In addition, the following links provide extra details on the new Society. It is the responsibility of each of these societies to address the needs of its own community. These societies organize and sponsor technical meetings, publications, local chapters, public recognition, and other member services. Societies are volunteer based. Although supported by the IEEE, they are largely responsible for their own activities and finances.
Societies have members.
Joining the IEEE gives you the privilege of joining one or more of the technical societies, which in turn allows you ready access to that society's activities and publications. The integrated circuit design community is one whose interests span several of the IEEE societies, ranging from computers to communications to circuits, from lasers to transistors to microwaves. Correspondingly, the needs of our community have till now been addressed by the Solid-State Circuits Council, an oversight organization within the IEEE with representation by seven different IEEE Societies. In short, the SSCC is an active volunteer group that functions in almost every way as if it were an IEEE society. However, the Solid-State Circuits Council is not a society.