The Institute - March 2018 - 19

Nominate the Next
Leaders of IEEE

DEADLINE S TO NOM INATE

The deadlines are 15 March for corporate officers and committee chairs and
15 June for committee members.

Volunteers are needed to serve as corporate
officers and committee members and chairs
I E E E I S G O V E R N E D by volunteer members and depends on them for many
things including editing its publications, organizing conferences, coordinating
regional and local activities, writing standards, leading educational activities, and
identifying individuals for IEEE recognitions and awards.
The Nominations and Appointments (N&A) committee is responsible for developing recommendations for staffing many volunteer positions including candidates
for president-elect and corporate officers. Its recommendations are sent to the
Board of Directors and the IEEE Assembly. Accordingly, the N&A committee is seeking nominees for the following positions:

2020 IEEE president-elect (who will
serve as president in 2021)
2019 IEEE corporate officers
n Vice president, Educational Activities
n Vice president, Publication Services and
Products
n Secretary
n Treasurer
2019 IEEE committee chairs
and members
n Awards Board
n Election Oversight

n Employee Benefits and Compensation
n Ethics and Member Conduct
n European Public Policy
n Fellow
n Global Public Policy
n Governance
n History
n Humanitarian Activities
n Industry Engagement
n New Initiatives
n Nominations and Appointments
n Public Visibility
n Tellers

WHO CAN NOM INATE?

Anyone may submit a nomination; selfnominations are encouraged. Nominators
do not need to be IEEE members, but
nominees must meet certain qualifications.
An IEEE organizational unit may submit
nominees endorsed by its governing body or
the body's designee.
A person may be nominated for more
than one position. Nominators need not
contact their nominees before submitting
the form. The N&A committee will contact
all eligible nominees for required documentation and inquire if they are willing to be
considered for the position.
HOW TO NOM INATE

For information about the positions,
including qualifications and estimates
of the time required by each position
during the term of office, visit http://www.
ieee.org/about/corporate/nominations/
nominations_guidelines.html. To nominate
a person for a position, visit http://www.
ieee.org/about/corporate/nominations/
nomination_form.html.
NOM INATING TIP S

Each year many ineligible candidates are
nominated. Make sure to check eligibil-

ity requirements at the N&A committee
website (http://www.ieee.org/about/
corporate/nominations) before submitting a nomination.
The positions for which the N&A committee makes recommendations represent
IEEE's uppermost governance levels.
Volunteers with relevant prior experience
in lower-level IEEE committees and units
are recommended by the committee more
often than volunteers without such experience. Candidates for the Awards Board, for
example, have a greater likelihood of being
recommended if they have already served
on an awards committee of a society, section, or region or on another IEEE board.
Individuals nominated for presidentelect and corporate officer positions are
more likely to be recommended if they
possess a strong track record of leadership and relevant accomplishments
within and outside IEEE. Recommended
candidates often have significant prior
experience as members of IEEE boards
and standing committees.
More information about the duties
associated with the different positions,
qualifications, and eligibility requirements
(such as prior service in certain positions
or IEEE grade) can be found in the online
nominations guidelines.
-Barry L. Shoop,
chair, 2018 IEEE Nominations
and Appointments committee

No need to over-engineer this.
Satisfaction will increase with exclusive IEEE member discounts and insurance.
Special, low pricing creates high value for IEEE Members*.
Tap into exclusive member discounts on products and
services from trusted brands.

Leverage your IEEE membership today! Visit ieee.org/discounts
and learn how this inverse relationship can be a proven formula.
*Where available

THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG

MAR CH 2018 TH E IN STITUTE

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Institute - March 2018