How to create a new IEEE Chapter
Petition to form an IEEE Society/Technical Council Chapter and Joint Chapter
A Chapter shall be a technical subunit of a Region, one or more Sections, or a Geographic Council. There may be single Society Chapters, joint Society Chapters, and Technical Council Chapters. Chapters are your local link to the valuable resources available from IEEE and its 40+ Societies and Technical Councils.
The lifecycle of an online petition is as follows:
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The Organizer (and Co-Organizer, if applicable) must be an active IEEE member of Graduate Student Member grade or higher for a minimum of 6 months
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The Organizer (and Co-Organizer, if applicable) must be an active member of the Society(ies) or Council(s) involved
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The Organizer shall serve as the interim Chapter Chair pending election at a later date
Note: For Joint Section Chapters, there must be one Organizer/Co-Organizer from each contiguous section involved.
Chapter petitions must be endorsed by the following:
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Section Chair
Joint Sections Chapter petitions must be endorsed by the following:
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Section Chair for each Section involved
Note: If the Organizer does not report to a Section, the petition will be endorsed by the Region Director.
Endorsers will be invited to endorse the petition once the petition has been verified by IEEE Staff.
Chapter petitions must be signed by the following:
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12 active IEEE members of Graduate Student Member grade or higher for a minimum of 6 months, who are members of the parent Society(ies) and Section(s) involved
Qualified members will be invited to sign the petition once the petition has been endorsed by all Endorsers.
Chapter Petitions must be approved by the following:
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Region Director (or their designee)
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Society/Council President, for each Society/Council involved
Approvers will be invited to approve the petition once the petition has been signed by 12 Petitioners.