{"id":984,"date":"2022-03-18T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/?page_id=984"},"modified":"2023-01-12T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:21:19","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mkb-root mkb-clearfix\">\t\t<div class=\"mkb-builder-section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-home-faq kb-faq fn-kb-faq-container mkb-container\" style=\"margin-top:3em;margin-bottom:3em;width:60em;\">\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"color:#333333;font-size:3em;\">\n                    Frequently Asked Questions                <\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__controls mkb-clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:2em;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__filter kb-faq__filter--empty kb-faq__filter--minerva-theme fn-kb-faq-filter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"kb-faq__filter-form\" action=\"\" novalidate>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" class=\"fn-kb-faq-filter-input kb-faq__filter-input\" placeholder=\"FAQ filter\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"fn-kb-faq-filter-clear kb-faq__filter-clear\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-times-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"kb-faq__filter-icon\">\n                                <i class=\"fa fa-filter\"><\/i>\n                            <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-link fn-kb-faq-toggle-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <i class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOpen all\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-label-open\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <i class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-icon fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__toggle-all-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose all\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category fn-kb-faq-section kb-faq-category-general kb-faq-category-id-88\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-title fn-kb-faq-category-title\" data-slug=\"general\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGeneral\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__count fn-kb-faq-section-count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t5 questions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__questions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"kb-faq__questions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"2022\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat tools are available to me?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to access the full suite of tools available to you as a volunteer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"2266\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy should I use vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>vTools simplify and automate many of the administrative tasks our volunteers via the use of these online tools, reducing time spent managing activities, and assisting in member development. Volunteers can create meetings\/events, websites, send emails, run elections, and more. vTools are free to use for volunteers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1737\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat are vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cvTools\u201d stands for \u201cVolunteer Tools.\u201d vTools simplify the administrative tasks to our volunteers via the use of online tools, reducing time spent managing activities, and assisting in member development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vTools are sponsored by IEEE Membership and Geographic Activities (MGA), which serves the needs of IEEE members by supporting IEEE Regions, Councils, Areas, Sections, Chapters, Affinity Groups, Student Branches, Student Branch Chapters and HKN Chapters and is responsible for IEEE membership, and member development.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"849\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWho can access vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>The current security model automatically allows use of the tools by any volunteer who appears in the Geographic Units section of the<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/rosters.ieee.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0IEEE Corporate Roster<\/a>. Volunteers can create meetings, administer WebInABox sites, run elections, etc. Visit the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/automatic-access-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Automatic Access Information<\/a>\u00a0page for more detailed information on who can access the different vTools applications. Members, and in many cases, the general public can\u00a0<strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">view<\/strong>\u00a0meeting and event information, visit WebInABox sites, etc.<\/p>\n<p>To verify who is listed on the Section roster please see\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/rosters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>\u00a0(access is limited to current officers). Please note that IEEE now records more positions for Chapter and Affinity Group officers: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer. New officers can be reported\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/officers.vtools.ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here. <\/a>In addition, Sections can now report a &#8216;vTools Coordinator&#8217; position (see grade restrictions below).<\/p>\n<p>Please note that according to the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/content\/dam\/ieee-org\/ieee\/web\/org\/about\/corporate\/ieee-constitution-and-bylaws.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Bylaws<\/a>\u00a0all officers (with exception of Webmaster and Newsletter Editor) must be active IEEE members with Graduate Student Member, Member, Senior Member or Fellow grade. Chapter officers must also be members of the parent Society.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers should use their IEEE Account username and password to login. If you do not recall your IEEE Account information, you may go to:\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #006699 !important; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/profile\/public\/forgotpassword\/forgotUsernamePassword.html\">https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/profile\/public\/forgotpassword\/forgotUsernamePassword.html<\/a>\u00a0to recover your username and\/or password.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1739\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre vTools free?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, vTools are free to use.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category fn-kb-faq-section kb-faq-category-vtools kb-faq-category-id-122\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-title fn-kb-faq-category-title\" data-slug=\"vtools\">\n\t\t\t\t\tvTools\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__count fn-kb-faq-section-count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t4 questions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__questions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"kb-faq__questions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1817\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do I log in to vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>Log in to vTools using your IEEE Account credentials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"2021\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat if I can&#8217;t access vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>If you do not have an active volunteer role, you will not be able to access many of the vTools applications.<\/p>\n<p>If you currently have at least one active volunteer role and you still cannot access vTools, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:mga-im@ieee.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mga-im@ieee.org<\/a>. Someone on staff will investigate the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Note that in order to be considered an active volunteer, you must be recorded in <a href=\"https:\/\/officers.vtools.ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Officer Reporting<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1740\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhere can I view vTools Tutorials?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/kbtopic\/vtools\/\">vTools Tutorials<\/a> page to find the answer to any questions you might have regarding the vTools applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1818\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow can I request training for vTools?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p>If you are new to vTools and would like to request a training session, please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:mga-im@ieee.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mga-im@ieee.org<\/a>. You can also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/blog\/kbtopic\/vtools\/\">vTools Knowledgebase<\/a> which may answer some of your questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category fn-kb-faq-section kb-faq-category-membership-validator kb-faq-category-id-101\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-title fn-kb-faq-category-title\" data-slug=\"membership-validator\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMembership Validator\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__count fn-kb-faq-section-count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3 questions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__questions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"kb-faq__questions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1743\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the Membership Validator?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IEEE Membership Validator is an online utility that allows volunteers and staff to easily and securely check IEEE member status, grade, and society memberships and offer discounts available exclusively to IEEE members. Information can be looked up by either a member number or a member\u2019s primary email address and is automatically available for IEEE staff and volunteers with recorded roles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, a membership validation API is available for large conference registration systems that are approved by IEEE Meeting and Events Planning for cases where a programmatic integration with a custom registration system is required. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.vtools.ieee.org\/membership-api\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request the Membership Validator API<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1744\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhere can I access the Membership Validator?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access the Membership Validator here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/services20.ieee.org\/membership-validator.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/services20.ieee.org\/membership-validator.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1745\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat information would I need to provide?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You would need to provide a member number or a primary email address. For example, 01234567 or j.doe@nomail.com. Note that the member number must be 8 characters long including leading zeros.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category fn-kb-faq-section kb-faq-category-webex kb-faq-category-id-123\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-title fn-kb-faq-category-title\" data-slug=\"webex\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWebex\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__count fn-kb-faq-section-count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t4 questions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__questions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"kb-faq__questions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1746\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do I request a Webex meeting?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use this link to request a Webex meeting: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/webex-registration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/webex-registration\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1749\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor whom is Webex available to use?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webex is available for use by MGA Board members, MGA Board Committees, Region, Council, Section, Chapter and Affinity Group ExCom Officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Student Branch and Student Branch Chapter officers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time, we do not have the capacity to set up WebEx meetings for Student Branches and Student Branch Chapters. However, we have been using Google Meet with great success and it comes with your IEEE.org email account. If you don\u2019t have one, you can find out more at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/googleapps\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/googleapps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1748\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat alternatives are available besides Webex?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are unable to get your WebEx event started, you can use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meet.google.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/meet.google.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 as a backup solution. Schedule your Google Meet in advance and include it in your invitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a great alternative and everyone with an ieee.org account has access to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1747\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCan I include the Webex information in my vTools event?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. In the \u201cLocation\u201d section of the create event form, copy\/paste the Webex link in the \u201cVirtual &amp; Registration Info\u201d field.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category fn-kb-faq-section kb-faq-category-surveys kb-faq-category-id-102\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__category-title fn-kb-faq-category-title\" data-slug=\"surveys\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSurveys\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__count fn-kb-faq-section-count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2 questions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__questions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"kb-faq__questions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1741\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat tool does IEEE use to conduct surveys?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IEEE uses <a href=\"https:\/\/ieee.surveysparrow.com\/\">Survey Sparrow<\/a> to conduct surveys. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"kb-faq__questions-list-item kb-faq__questions-list-item--change fn-kb-faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fn-kb-faq-link\" href=\"#\" data-id=\"1742\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kb-faq__question-title fn-kb-faq-question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kb-faq__question-toggle-icon-open fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do I request access to use surveys?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer fn-kb-faq-answer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kb-faq__answer-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To request access to use surveys, complete the request form here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/survey-access-request-form\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/survey-access-request-form\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fn-kb-faq-no-results mkb-hidden kb-faq__no-results\">\n\t\t\t\tNo questions matching current filter\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To request access to use surveys, complete the request form here: https:\/\/vtools.ieee.org\/survey-access-request-form\/","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}