Re: SUO: 501(c)(3) status of IEEE
At 13:54 2001-03-14 -0500, Josiah Lee Auspitz wrote:
>
> After some referral through the channels suggested by Jim Schoening, I
> have confirmed with the standards office of IEEE that they now operate
> most standards work under a 501(c)(3) rubric not a 501(c)(6) as Frank
> Farance and I (deferring to his expertise) had assumed. What Frank
> probably had in mind was IEEE/ISTO work in which he also participates.
> IEEE/ISTO work is indeed done under the (c)(6) rubric, I have been told by
> the standards office.
Lee-
I did some more checking. Last October when I had reported that it was a 501(c)(6) organization, I had retrieved my information from IEEE's Constitution (it states a "not for profit" status):
http://www.ieee.org/about/whatis/constitution.html
[Article I] Sec. 3. The character of its scope is transnational and the territory in which its operations are to be conducted is the entire world. In addition to its world-wide operations, the IEEE may engage in activities directed to the interests and needs of members residing in a particular country or area of the world. The procedure for undertaking such activities shall be specified in the Bylaws. The IEEE shall have its principal offices in the State of New York from which it shall carry out its general administrative functions in accordance with the New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law. Its publication activities are to be principally in the United States, as well as its largest membership meetings.
Apparently, there is some conflicting information. You should pass this along with your query.
-FF
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