IEEE Policies



Section 13 - Nominations and Elections

 

13.2   Nomination of Candidates for Elective Office and Standing Committees and Boards

  1. Elective Office.  The Bylaws provide that the Chair of the IEEE Nominations and Appointments Committee shall contact the various IEEE organizational units each year inviting the submission of suitable candidates to be considered by the Nominations and Appointments Committee for the various elective offices of the IEEE. The Call for Nominations shall specify the deadline date for submission and shall indicate the name and address to which the nominations shall be mailed.

  2. Standing Committees and Boards.  All organizational units of the IEEE are encouraged to submit the names of candidates eligible to serve IEEE on the Standing Committees and Boards, which are vital to the conduct of IEEE operations. At the appropriate time, the Call for Nominations for such appointments will be issued, and all organizational units of the IEEE are urged to cooperate in these important efforts by submitting the names of qualified candidates to the Nominations and Appointments Committee.

  3. To provide the widest opportunity for qualified members to serve on Standing Committees and Boards, a rotation procedure has been established. Members of Standing Committees and Boards and any subcommittees of the Standing Committees and Boards shall generally be appointed for no longer than three consecutive years, with approximately one-third of the members to be appointed each year. If the appointment of the members in a given year, as provided in this Statement, does not provide a full committee complement, then a sufficient number of members, who have served three years, may be invited to serve an additional one-year term, to make up the full committee complement. An outgoing Chair may be appointed to membership for one year following his/her term of office as Chair, irrespective of the duration of his/her prior service. A Chair shall not be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms as Chair. Exceptions to these limitations shall be considered by the Board of Directors on the basis of the nominator's recommendation, provided that it is accompanied by a detailed statement of pertinent circumstances.

  4. The nominees' and appointees' Region and previous service in the position for which they are being nominated shall be identified at the time that they are proposed.  The President and Chairs of the major boards shall report at the final Board of Directors meeting each year on the geographic make-up of their committees, candidates slates, and appointments.
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