Hi, all, A quick reminder - self-nominations are fine.
Joe On 8/30/2012 2:33 PM, Martin Reisslein wrote: > Dear TCCC Members, > > > > In accordance with the TCCC bylaws, I am sending this mail to solicit > nominations for candidates who would want to run for the positions. > > The call for nominations will close at 12, noon, on Sept. 28th, 2012. > > > > TCCC has three elected officers, with responsibilities as follows: > > > > (1) Chair > > > > The Chair sets overall direction and policy, in consultation with other > officers and the TCCC membership, coordinates the activities of other TCCC > Officers, chairs the TCCC meetings, represents the committee in the ComSoc > Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and initiates elections for vacant > officer positions. The chair, in consultation with the other officers, also > approves or denies requests for TCCC to technically co-sponsor conferences > and workshops. > > > > (2) Vice Chair > > > > The Vice Chair fulfills the duties of the Chair in his or her absence. > > > > (3) Secretary > > > > The Secretary maintains the TCCC web page and mailing list(s), deals with > questions regarding mailing list postings and web page, arranges for meeting > facilities for TCCC meetings, announces these meetings to the TCCC > membership, compiles minutes of the meetings, and participates in the > discussions of the TCCC Officers. > > > > Officers are elected for renewable terms of two years. > > > > Nominations are requested for all three offices. > > > > > > Eligibility Requirements > > -------------------------- > > > > Any member of the TCCC can nominate candidates, including himself or herself. > At the time of election, candidates must be members of the IEEE > Communications Society, IEEE Communications Society Affiliate or IEEE > Communications Society Sister Society. > > > > Candidates nominated must agree to serve before being put on a ballot. > > > > A candidate may run for more than one office. If a candidate is elected for > an office, he or she is removed from consideration for lower office. > > > > Procedures: > > ------------ > > > > All nominations must be made via email to the address [email protected]. The > nomination must include (a) the name of the candidate (b) the email of the > candidate and (c) the position that the nomination is for. All nominations > must be received at the above address at or before 12, noon, on Sept 28th, > 2012. > > > > The details of the balloting procedure will be circulated on the TCCC mailing > list after the close of the nomination period. All members of TCCC who are > registered on the mailing list specified at > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/mailing_list/index.html will be eligible to > vote in the 2012 elections. > > > > For each position, all TCCC members will rank candidates in their order of > preference, 1, 2, 3, etc. It takes a majority to win. If anyone receives a > majority of the first choice votes, that candidate is elected. If not, the > last place candidate is defeated, just as in a runoff election, and all > ballots are counted again, but this time each ballot cast for the defeated > candidate counts for the next choice candidate listed on the ballot. The > process of eliminating the last place candidate and recounting the ballots > continues until one candidate receives a majority of the vote. > > > > More details on runoff voting can be found at > http://www.fairvote.org/irv/faq.htm. > > > ---- > Martin Reisslein > Professor > School of Electrical, Computer, > and Energy Engineering > Arizona State University > Goldwater Center, MC 5706 > Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA > [email protected] > phone: (480)965-8593 > fax: (480)965-8325 > http://mre.faculty.asu.edu<https://exchange.asu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=42cff4a9ee6944c7be1a45a68bf39302&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmre.faculty.asu.edu> > > _______________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. > [email protected] > https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc > _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
