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Form a group of at least ten (10)
interested students, willing to participate in activities and carry out the
chapter's mission.
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Find an ACM professional member to
sponsor your chapter. This person could be a professor in your
school.
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Elect four (4) officers out of your
group to run chapter business. At least three of the petitioning officers must
be student members of ACM.
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Begin the chartering process by
completing the petition, bylaws, and first year activity
plan.
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US CHAPTERS
ONLY
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The IRS requires that all U.S. ACM Chapters obtain
an Employer Identification Number (EIN). In order to obtain an EIN, the chapter
sponsor's signature is required on the IRS Form
2848.
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Please email the bylaws and activity plan
to Local Activities, and mail the petition with signatures, signed form 2848,
and hard copies of the bylaws and activity plan to the address
below.
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ACM Local Activities
2 Penn Plaza, Suite
701
New York NY 10121-0701
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The materials you submit will be
reviewed for completeness and then presented to the ACM Chief Operating Officer
for charter approval.Please note that failing to include any one
of these items will result in a delay in chartering. Incomplete petitions will
be held for one month after initial notice of
receipt.
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Please note that you are required by the
ACM Constitution to adopt the
sample bylaws exactly as they are shown, unless you receive in
advance specific permission to change them from the Local Activities Manager.
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Any major chapter activities such as
conferences or multiple-day events must be approved through the ACM Local
Activities Coordinator before they are scheduled.
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