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This document contains the: IEEE Constitution .............................................Page 9 IEEE Bylaws ....................................................Page 13 and IEEE Policies ...................................................Page 45 Incorporating all revisions through 28 June 2010. June IEEE CONSTITUTION and BYLAWS 2010 THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC. 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, N.Y. 10016-5997, U.S.A. This page intentionally left blank IEEE CONSTITUTION Pages C.1 – C.4 IEEE BYLAWS Table Of Contents I-107. Organizational Units Defined; Hierarchy, Structure and I-100. MEMBERSHIP Membership Types 1. Definition I-101. Grades 2. Hierarchy 3. Membership I-102. Categories 4. Requirement 1. Categories 5. Structure 2. Life Members I-108. Dues, Assessments, and Fees I-103. Affiliates 1. Definitions 1. Definition 2. Assessments and Changes Thereto 3. Payments 4. Annual Dues Period; Billing Cycle; Termination and I-104. Qualifications Reinstatement; Proration Schedule; Waiver or 1. Honorary Members Reductions; Methods of Payment 2. Fellow 5. IEEE Dues 3. Senior Member 6. Assessments 4. Member 7. Student Member and Graduate Student Member 5. Associate Member Dues 6. Graduate Student Member 8. Members-Dues Waived 7. Student Member 8. Course Completion Equivalent 9. Graduate Work Equivalent I-109. Resignation 10. Time Requirements 1. Written Notice 11. IEEE-Designated Fields 2. Approval to Resume Membership 12. Exchange Member 13. Statement of Non-Prejudice I-110. Member Discipline and Support 14. Member Obligations and Standing 1. Cause for Expulsion, Suspension, or Censure 15. Suspended Member Privileges 2. Rights and Privileges 3. Member Conduct Complaints I-105. Privileges 4. Hearing Board 1. Honorary Members 5. Sanctions 2. Fellows 6. Final Action by the IEEE Board of Directors 3. Senior Members 7. Notifications 4. Members 8. Readmission 5. Associate Members 9. Misrepresentation 6. Graduate Student Members 10. Requests for Support 7. Student Members 8. Exchange Members I-111. Removal or Suspension of Delegates, Directors, and 9. Life Members Officers 10. Electronic Membership 1. Vote to Remove Delegate/Director-Officer 2. Vote to Remove Delegate/Director-Officer of an I-106. Application/Nominations-Requirements; References; Organizational Unit Submission Procedures; Reapplication; Appeals 3. Election Recall 1. Reference Requirements 4. Vote to Remove Assembly-Elected Director 2. References by Non-Members 5. Suspension by the Board of Directors 3. Member and Geographic Activities Board Scope of 6. Suspension of an Officer Action 7. Vote to Remove a Member of an IEEE Standing 4. Submission of Application/Nomination Board or Committee or a Member of a Board or 5. Senior Member Application Committee of an Organizational Unit 6. Admission and Advancement Committee 8. Vote to Remove IEEE Representatives 7. Reapplication 8. Appeal Committee i I-200. THE ASSEMBLY 5. Member and Geographic Activities Board 6. Standards Association 7. Technical Activities Board I-201. Membership 8. IEEE United States of America 1. How Constituted 9. Major Board Operating Procedures 2. Term of Division Delegates 3. Term of Region Delegates 4. Terms of Directors I-304. Other Boards, Standing Committees, and Ad Hoc 5. Grade Committees 6. President 1. Standing Committees of the Board of Directors 7. IEEE Executive Director 2. Standing Committees Assigned to Major Boards 3. Appointment of Standing Committee Chairs, Members, and Staff Secretaries. I-202. Meetings 4. Subcommittees 1. Notice of Meetings 5. Term of Appointment 2. Quorum 6. Duration of Service 3. Action of the Assembly 7. Distribution of Appointments 4. Reimbursement of Expenses 8. Additional Appointments 9. Standing Committee Operations Manual I-203. Functions 10. Involvement with Outside Organizations 1. Election of Officers 11. Review of Standing Committees 2. Receipt and Filing of Reports 12. Ad Hoc Committees of the Board of Directors I-300. MANAGEMENT I-305. Functions and Membership of the Standing Committees 1. Audit Committee 2. Awards Board I-300. General 3. Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee 1. Governance; Parliamentary Procedures; Meeting 4. Ethics and Member Conduct Committee Protocol 5. Fellow Committee 2. Conflict of Interest 6. Finance Committee 3. Indemnification 7. Governance Committee 4. Action of the Board of Directors and Committees 8. History Committee 5. Quorum 9. Insurance Committee 6. Voting 10. Investment Committee 11. Marketing and Sales Committee I-301. Board of Directors 12. New Initiatives Committee 1. How Constituted 13. Nominations and Appointments Committee 2. Directors-at-Large 14. Strategic Planning Committee 3. Meetings 15. Tellers Committee 4. Approval of Meeting Schedule 16. Women in Engineering Committee 5. Notice of Special Meetings 6. Waiver of Meeting Notice I-306. IEEE Executive Director and Other Staff 7. Notices of Meetings 1. Guidelines for hiring, terms of employment and 8. Minutes of Meetings compensation of the IEEE Executive Director 9. Reimbursement of Expenses 2. Responsibilities of IEEE Executive Director 10. Vacancies 3. Secretarial Functions 11. Director Emeritus 4. Fiscal Responsibilities 12. IEEE President's Award 5. Role With Respect to Publications 6. Role With Respect to Tellers Committee I-302. Corporate Officers and Duties, Annual Report of the 7. IEEE Strategic Plan Secretary 8. IEEE Website 1. How Constituted 9. Meeting Attendance 2. Incapacity of the President 10. Voting Privileges 3. Duties of the IEEE Secretary and Assistant 11. IEEE Corporate Seal Secretary 4. Duties of the IEEE Treasurer and Assistant I-307. Nominations and Elections Treasurer 1. Nominations and Appointments Committees 5. Vacancies 2. Call for Nominations 6. Reimbursement of Expenses 3. President-Elect Candidates 4. Submission of Proposed Nominees I-303. Major Boards 5. Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect 1. Appointment by Board of Directors 6. Submission of Slates 2. Major Boards 7. Single Nomination Slates 3. Educational Activities Board 8. Voting Members Candidate Notification 4. Publication Services and Products Board 9. Petition Candidates ii 10. Approval of Ballot 11. Ballot Submission Schedule 12. Candidature Withdrawal 13. Ballot Presentation 14. Ballot Marking; Voting; Tellers Committee Announcement; Election Results 15. Write-in Votes; Election Report 16. Oversight for Election Irregularities 17. Unit Nominations and Petition 18. Election Challenge I-308. Amendments to IEEE Constitution and Bylaws 1. Constitutional Amendments 2. Procedures to Change Bylaws 3. History of Amendments I-309. Voting Privileges I-310. Fiscal Matters 1. Fiscal Year 2. IEEE Assets I-400. GEOGRAPHICAL & TECHNICAL GROUPS/ORGANIZATION OF MEMBERS I-400. Groups of Members I-401. Technical Organization of Members 1. Divisions 2. Societies 3. Society Establishment and Operation 4. Society Membership 5. Delegation of Authority 6. Technical Councils 7. Technical Council Membership I-402. Geographic Organization of Members 1. Regions 2. Areas 3. Geographic Councils 4. Sections 5. Subsections 6. Chapters 7. Student Branches 8. Student Branch Chapters 9. Affinity Groups 10. Student Branch Affinity Groups I-403. Organization of Standards Membership 1. IEEE-SA Membership Qualifications iii This page intentionally left blank THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC. 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, N.Y. 10016-5997, U.S.A. CONSTITUTION* Table of Contents Article I - Name, Purpose and Territory Article VIII - The Assembly Article II - Bylaws Article IX - Board of Directors Article III - Membership Article X - Corporate Officers Article IV - Dues and Fees Article XI - Vacancies Article V - Groups of Members Article XII - Nominations and Elections Article VI - Delegates and Directors Article XIII - Management Article VII - President Article XIV - Amendments ARTICLE I - NAME, PURPOSE AND TERRITORY application of technology in its fields of competence. It shall endeavor to promote understanding of the Sec. 1. The name of the corporation is The Institute influence of such technology on the public welfare. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated, hereinafter called the IEEE. Sec. 3. The character of its scope is transnational and the territory in which its operations are to be Sec. 2. Its purposes are: (a) scientific and conducted is the entire world. In addition to its world- educational, directed toward the advancement of the wide operations, the IEEE may engage in activities theory and practice of electrical, electronics, directed to the interests and needs of members communications and computer engineering, as well residing in a particular country or area of the world. as computer science, the allied branches of The procedure for undertaking such activities shall be engineering and the related arts and sciences; means specified in the Bylaws. to these ends include, but are not limited to, the holding of meetings for the presentation and discussion of professional papers, the publication and ARTICLE II - BYLAWS circulation of works of literature, science and art pertaining thereto and any other activities necessary, Sec. 1. Bylaws shall be established as hereinafter suitable and proper for the fulfillment of these set forth, for the purposes of governing the operations objectives; (b) professional, directed toward the and administration of the IEEE. The term "Bylaws" as advancement of the standing of the members of the used in this Constitution refers only to IEEE Bylaws. professions it serves; means to this end