Point Evaluation
The award description identifies the general activity for each of the seven categories or criteria. Although a number of criteria have a minimum level of activity, the evaluation procedure provides for performance which exceeds this minimum. On this basis, a median or midpoint score (5 point evaluation) would provide a base upon which credit can be added for good performance and reductions made for below criteria performance. Point evaluation cannot exceed 10 for any one criteria or be a negative value. The following guideline is based upon this premise and provides a more detailed description of the point evaluation system.

Criteria 1a: Technical Program

• May consist of meeting, tours, or full or 1/2 day conferences. Tours will be considered as 1/2 meeting credit for each tour. Full day conferences (if chapter organized and run) are considered as two meetings. Programs cannot receive credit under more than one criteria, i.e., a public affairs meeting should be listed under public affairs, a tutorial as education, and a student program or meeting as a student activity.
• Minimum requirement - 4 technical meetings = 5 points. (Additional points can be earned for additional meetings (0.25 - 0.5 points per meeting) and quality of program, up to a maximum of 10 points total.)

Criteria 2a: Educational Program

• May consist of multi-session courses, full day or several day seminars or tutorials, chapter organized and run home study programs offering technical training.
• Minimum requirement - 1 educational program = 5 points. (Additional points can be earned for additional programs and quality of programs (up to 1 point per program) up to a maximum of 10 points total.)

Criteria 3a: Membership Advancements
Minimum requirement - 1 advancement.
1/2 point for each member advanced. (Additional points can be earned for demonstrated advance program if sufficiently documented in the Chapter Chair's report up to a maximum of 10 points total.)

Criteria 3b: Fellow Nominations
Fellow award nominations are included in this category. Credit is given for nominations of award. Award need not have been approved. Minimum requirement - 1 nomination = 5 points. (Additional points can be earned for demonstrated program or additional nominations (1 point per nomination to a maximum of 3 points), plus 2 points for showing an active plan to groom potential nominees.)

Criteria 4: Membership Development
Minimum requirement - any increase in Chapter membership = 2 points. Scoring = 1/2 point for each increase in membership. (Additional points can be earned for additional increases and for demonstrating a membership development program that includes recruiting, retaining, recovering and recognizing members. Activities may also include participation in the IEEE GOLD Program. Up to a maximum of 10 points total.)

Criteria 5a: Nomination Report
Nomination report must be well written, clear and must be structured in such a way that evaluators can judge the relative merits of each item. (5 points for fully acceptable article. Fewer points for less organized article or confusing data.

Criteria 5b: Meeting Reports
Minimum requirement - submittal of meeting reports for 4 meetings = 5 points.

Weighting Factors
Each of the seven specific criteria listed above has a maximum score of either 5 or 10 points. A chapter's final score is determined by adding these scores after they have been multiplied by the following weighting factors:

Base upon the above maximum of 5 or 10 points per criteria and the weighting factors listed above, the maximum score is 100 points.