6.9
Emerging
Technologies Committee
approved 2001
Purpose
The IEEE
Communications Society fosters the timely dissemination of
technical information in emerging technology areas that are
of high interest to its members. It encourages and provides
assistance to members with common interest in a new technology
area to form a small activity group with the expectation that
such a group may eventually evolve into a full-fledged technical
committee under the Society's Technical Affairs Council (TAC).
The small activity group will be called a sub-committee reporting
to the chair of Emerging Technologies Committee (ETC). The
following are the policies and procedures governing the formation
of such sub-committees.
Organizational Structure
This Committee
consists of a Chair serving concurrently with the President,
appointed by the President with the recommendation of the
Vice President - Technical Activities from among the members
of the Strategic Planning Committee, at least one other member
of the Strategic Planning Committee and others members appointed
by the Chair with the consent of the Vice President - Technical
Activities. This committee will have 6 members appointed for
2 years, not less than one third of which are appointed each
year.
Formation of Technical Sub-Committees in New Technology
Areas
Members
of the Society interested in organizing new technical groups
should submit a written proposal to the VP of Technical Activities
(Chair of TAC), copied to the chair of Emerging Technologies
Committee. The proposal should include the following sections:
Name of
the proposed sub-committee
Scope of technical activities to be pursued
Rationale for organizing the sub-committee (e.g. activities
currently pursued by other technical groups or related societies)
Proposed activities
Proposed officers (chair, vice-chair, secretary, and any other
positions)
Proposed budget for the first two years
Signature of 10 IEEE members interested in becoming members
of the sub-committee
The VP
of Technical Activities will evaluate the proposal in consultation
with the chair of Emerging Technologies Committee and members
of the Technical Activities Council and make decision to approve
or reject the formation of the sub-committee. The new sub-committee
can then be organized with an approval and will report to
the chair of Emerging Technologies Committee.
The chair
of Emerging Technologies Committee will assist the proposed
officers to organize the sub-committee and commence its stated
activities. The ETC chair will help the sub-committee to obtain
the necessary resources from the Society and IEEE to sponsor
such activities.
The VP
of Technical Activities, together with the chair of Emerging
Technologies and members of the Technical Affairs Council,
will annually review the progress of the sub-committee and
make one of the following decisions at the beginning of each
calendar year:
Continuation
of the sub-committee
Termination of the sub-committee (Note: Such decision should
not be made for sub-committees that have been formed for less
than 1 year)
Recommend that the status of the sub-committee be changed
to that of a full-fledged technical committee, in accordance
with the Society's Constitution and Bylaws.
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