IEEE

Call for Nominations:
Regional Directors-at-Large and
Board of Governors Members-at-Large

In accordance with the Bylaws of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the membership will elect, by direct ballot, THREE Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors (BoG) for three-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2013, as well as ONE Regional Director-at-Large for each of the corresponding regions: Regions 1-6 (US), Regions 7 and 9 (Canada and Latin America), Region 8 (Europe/Middle East/Africa) and Region 10 (Asia/Pacific Rim) for two-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2012.

Regional Directors-at-Large are elected locally by members of the corresponding region. They serve as non-voting members of the Board of Governors and voting members of the Membership Board. They promote and foster local activities (such as conferences, meetings, social networking) and encourage new chapter development; represent their regions to the core of SPS; offer advices to improve membership relations, recruiting and service to their regions; guide and work with their corresponding chapters to serve their members; and assist the Vice President-Awards and Membership in conducting chapter reviews.

Board of Governors Members-at-Large are directly elected by the Society's membership to represent the member viewpoint in Board decision-making. They typically review, discuss, and act upon a wide range of items affecting the actions, activities and health of the Society. Candidates must demonstrate that they are active in one or more signal processing disciplines and must have been a member of the Society for five years or more.

José M.F. Moura, SPS Past President and Chair of the Nominations and Appointments Committee, has provided the following formal procedures for the SPS's 2010 Regional Directors-at-Large and BoG Members-at-Large elections:

  1. Publication of a call for nominations for positions of BoG Members-at-Large and Regional Directors-at-Large. Nominees must hold SPS Member grade to hold elective office (JANUARY).
  2. From the responses received, a list of candidates will be assembled for each election by the Past President for presentation to the Nominations and Appointments Committee (APRIL).
  3. The Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee ballots to create a short list of at least SIX candidates (by bylaw, at least two candidates must be submitted for each BoG Member-at-Large position becoming vacant) (APRIL-MAY). Currently, there is no minimum number of candidates required for the Regional Directors-at-Large race. Nevertheless, the Society has a stated preference for contested elections, so more than one nomination per race is desirable.
  4. After the N&A ranking ballot, the top candidates who are willing and able to serve for Director-at-Large and Member-at-Large are advanced for ballot to the SPS's voting members (JULY).
  5. Collection and tabulation of returned ballots will again be handled by the IEEE Technical Activities Society Services Department on behalf of the SPS (JULY-SEPTEMBER).
  6. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes who confirm their ability to serve will be declared elected Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors with three-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 and one candidate from each specified region receiving the highest number of votes who confirm their ability to serve will be declared elected a Regional Director-at-Large with a two-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 (SEPTEMBER).

Please provide nominations for Regional Director-at-Large and Member-at-Large to Past President José M.F. Moura via e-mail to t.argiropoulos@ieee.org or via fax to 732-235-1627 no later than 19 MARCH 2010. Please provide the name, address, phone, fax, e-mail or other contact information of the nominee, along with a brief background on the individual (no more than 100 words, please) and any information about the individual's current activities in the Signal Processing Society, the IEEE, or other professional societies.