Call for Officer Nominations: President-Elect and Vice President-Membership

IEEE Signal Processing Society Past President Mos Kaveh in his capacity as Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer positions of President-Elect (term 1 January 2014-31 December 2015) and Vice President-Membership (term 1 January 2014-31 December 2016).

Please send your nominations to Theresa Argiropoulos, SPS Senior Manager, Operations, via t.argiropoulos@ieee.org or fax to 732-235-1627. Nominations must include candidate name and contact information, as well as a brief biography and information about current SP, IEEE, or other Society volunteer activities. Nominations must be received no later than 1 March 2013. The complete call for nominations can be found at the Society’s website.

President-Elect Position Details:
The President-Elect is a voting member of the Society’s Board of Governors, Executive Committee, Conference Board, Membership Board and Publications Board and also chairs the Society’s Long-Range Planning and Implementation Committee and TC Review Committee and acts as a liaison to the Board of Governors for all activities involving strategic and long-range planning activities. The President-Elect also acts as the Society’s treasurer, which is responsible for preparation of Society budgets, monitoring of the Society’s expenses, surpluses, and investments. The President-Elect has the direct overall responsibilities for the development, design, operation, and improvement of the Society’s long-range planning, technical committee reviews, and the Society’s finances and reports to the President.

The duties of the President-Elect include the oversight of strategic and long-range planning activities for the Society, by means of conference calls and in-person meetings of the Long-Range Planning and Implementation Committee; preparing agendas and documentation for the retreats and tracking action items; preparation and forecasting of Society budgets as well as monitoring of the Society's expenses, surpluses and investments; assisting in the creation of the TAB Five-Year Society Review document; and representing the Society at IEEE meetings or meetings of other organizations on strategic and long-range planning activities or on other Society activities as requested by the President or by the Society’s Board of Governors. The President-Elect provides guidance to the Conference Board, Membership Board and Publications Board on matters concerning finances, including the Society’s membership fee; technical meeting registration prices, publication fees, page budgets, etc. The President-Elect is also responsible for the minutes of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee.

NOTE: The President-Elect must have previously served as a member-elected Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors and must be an IEEE Fellow. The President-Elect position automatically succeeds to President. The President-Elect may have served as a Vice President.

Vice President-Membership Position Details:
The Vice President-Membership is a voting member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee; Chairs the Membership Board and acts as a liaison to the Board of Governors for the activities of the Membership Services Committee, Industrial Relations Committee, Student Services Committee, Education Committee and the Chapters Standing Committees of the Membership Board. The Vice President-Membership has the direct overall responsibilities for the development, design, operation, and improvement of the Society’s membership and educational activities and reports to the President.

The duties of the Vice President-Membership include the oversight of the activities of the Membership Services, Industrial Relations, Student Services and Education Committees; tracking membership trends; drafting strategic and long-term plans regarding the Society’s membership and educational activities for recommendation to the Board of Governors; overseeing the activities of the Society’s Chapter activities; assisting in the creation of the TAB Five-Year Society Review document; and representing the Society at IEEE meetings or meetings of other organizations on membership and education matters or as requested by the Society’s President or Board.

NOTE: The Vice President-Membership should have a high level of management experience and should have previously served the Society in some capacity, such as: Director, Regional Director-at-Large, Section/Chapter Chair or Section Chair etc.