August 29th Deadline Approaching: Election of Members-at-Large and Directors-at-Large of SPS Board of Governors
K. J. Ray Liu
SPS Past President and Chair, Nominations and Appointments Committee
Your vote is important! The election of Directors-at-Large for Regions 1-6 and Region 8 (term 1 January 2015 through 31 December 2016) and Members-at-Large (term 1 January 2015 through 31 December 2017) of the IEEE SPS Board of Governors is now open. Ballots have been mailed to SPS members. The ballot includes a diverse slate of candidates for both elections, which were vetted by the SPS Nominations and Appointments Committee, as well as a space for write-in candidates. This year's election offers SPS members the opportunity to cast their votes via the web at https://eballot4.votenet.com/IEEE for up to ONE Regional Director-at-Large for your corresponding region: Regions 1-6 (USA) and Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and THREE Member-at-Large candidates. Ballots must be received at IEEE no later than 29 August 2014 in order to be counted. Members must meet the eligibility requirements at the time the ballot data is generated in order to be eligible to vote. In order to be eligible to vote in this year's SP Society election, you had to have been an active SP Society Member or Affiliate (excluding Student) prior to 1 June 2014. This is the date when the list of eligible Society voting members was compiled.
The candidates for Regional Director-at-Large are (alpha order):
REGIONS 1-6:
1. Nasir Memon
2. Wade Trappe
3. Zhengdao Wang
REGION 8:
1. Kostas Berberidis
2. Jean-Luc Dugelay
3. Sven Loncaric
The candidates for Member-at-Large are (alpha order):
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| Nasir Memon | Wade Trappe | Zhengdao Wang |
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| Kostas Berberidis | Jean-Luc Dugelay | Sven Loncaric |
| 1. Fulvio Gini 2. Maria Sabrina Greco 3. Anthony Kuh 4. Haizhou Li | 5. Zhi-Quan Tom Luo 6. Hideaki Sakai 7. Min Wu 8. Steve Young 9. Abdelhak M. Zoubir |
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| Fulvio Gini | Maria S. Greco | Anthony Kuh | Haizhou Li |
