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Policies and Procedures - Boards |
5.2
Related Societies Board -
approved 3/99 -
(Related
Societies are national or international professional/learned
associations with status/charter similar to ComSoc, but complementary
in technical scope. (Examples of Related Society are IEEE
Computer Society, ISOC.)
Purpose
The Related
Societies Board is responsible for the oversight of Society
relations with IEEE Societies and professional societies within
the U.S., and includes agreements with professional societies
as well as promoting and coordinating Society/IEEE societies/professional-society
activities.
Organizational Structure
(Refer to Bylaws Article 6)
- Director - Related Societies
- Vice President - Society Relations
- Additional members (as needed for IEEE and U.S. representation)
Activities
Actions and Objectives
- Activities focus on promoting and furthering relations
with and co-sponsoring activities with other IEEE societies.
- The Board also formulates new professional-society agreements
within the U.S., maintains existing agreements, and renews
agreements that will expire. Approaches to a potential
professional society are normally made by a Society officer,
such as a member of the Board of Governors or a local
ComSoc Chapter Chair.
Concerns and Initiatives
- A standard agreement form and a standard side-agreement
form have been created and are used as starting points
for new agreements and renewals. Where different forms
of agreement arise, anomalies and inconsistencies must
be identified.
- Agreements will be publicized within the Society to
insure that all commitments that have been entered into
will be honored.
How to Make it Happen
- Proposed amendments to agreements as well as agreements
under discussion will be forwarded to the President and
Vice President - Society Relations for review.
- Regular contact will be maintained with each IEEE and
U.S. professional society.
- Reciprocal publicity is a key feature in each agreement.
Advertisements and articles from (and for) professional
societies will normally be handled by the Vice President
- Membership Services working with the Director - Magazines,
and Headquarters staff.
- Whenever possible, target dates will be set, and the
responsible individual will prepare periodic 'update reports'
to the Vice President. As needed, progress will be reported
at BoG or OpCom meetings. (Reports will be submitted to
the Vice President prior to these
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