RIG Requirements

1: A minimum of 12 members (excluding students) of IEEE Neural Networks Council constituent Societies are required to form a RIG. The 12 must notify the NNC of their desire to organize. Upon NNC approval, an election for the office of Chairman must be held and notice of such given to the NNC at which time the RIG may be formally recognized and made eligible for NNC funding and assistance.
2: Ongoing Requirements: A RIG must hold a minimum of 4 technical meetings per year and sustain a membership of at least 12 to be considered active. Additionally, each RIG must hold an annual election for the office of Chairman and communicate the results of such election to the RIGs Committee Chairman along with an updated list of at least 12 members.
3: Official IEEE nomenclature requires that your RIG identify itself as an "IEEE Regional Interest Group" or "IEEE RIG" in any formal context.
4: A RIG may be organized either as a committee of a local Chapter of an IEEE NNC constituent Society or at the Section level similarly to an IEEE Chapter.
5: Except where explicitly amended by this Guide to cover the particular circumstances of operating a Regional Interest Group as opposed to a Chapter, all IEEE Chapter requirements as set forth in the IEEE Bylaws are to be adhered to.