Group and Area Program Committees

3.  Group and Area Program Committees

3.1 Description.  Group and Area Program Committees are responsible for proposing, organizing, and maintaining the quality of technical sessions for meetings of the Institute.  Groups and areas have evolved along subject-interest lines and are listed in the Appendix and on the AIChE website (http://www.aiche.org/).  Group Program Chairs are responsi-ble for transmitting programming requests of the Program Groups and Areas in accord-ance with instructions issued by the Director of Program Development in conjunction with the MPCs.

3.2 Programming by Divisions, Forums, and AIChE Committees. Programming by Divisions and Forums is carried out by their corresponding Group and Area Program Committees.  Various standing committees of AIChE, such as the Student Chapters Committee, the Research and New Technologies Committee (RANTC), and the Awards Committee, often request programming for AIChE meetings.  Programming by these AIChE committees for a session held during the regular meeting periods of the technical sessions is carried out through Group 4 (Education) for the Student Chapters Committee and Group 18 (Liaison Functions) for the Awards Committee and other committees. 

3.3 Establishment of Groups and Areas.  Programming Groups and Areas of AIChE are established by approval of the EBPC.  Petitions for forming Groups and Areas should be sent to the Director of Program Development of AIChE at programming@aiche.org for consideration by the EBPC.  Each of the Group and Area Program Committees should have in place a procedure or set of bylaws approved by the EBPC for the timely selection and approval of its own chair and any other officers.  It is the responsibility of each Group and Area Program Committee to provide information about its officers to the Director of Program Development of AIChE in a timely matter.  Inactive Groups and Areas will be reviewed periodically for possible removal.