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Call for Nominations - IEEE Circuits and Systems Society VP of  Conferences

Due to the election of Dr. Thanos Stouraitis as President Elect, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) needs to elect an individual to replace him as Vice President for Conferences, to serve the Society starting from the moment of the election until December 31, 2011.

Descriptions of the duties of this officer position and eligibility criteria can be found in the CASS Constitution and Bylaws on the CASS web page: http://www.ieee-cas.org. CASS is a volunteer-based organization, It is essential that we elect energetic and engaged leaders who will organize activities that will meet your needs and who will guide our Society into the future. As a CASS member, you are in an excellent position to know the strengths of your fellow members and how they can best serve our Society.

Complete candidate nominations must be received by close of business (5:00 pm EST) on December 31, 2010 in order to be considered.

Nomination Process

Candidates are added to the slate in two ways:

(1) One process is to be nominated by petition. The IEEE rule regarding the nomination petition process states: "For all positions where the electorate is less than 30,000 voting members, signatures shall be required from 2% of the eligible voters." "The number of signatures required on a petition shall depend on the number of eligible voters, as listed in the official IEEE membership records, at the end of the year preceding the election."

For CASS in 2010, this implies that we need 208 signatures on a petition for a candidate to be automatically placed on the election ballot. Note: Signatures from student members and affiliate members are not allowed. Graduate student members are eligible to sign a petition as well as vote in the election.

In order to accommodate the petitioning process, IEEE has established a web-based petitioning system that will automatically authenticate petition "signatures." The CASS Society will utilize this system. The url for this system will be announced shortly. According to IEEE rules, a candidate with a valid nomination by petition is guaranteed to be on the ballot. All petition signatures must be obtained by 5:00pm EST, December 31, 2010.

(2) The second process involves the Nominations Committee, which may also place candidates on the ballot at its discretion.

Nominators must indicate if the name of the nominated candidate is to be placed on the petition site for collecting petitions and/or if the nomination is meant for consideration by the Nominations Committee only.

Nomination Documents

A complete nomination must include (1) a Nomination Form (PDF file), (2) a Candidate Position Statement (MS Word file), (3) a Candidate Biography (MS Word file), (4) answers to the five questions below (MS Word file), and (5) an electronic photo (JPG file).  

(1) Nomination Form. Candidate eligibility information and electronic copies of the 2010 Officer Nomination Form is available on the CAS Society web site: http://www.ieee-cas.org.

(2) Candidate Position Statement. The candidate’s Position Statement must be limited to 700 words. The Position Statement should address challenges expected from the office and how the candidate expects to respond to those challenges.

(3) Candidate Biography. The candidate’s biography must be limited to 350 words.

(4) Answers (each answer limited to an additional 100 words) to the following five questions.

1. •What are in your opinion the three most important services that CASS should provide to its membership?
   

2. •Mention one large long-term initiative that CASS should undertake in the next two years and that you would help to establish if elected.
   

3. •Mention three ways for CASS to reach to young CASS members (students and recent graduates) so that they retain their membership after graduation.
   

4. •Mention three ways for CASS to reach/serve members from industry.
   

5. •What is in your opinion the single biggest challenge for our human society today and how can the field of Circuits and Systems help to address it?
   

(5) An electronic photograph must be included.

Nomination Submission

The Nomination Form, Candidate Position Statement and Biography must be submitted electronically via email to the Chair of the CAS Nominations Committee, Maciej Ogorzalek, maciej.ogorzalek@uj.edu.pl with a copy to the CAS Executive Director, Heidi Zazza, h.zazza@ieee.org.

The Nominations Committee greatly encourages you to recommend suitable candidates for these elections. Our strength as a society is not only in our engineering expertise, but also in our societal spirit including the sharing of information with each other. This we can do best when we have a strong organization with engaged members.

Maciej Ogorzalek, Chair, 2010 Nominations Committee, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society