Call for Nominations: Director-Student Services, Director-Membership Development, and Seasonal Schools Subcommittee Chair

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Call for Nominations: Director-Student Services, Director-Membership Development, and Seasonal Schools Subcommittee Chair

K.V.S. Hari
SPS Vice President-Membership

Deadline: 4 June 2021

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) invites nominations for the positions of the Director-Student Services, Director-Membership Development, and Chair, Seasonal Schools Subcommittee. The term for the three positions is three years (1 January 2022-31 December 2024).
 
The Director-Student Services heads the Student Services Committee and is responsible to identify value/benefit/services to Student members and recommend policy/mechanism for recruiting Student members; develop programs and material to facilitate Student member recruiting and service; maintain and develop contacts with leadership and Student membership constituents; and provide proper communication channels and feedback. The Director-Student Services is responsible for the coordination of the Travel Grant Program for ICASSP and ICIP and is a voting member of the Membership Board.
 
The Director-Membership Development heads the Membership Development Committee and is responsible to identify value/benefit/services to members and recommend policy/mechanism for recruiting and retaining different segments of membership; develop programs and material to facilitate member recruiting, services and retention; maintain and develop contacts with leadership and membership constituents; oversee collection of membership data and track trends; develop campaigns and statistics for member recruitment and retention; oversee development of marketing materials, identify external audiences and how to reach them, develop content for different segments of membership for newsletter/blog, and provide proper communication channels and feedback. The Director-Membership Development is a voting member of the Membership Board.
 
Seasonal Schools in Signal Processing are short term courses designed for graduate students, early stage researchers, and practitioners interested in selected topics in signal processing. The Seasonal Schools Subcommittee Chair heads the Seasonal Schools Subcommittee and is responsible to run the Seasonal Schools in Signal Processing Program and shall report to the Student Services Committee. The Seasonal Schools Subcommittee shall identify value/benefit/services to members and recommend policy/mechanism for recruiting Seasonal Schools; develop programs and material to facilitate recruiting and services for Seasonal Schools; maintain and develop contacts with leadership and membership constituents; and provide proper communication channels and feedback.
 
Nominations should be submitted to Theresa Argiropoulos via t.argiropoulos@ieee.org on behalf of K.V.S. Hari, SPS Vice President-Membership. When making your nomination, please provide the following information:
  • Name of candidate
  • Member Number
  • Contact information
  • Brief biography including information about current SP, IEEE, or other Society, as well other volunteer activities (paragraph style, not bullets).
Nominations must be received no later than 4 June 2021. The call for nominations can be found on the Society’s website at this link.

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