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OF NOTE
Countdown to the 2018
IEEE Annual Election
A look at open positions and deadlines
O N 1   M A Y, the IEEE Board of

Directors is scheduled to announce
the candidates to be placed on
this year's ballot for the annual
election of officers, which begins on
15 August. Those elected take office
next year.
The ballot includes IEEE
president-elect candidates, who are
nominated by the Board, as well as
nominees for delegate-elect/directorelect openings submitted by division
and region nominating committees.
The ballot also includes nominees for IEEE Standards Association
members-at-large, IEEE Technical
Activities vice president-elect, and
IEEE-USA president-elect.
IEEE members who want to
run for an office but have not been
nominated need to submit a petition
to the IEEE Board of Directors. The
petition must include the necessary

number of valid voting members'
signatures, and the petitioner must
meet other requirements as well.
Petitions should be sent to the
IEEE Corporate Governance staff,
in Piscataway, N.J. The IEEE Board
of Directors is also responsible for
placing any proposed constitutional
amendments on the ballot.
For more information about the
process for getting on the ballot, visit
the IEEE annual election Web page
(http://www.ieee.org/elections) or
write to elections@ieee.org.

Chosen by members of the
respective technical division
n IEEE Division I delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Division III delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Division V delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Division VII delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Division IX delegate-elect/
director-elect
Chosen by members of the
respective region
n IEEE Region 2 delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Region 4 delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Region 6 delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Region 8 delegate-elect/
director-elect
n IEEE Region 10 delegate-elect/
director-elect

Chosen by all voting members
n IEEE president-elect

Chosen by members in Regions 1-6
n IEEE-USA president-elect

Chosen by members of all
technical societies
n IEEE Technical Activities vice
president-elect

Chosen by members of the IEEE
Standards Association
n Standards Association board of
governors members-at-large

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Division IV
John P. Verboncoeur
Elie K. Track
Division VI
Manuel Castro
Greg Adamson

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15 April Deadline for submitting an
intention to file a petition to run for an
office on the annual election ballot.
1 May IEEE Board of Directors
submits to the voting membership a
list of nominees for IEEE presidentelect, delegate-elect/director-elect,
and other positions to be elected
by voting members for the coming
term. The Board also announces
whether it intends to put forward any
constitutional amendments.
11 May Signed petitions nominating an individual for placement on
the annual election ballot must be
received by noon EDT USA/16:00 UTC.

Division VIII
Elizabeth L. "Liz" Burd
Sorel Reisman

4,197
1,762

Division X
Ljiljana Trajkovic
John R. Vig
Okyay Kaynak

2,635
1,804
1,676

2,803
1,589

IEEE region delegate-elect/
director-elect, 2018-2019
Region 1
Eduardo F. Palacio
2,286
Ali Abedi
1,702

1,565
1,408

Region 3
Jill I. Gostin
John Kenneth "Ken" Pigg

15 August Annual election ballots are
sent to all voting members on record
as of 30 June. Voters also may begin
accessing their ballots electronically.
1 October Ballots must be received by
1 p.m. EDT USA/17:00 UTC.

IEEE Standards Association board
of governors member-at-large,
2018-2019
Walter Weigel
715
Masayuki Ariyoshi
710

Here is the Tellers Committee tally of votes counted
in the 2017 annual election and approved in
November by the IEEE Board of Directors.

IEEE division delegate-elect/
director-elect, 2018
Division II
David B. Durocher
2,472
Reza Zoughi
1,739

15 March Deadline for organizational units to submit slates of
candidates to the IEEE Board of
Directors for inclusion on the annual
election ballot.

UP FOR ELECTION IN 2018

The 2017 Election Results
IEEE president-elect, 2018
José M.F. Moura
18,883
Vincenzo Piuri
13,976
Jacek M. Zurada
12,879

D E A D L I N E S AT A G L A N C E

Region 5
James R. Look
Timothy R. Weil
Region 7
Jason Jianjun Gu
Adam Skorek
Region 9
Alberto Sanchez
Enrique A. Tejera M.
IEEE Standards Association
president-elect, 2018
Robert S. Fish
Dennis B. Brophy

1,663
1,228

973
806

1,085
674

IEEE Standards Association board
of governors member-at-large,
2018-2019
Stephen D. Dukes
862
Robby Robson
560
IEEE Technical Activities vice
president-elect, 2018
K.J. Ray Liu
15,156
Douglas N. Zuckerman
12,870
IEEE-USA president-elect, 2018
Thomas M. Coughlin
13,548
Guruprasad "Guru"
Madhavan
8,579

765
617

2,215
1,304

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