IEEE Affinity Group Petition

REQUIREMENTS TO FORM AN IEEE AFFINITY GROUP

An Affinity Group shall be a local unit of an IEEE organizational unit or standing committee established by petition to the parent organizational unit to fulfill the purposes of the IEEE. "Parent organizational unit" as used in this manual refers to an organizational unit or standing committee. The following groups have been acknowledged by the MGA Board as parent organizational units as defined above and described in their charters: Graduates of the Last Decade, Women in Engineering, Consultants Network and Life Member. No parent organizational unit shall be formed when the topic matter is within the domain of a technical group, as determined by the Societies’ field of interest.

For additional detail, go to the Affinity Groups homepage.

Required qualifications for IEEE Geographic unit officers .

The petition to establish an Affinity Group shall contain the following:

Name of the Section/s or Council.
Name of the parent organizational unit.
Name of the organizer (who becomes interim Chair pending election of a regular Chair at a later organization meeting).
Signatures of at least six (6) IEEE Members, other than Students, who are Members of the Section(s) involved and who indicate they will join the Affinity Group if established.

The petition shall be submitted to the Section Executive Committee for written approval and forwarded with this written approval to the IEEE Managing Director, Member and Geographic Activities.

Member and Geographic Activities staff will review the petition and work with the organizer to resolve any discrepancies. The Affinity Group shall be considered established after the IEEE Managing Director, Member and Geographic Activities has ascertained that the Regional Director and the IEEE parent organizational unit have no objection to its formation.

The IEEE Managing Director, Member and Geographic Activities shall so notify the Member and Geographic Activities Board, the IEEE parent organizational unit, and the Section Chair on behalf of the IEEE Executive Director.

Affinity Group Formation Petition (DOC, 73KB)

TO FORM A JOINT GROUP

The requirements are the same as for a single Affinity Group, except that not less than three of the six (6) signatures on the petition shall be members of each of the parent organizational units involved.

The status of an Affinity Group may be changed from single to joint, or vice versa or from one joint combination to another, without submission of a petition. The change in status will become effective following approval of the request for change by the Regional Director(s), Affinity Group Chair, Section Executive Committee, and other entities involved.

TO FORM A JOINT GROUP COMPRISING TWO OR MORE CONTIGUOUS SECTIONS

An Affinity Group or Joint Affinity Group may be established by the procedures defined herein to cover the territory of two or more contiguous Sections, or a Council, provided the necessary approval is obtained by all concerned. The petition shall identify the entity assuming responsibility for the Affinity Group management.

Please send petition via fax to +1 732 463 3657 or mail to:

IEEE Member and Geographic Activities e-mail: petition@ieee.org
Geographic Unit Operations Phone: +1 732 562 5511
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141
USA