{"id":2032,"date":"2024-07-29T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2032"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:05:08","slug":"how-to-request-a-local-group","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/blog\/kb\/how-to-request-a-local-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Request a Local Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Navigate to <a href=\"https:\/\/vtools.vtools.ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vtools.vtools.ieee.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the home page, click the green button to \u201cRequest a Local Group.\u201d You will be asked to sign in with your IEEE Account. Complete the form with the details about the Local Group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1647\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1647\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups4-1024x744.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups4-1024x744.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups4-370x269.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups4-768x558.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1648\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1648\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups5-1024x743.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups5-1024x743.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups5-370x269.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/LocalGroups5-768x557.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once the request is submitted, an email will then be sent to your Section or Region Chair to approve (or deny) the request.<\/p>\n<p>After the group is approved, MGA staff will create a Collabratec Workspace where group members can collaborate, communicate, and engage with each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigate to https:\/\/vtools.vtools.ieee.org\/<br \/>\nOn the home page, click the green button to \u201cRequest a Local Group.\u201d You will be asked to sign in with your IEEE Account. Complete the form with the details about the Local Group.<br \/>\nClick to Enlarge<br \/>\nClick to Enlarge<br \/>\nOnce the request is submitted, an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[120,103],"kbtag":[],"class_list":["post-2032","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-local-groups","kbtopic-vtools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}