The Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section is to promote the aims and objectives of the IEEE as stated in the IEEE Constitution and Bylaws.  The Section concerns itself with all IEEE affairs taking place within the area prescribed by the IEEE as the territory of the SCV Section that geographically takes in all the peninsula cities south of Highway 92, plus the counties of Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.  The SCV, more popularly known as Silicon Valley, is the largest IEEE Section in the world in terms of membership and active chapters.