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Call for Nominations: Director-Membership Services, Director-Industrial Relations, Director-Student Services and Chapters Committee Chair

Kostas Plataniotis, SPS Vice President-Membership

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) invites nominations for the positions of: Director-Membership Services, Director-Industrial Relations, Director-Student Services and Chapters Committee Chair. The term for the Director positions, as well as the Chapters Committee Chair position is three years (1 January 2015-31 December 2017).

The Director-Membership Services is responsible for identifying value/benefit/services to members and recommending policy/mechanism for recruiting members; developing programs and material to facilitate member recruiting and services; maintaining and developing contacts with leadership and membership constituents; and providing proper communication channels and feedback. The Director is a voting member of the Membership Board and a non-voting, ex-officio member of both the Conference and Publications Boards. The Director-Membership Services chairs the Membership Services Committee.

The Director-Industrial Relations is responsible for identifying value/benefit/services to attract/retain industrial members; developing programs and material to facilitate industrial member recruiting and services; maintaining and developing contacts with leadership and industrial constituents; and providing proper communication channels and feedback. The Director is a voting member of
the Membership Board and a non-voting, ex-officio member of both the Conference and Publications Boards. The Director-Industrial Relations chairs the Industrial Relations Committee.

The Director-Student Services is responsible for identifying value/benefit/services to Student members and recommending policy/mechanism for recruiting Student members; developing programs and material to facilitate Student member recruiting and services; maintaining and developing contacts with leadership and Student membership constituents; and providing proper communication channels and feedback. The Director is a voting member of the Membership Board and a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Conference Board. The Director-Student Services chairs the Student Services Committee.

The Chapters Committee Chair is responsible for creating and promoting interest in the Society’s activities by assisting the formation of Chapters within IEEE Sections; developing material to assist Chapters in the support of student branch chapter activities; promoting industrial liaisons; assisting Regional Directors-at-Large in their geographical initiatives and working to insure compliance of Society Chapters with IEEE’s requirements for Chapters. The Chapters Committee Chair is a voting member of the Membership Board and chairs the Chapters Committee.

Nominations should be submitted to Theresa Argiropoulos via t.argiropoulos@ieee.org on behalf of Kostas Plataniotis, SPS Vice President-Memberships. When making your nomination, please provide the following information: Name of candidate, contact information, brief background, information about current SP, IEEE, or Other Society, as well other volunteer activities. Nominations must be received no later than 1 September 2014. The call for nominations can be found on the Society’s website at this link.

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