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