsibility of Officers and Directors of the IEEE:

To attend regularly IEEE Region, Section and Society meetings, as well as Technical Conferences; to represent the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee at these meetings; to address these meetings on behalf of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee; to assure the attending members that these meetings have the support of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee; and to seek their comments and advice pertaining to the activities of the IEEE.

To participate in social events (luncheons, dinners, and other social get-togethers) with IEEE Region, Section, Society and Technical Conference leaders and members and to utilize such social events and contacts to cement the relationships between the IEEE, on the one hand, and the leadership and members of its major groupings, on the other.

To further the purposes and aims of the IEEE, the members should encourage their spouses to participate where possible in IEEE activities associated with Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Region, Section and Society meetings and Technical Conferences without reimbursement from the IEEE. To help establish a close, cooperative relationship between members of the IEEE, and to make membership in the IEEE a family concern, members' spouses are encouraged to join and actively participate in the social events of the IEEE. Members' spouses should be encouraged to attend discussion groups at the Region, Section and Society meetings, to become more fully aware of the IEEE's functions.