A&A Committee Charter
A. General
In accordance with Bylaw
I-305, the IEEE Admission and Advancement
(A&A) Committee is an IEEE Board of
Directors Standing Committee
administered by the IEEE Regional Activities
Board.
B. Scope
The IEEE Admission and Advancement
Committee shall implement
IEEE policies, rules and procedures
related to admission, grade
assignment and grade advancement, and
for reinstatement of
membership in accordance with IEEE Bylaw
I-112.2 (ref. IEEE Bylaws
I-308.1,R-303.2)
C. Functions
The IEEE Admission and Advancement
Committee shall be
responsible for the processing and
disposition, in accordance with
the IEEE Bylaws, of all applications for
admission to membership and
for advancement in grade except in
Honorary Member and Fellow
grades. The Committee may delegate
to the Executive Director's
appointed representative (Managing
Director, Regional
Activities) authority to elect or
transfer applicants to the grade
of Student, Associate, or Member when
there is sufficient evidence
that requirements have been fulfilled.
(ref. IEEE Bylaws I-105,
I-106, I-107 and R-303.2.2)
The A&A Committee shall
be responsible for the development of
procedures and implementation of
policies, in accordance with IEEE
Bylaws, governing:
- Processing of
applications for membership in IEEE;
- Processing of
applications for
readmission/reinstatement to
membership in IEEE;
- Initial assignment of
grade for new members; and
- Advancement in grade
(except for Fellow or Honorary
Member grades)
The Committee Chair will be
a member of the Membership Development
Committee, and will also be liaison to
the Educational Activities
Board (EAB) on issues of joint concern
and shall work closely with
the Chair of the Recognized Educational
Programs Committee in
maintaining the Reference List of
Educational Program (Recognized
Educational Programs List).
D. Composition
All members of the Committee shall
be of Fellow or Senior
Member Grade, appointed by the IEEE
Board of Directors (ref. IEEE
Bylaw 308.1).
The Committee will be
composed of the Chair plus ten members,
one from each Region.
The term of appointment will be one year
with eligibility for reappointment for
two additional terms.
Approximately three members will be
appointed annually to provide
continuity among the membership.
The Chair will make
recommendations for new appointments and
reappointments each
year. The members of the committee
shall select a Vice Chair
from among their own members.
E.
Review Panels/Ad Hoc
Working Groups
Admission and Advancement Review
Panels: The ad hoc A & A
Review panels will meet periodically,
six to twelve times annually,
to review applications for election or
elevation to Member and
Senior Member grades. As much as
possible, panels will meet at
least once annually in each of the
Regions 1 through 6, and once
annually in one of the Regions 7 through
10. The A&A Chair or
designee will attend and chair each of
these meetings; the
remaining panel members will be
recruited from among local Senior
or higher grade members with the
assistance of the local Section
and its technical society
Chapters. The Technical Activities
Board will be asked to recruit at least
one local Senior member or
Fellow to attend each panel meeting as
the TAB representative.
A candidate whose
application for admission or grade
advancement is denied by the
Admission and Advancement Committee may
appeal the decision through
an Admission and Advancement Appeal
Committee. Notification of
the appeal and its rationale are to be
sent to the Vice
President-Regional Activities, with a
copy to the RAB Staff
Secretary.
In accordance with IEEE
Bylaw I-107.5, the Appeal Committee,
which is comprised of the
Vice President-Regional Activities, the
Vice President-Technical
Activities, and Vice
President-Educational
Activities will review the application
in question and make a final
decision to either overrule or accept
the actions of the Admission
& Advancement Committee.
The A&A Committee will
continually review operations of the
committee to ensure compliance with IEEE
Bylaws, and Policy and
Procedures, and make recommendations and
changes as necessary.
Members of the committee will assist the
Chair by participating in
the ad hoc panels when they are occur
locally, and in other duties
as requested by the Chair.
The Chair may appoint ad hoc
working groups for specific purposes
as necessary to conduct the business of
the Committee. The
business of these working groups will be
conducted by electronic mail
and, if necessary, by telephone
conferences. A brief
report of each working group meeting
will be submitted to the
A&A Chair by the working group
chair. The working group
will be disbanded after its purpose has
been accomplished.
F. Meetings
Business of the A&A Committee,
except for the ad hoc
A&A Review Panels, normally shall be
transacted by electronic
means including telephone conferences
and electronic mail. Meetings
shall occur at the call of the chair.
G. Financial and Administrative Support
For administrative and operational
support the A&A
Committee is assigned to the Regional
Activities Board (RAB) (ref.
Bylaw I-305) and will report to the RAB
Vice Chair, Membership
Activities (ref. Bylaw R-303).
Funding will be provided by
the Regional Activities Board for the
expenses of the Chair and
costs associated with each of the ad hoc
A&A Review Panel
meetings and the A&A Committee
meetings.
H. Changes to Charter
Changes to this Charter must
conform to IEEE Bylaws and be
approved by the IEEE Board of Directors.
Endorsement of any changes
to this charter will be sought by
Regional Activities Board and
approved by the IEEE Board of Directors.
Approved by IEEE Board of Directors 1/99
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