MTTS AdCom Nominations and Appointments Committee Report Roger D. Pollard

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MTT-S AdComNominations and AppointmentsCommittee
Report Roger D. Pollard

• January 2005

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2005 NA Committee

• Roger D. Pollard, Chair
• Tatsuo Itoh, Vice-Chair
• Peter Staecker
• Eliot Cohen
• Charlie Jackson
• Reynold Kagiwada
• Roger Sudbury
• Kiyo Tomiyasu

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Responsibilities

• Solicitation of candidates, producing the slates
  and conducting the annual elections of AdCom
  members, Vice-President and President in
  September/October of each year.
• Includes encouraging the submission of petitions
  on behalf of prospective candidates and
  organizing the membership-at-large election.
• Advising the incoming President of individuals
  who are qualified and willing to fill the various
  appointed AdCom committee positions. 

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Positions to be elected

• 2006 President
• 2006 President-Elect
• Normally will be 2007 President
• Seven (7) Members of the AdCom
• To serve from 1 January 2006
• One (1) to be elected by member ballot (3 years)
• Six (6) to be elected by 2004 AdCom
• Electors are ALL current AdCom Members 3
  immediate Past Presidents

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AdCom members term expires on 31 December 2005

• Consecutive terms
• Mike DeLisio 2
• K. C. Gupta (2005 President)
• Linda Katehi 2
• S. Kawasaki 1
• David Lovelace 1
• Roberto Sorrentino 3
• Karl Varian 3
• Term limit

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Nominations Process

• Slates for election of AdCom members will be
  determined at June meeting
• Slates recommended by NA committee
• Number of nominees must be at least 1.5X number
  of vacancies
• i.e. minimum 9 candidates for AdCom ballot
• In addition, all petition candidates included on
  slate
• Nominations from the floor at the June meeting
  and write-in votes are permitted

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Elections

• MTT-S members ballot conducted by IEEE Technical
  Activities department
• AdCom ballot conducted by NA committee (STV by
  secret e-mail ballot as approved at June 2002
  meeting). Result to be confirmed by AdCom at the
  October 2005 meeting
• President and President-elect election conducted
  at October 2005 meeting

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Election participation (total)
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Election participation (region)
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Nominations

• Submit to NA Committee
• By petition containing the signatures of 25
  individuals who are members in good standing of
  the IEEE and the Microwave Theory and Techniques
  Society
• Candidates will be contacted and asked to confirm
  their willingness to run and commitment to active
  participation if elected
• No Candidate may run for election in both the
  membership-at-large ballot and the election by
  the AdCom in the same year
• Decision of the candidate

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NA ask you, please

• Make it widely known that nominations and
  suggestions are being solicited
• Identify people who have contributed to the
  Society and encourage them to consider running
  for AdCom
• Find enthusiastic people as volunteers to serve
  on AdCom committees
• Think out of the box and help to bring in new
  active participants in MTT-S
• Study your own peer group
• Consider what skills and/or representation we need

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Nominations

• Send nominations to Roger Pollard Faculty of
  Engineering The University of Leeds Leeds LS2
  9JT, U.K.
• e-mail r.pollard_at_ieee.org(and/or any member
  of the NA Committee)
• Petitions NOT LATER THAN 15 JUNE 2005
• AdCom NOT LATER THAN 30 APRIL 2005

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Discussion, please

• Increase participation in membership-at-large
  election
• AdCom election issues
• Candidate discussion / electioneering - should
  we have a hustings in June?
• President-Elect process - after AdCom result
  known?
• STV - do we want to allow tactical voting?
• Increase AdCom to 24
• 3 additional elected by the membership