Nominating Committee Requests Recommendations and Petitions

Nominating Committee Requests Recommendations and Petitions

According to the Constitution and Bylaws of the IEEE Education Society, which are located at: the election of officers for one-year terms and the election of members-at-large of the Administrative Committee (AdCom) for three-year termswill occur at the late-October AdCommeeting, which will be held during the late-OctoberFrontiers in Education Conference in San Diego,USA,and those elected will assume office on 1 January 2007.

The terms of all officers and 4 members of the Administrative Committee end on December 31, 2006. Those people with a "*" following their names in the list below are ineligible for renomination to serve in that particular position due to By Law defined term limitations.

Officers:

President, Daniel Litynski *
Vice President, Joseph L.A. Hughes *
Secretary, John Orr *
Treasurer, James Sluss

Members-at-large of the Administrative Committee:

Susan Conry
Haniph Latchman
Tony Mitchell *
Jacek Zurada

The current President, Vice President, and Secretary are each serving in their second one-year terms, and hence, are ineligible to serve an additional term.

By tradition (not a part of the Bylaws), the Nominating Committee offers nomination as a candidate for President to a person who is serving a second one-year term as Vice President. By similar tradition, the Nominating Committee offers nomination as a candidate for Vice President to a person who is serving a second one-year term as Secretary. However, John Orr, the current Secretary, has announced that he does not wish to be considered for nomination as Vice President. Thus the Vice President position has no candidate, as does the Secretary position.

Again by tradition, the Nominating Committee offers nomination as a candidate for a second consecutive three-year term as a member-at-large of the Administrative Committee to any current member-at-large who is not serving in the last year of their second consecutive term. Three of the four current members are eligible for renomination, but one person, who is at the end on his second three-year term, is ineligible for renomination. Thusthe AdCom will have one position with no candidate.

The Nominating Committee welcomes both recommendations and petitions for nomination (25 signatures guarantees nomination according to the By Laws) for any of the Society officer positions or for member-at-large positions. According to the Bylaws,recommendations and petitions are to be submitted to the Nominating Committee Chair by September 15th. Earlier would be nice.

Please send me questions, suggestions, and petitions.

David Kerns, Jr., Chair (Junior Past President)
Nominating Committee of the IEEE Education Society