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chapters
Ivan E. vIllalon-TurrubIaTEs,
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO),
Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque Jalisco, México

Introduction of the IEEE Guadalajara Section
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter

INTRODUCTION
fter the 2011 International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) was held at Vancouver, a discussion among some colleagues from the Western Technological Institute of Superior Studies (ITESO,
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN,
Instituto Politécnico Nacional), both from Mexico,
showed the necessity to develop a connection between
the academic and industrial research communities in
remote sensing topics throughout Mexico.
The Chapter would offer the opportunity to foster
collaboration among the different and research and
development projects based on remote sensing techniques, under the leadership of a growing group of professionals in both, the academic and industrial fields. A

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search process began in order to locate the maximum
number of researchers working in remote sensing applications throughout the Mexican territory. With the
clear idea to create the Chapter, we were able to meet
the minimum requirements set by IEEE, and the formal
petition was carried.
On October 22nd, 2012, we received the letter from
Cecelia Jankowski, Managing Director of Member and
Geographic Activities of IEEE, informing us that the
requirements of the MGA Board Operations Manual
were met, and the IEEE Guadalajara Section Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter was formed,
with a formation date set on October 4th, 2012 with
the denomination GRS29 and geocode CH09422.
INAUGURAL GATHERING
On February 26th, 2013, the first meeting of the members was carried at Mexico City; the venue was the Aerospace Development Center (CDA, Centro de Desarrollo

Chapter's Corner
This corner showcases
activities by the GRSS
Chapters around the
world. It is a way to exchange best practices
among our members,
and suggest ideas to be
implemented, although "with a local flavor", in
other Chapters. Moreover, we hope that by looking at the organization and actions by their
colleagues, some of our members will be
prompted to start a new Chapter in their own
local region. We would be delighted to help,
please drop me a mail!

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Just as a reminder, here are a few information about how to start a Chapter, taken from
the IEEE web site:
"A Chapter shall be a technical subunit of a
Region, one or more Sections or a Geographic
Council. There may be single Society Chapters,
joint Society Chapters, and Technical Council
Chapters. A Chapter shall comprise a minimum
of twelve (12) IEEE voting members of a Society,
or group of Societies in the case of a joint chapter, and shall be established by petition.
The petition must include (among others):
◗ Signatures of at least twelve (12) IEEE members, in good standing, of Graduate Student

Member, Member, Senior Member or Fellow
grade, who are members of the Society(ies)
and Section(s) involved. It is suggested that
more than the specified amount of names
and signatures be included to ensure that all
petitioners qualify, thus speeding the petition's processing.
◗ A business plan that includes mission/goals,
planned meetings and activities for first 6
months."
Paolo Gamba
University of Pavia
2014 Chapter Committee Chair, IEEE GRSS
paolo.gamba-at-unipv.it

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