The Program Committee is responsible for organizing the regularly scheduled meetings of the ACM. To be specific the ACM bylaws defines the Program Committee as: "The Program Committee, which shall plan and arrange meetings of the Chapter in accordance with membership interest and the aims of the Chapter as set forth in Article II; and shall prepare a calendar of regularly scheduled meetings each year." Relevant excerpt of Article II alluded to above:

1. The Chapter is organized and will be operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes and, in furtherance thereof, specific objectives are
   1. To promote an increased knowledge of the science, design, development, construction, language, and applications of modern computing machinery.
   2. To promote a greater interest in computing machinery and its applications.
   3. To provide a means of communication between persons having interest in computing machinery.
2. Additional objectives may be added. However, no addition may contradict the main purpose as stated in Article II, Section 1.