Start a chapter

Start a chapter

Forming your own AMPP Chapter offers you an incredible opportunity to make a lasting impact on your career and the industry. By creating a chapter, you can shape a platform for professional development through technical meetings, workshops, and webinars, enabling members to expand their knowledge and earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs).

Leading a chapter allows you to gain recognition, showcase your expertise, and contribute to shaping the future of the industry through standards development and outreach initiatives.

Starting a Professional Chapter Starting a Student Chapter

The benefits

  • Gain recognition - Get recognized for your contributions to the industry and community
  • Showcase expertise - Stand out by helping others and offering your expertise
  • Contribute to the industry - Give back and help share the future of corrosion protection
  • Build lasting relationships - Meet fellow industry experts and collaborate with others

Professional chapter

Establish a professional chapter

  1. Identify your chapter’s location

    Building your own chapter is not only an investment in your success but also a way to create a thriving community for advancing the profession. You can set your chapter up in a few hours, following these steps:

    a.  Identify your chapter’s desired geographic area of operations

    b.  Is there a chapter already operating in that area? If so, have you contacted that chapter’s officers to describe your plans? Is there a way to work within the existing chapter, or is a new chapter needed to address the needs in your area? 

  2. Contact AMPP

    Contact chapters@ampp.org to express interest and recruit other AMPP members in your area to form your leadership team.

  3. Review documents

    Review the following documents to understand the roles and responsibilities of your proposed chapter and officers:

    a.  AMPP Chapter Affiliation Agreement

    b.  AMPP Chapter Procedural Document

    c.  AMPP Code of Ethics

    d.  AMPP Privacy Policy

  4. Choose a name for your chapter (Article 2, Section 4 of the AMPP Chapter Procedural Document)

  5. For non-US/Canada Chapters: Decide whether your chapter be incorporated as a legal entity or hosted by another organization at launch

  6. Complete the AMPP Chapter Petition Form

    a.  Recruit 20 professional AMPP members in good standing, who are assigned to the Chapter in which they are elected, to be members of the proposed chapter and support its creation

    b.  Select your chapter officers (See Addendum A of the AMPP Chapter Procedural Document for job descriptions and qualifications)

    c.  Submit the completed form or any questions to chapters@ampp.org

  7. Petition review

    Your petition will be reviewed by AMPP staff for accuracy and completeness and will be reviewed by the AMPP CEO and AMPP Area and Chapter Committee for approval. This process may take up to 6 weeks to complete.

  8. Approval

    Once approved, your officers will be notified, and an onboarding and training session will be scheduled.

Student chapter

How to start a AMPP Student Chapter

  1. Identify your chapter’s location

    a.  Base your chapter at your university

    b.  Base your chapter in several universities in a particular geographic area in partnership with the AMPP Professional Chapter

  2. Contact AMPP

    Contact chapters@ampp.org to express interest and recruit other AMPP members in your area to form your leadership team.

  3. Review the Student Chapter Toolkit

    Download the AMPP Student Chapter Toolkit and review the information contained in the document.

  4. Choose a name for your chapter (Article 2, Section 4 of the AMPP Chapter Procedural Document)

    a.  If you are at a single institution, the name is “AMPP Institution Name Student Chapter”

    b.  If you are partnering with your local AMPP Professional Chapter, it is “AMPP Professional Chapter Name Student Chapter”

  5. Choose your officer structure:

    a.  Chair and Vice Chair are required positions

    b.  Secretary and Financial Liaison may be combined into one office

  6. Complete your petition and your election

    a.  Contact the students at your institution or in your coverage area and ask that they sign your petition

    b.  Take nominations for the officers

    c.  Ensure that the officers have reviewed the AMPP Code of Ethics and AMPP Privacy Policy

  7. Submit your completed petition and election results to chapters@ampp.org

  8. Chapter petition review

    Await approval by the AMPP CEO and AMPP Area and Chapter Committee (this process may take up to 6 weeks to complete).

  9. Once approved:

    a.  Complete any required paperwork at your institution(s) to become an official student organization

    b.  Announce your new chapter to your student membership

    c.  Start planning events!