The purpose of the student chapter fostered by AITP is: to develop a better understanding of the computer industry. Other areas include:

1. Study equipment related to data processing for the purpose of informing the chapter of new hardware advances
2. Disseminate generally, by all appropriate means, all fundamentally sound data processing principles and methods, accepted internationally by D.P.M.A.
3. Promote sound general principles in data processing and to study technical methods with a view to their improvement

Membership shall be obtainted by making a 25 dollar payment to the national AITP organization. Also a 5 dollar fee is recquired to become member of EIU Chapter.

Duties and Powers:

1. The President's duties include presiding over all meetings, calling special meetings, appoint commitees, assissting in organizing major events and activites, meeting and talking with faculty and deans, and setting up speakers from companies to come to meetings.
2. The Vice-President's duties are to perform all the duties required of the President if the President is absent and assist other offices and / or committees with various activities.
3. The Treasurer's duties are to keep an accurate and complete record of all monetary transactions and to collect all the organization's dues. Another duty is to try to get funds for the organization from the University for activities, trips, speakers, and conferences ( especially the National Conference). The treasurer must also use the money appropriately in accordance to organizational needs.
4. The Secretary's duties are to keep an accurate and permanent record of what happens at all the meetings (refered to as minutes) and all relevant information that is important to the organization. He or she is to make fliers for important meeting in which special speakers or guests will be attending meetings. He or she is also responsible for sending e-mails to members on: what is happening in the organization, what occurs and happens at meetings, and what important events are upcoming.
5. The AITP Student Representative's duties include attending various kinds of meeting campus with other student organizations called RSOs.This respresentative attends these meeting to learn how our organization can become better and relays to us the the status of all student organizations in relation our organinzation.
6. The Speaker 's office duties include trying to get guest speakers to come from various companies from all part of the country, particularly Illinois. This office deals with making contacts with various individuals in these companies. This person has to make many phone calls or emails to these people to try and set up a date in which representatives from the company could come and speak at an AITP meeting.
7. The Fundrasing Chair's duties include finding ways the organization can raise money. This person comes up with ideas on on how to make money including having bake sales and selling AITP T-shirsts and Sweatshirts.
8. The Website Committee Chair duties include maintaining, updatating the AITP @ EIU Website. It is up to this person if they want to totally change the whole structure and layout of the Website. This person also has a committee of students to help with the maintaining of the site.

Election of Officers

1. The officers shall be elected in a meeting in April set up by the Executive Board.
2. All nominations for offices may be presented to the Executive Board before the Election Meeting to be eligible.
3. Voting shall be done by written ballots with a majority of votes sufficent for election.
4. In an event of a tie in voting, an open vote will be taken to decide winner.
5. If there is another tie, the Executive Board decides the winner.
6. It is the job of the Secretary to inform all organization members of the new elected officials for each respective office.

Qualifications to run for an Office

1. Any person that is registered as a member with the Association of Information Technology Professionals and has paid all their national and local dues is eligible.