amp Appointments Committee Report Information Theory Society Board of Governors Meeting Aachen Germany June 24 2017 Committee Overview Members Michelle Effros ExOfficio and Chair ID: 605952
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Nominations & Appointments Committee Report
Information Theory Society Board of Governors Meeting
Aachen, Germany
June 24, 2017 Slide2
Committee Overview
Members:
Michelle Effros
(Ex-Officio and Chair)Alon Orlitsky (Ex-Officio)Dan CostelloGerhard KramerAmos LapidothResponsible for staffing Fellows, Shannon, Wyner,Cover, Massey, Awards, and External Nominating committees Deadlines October – January.Puts forward a BoG slate of candidates at the annual BoG meeting.Other appointments as needed (EiC, CC Chair, Membership sub-Committee chairs).Slide3
BoG Candidates: Bylaws
“No later than two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting of the Society,
the N&A Committee
shall forward to the Board the biographies of at least 12 Society members as candidates for election to the Board.”The biographies were sent and posted 2 weeks ago.There is no vote on these candidates.“Additional nominations of Society members can be made by Board members at the Annual Meeting, provided that such nominations are endorsed by five Board members.”“Individual voting members of the Society eligible to vote in the election for the Board may nominate Society Members by written petition provided such nominations are made at least 28 days before the date of the election”.Six new
BoG
members are elected in the fall along with one from each under-represented region.Slide4
N&A BoG Candidates: Procedure
Super-list
generated based
on N&A Committee suggestions and recent history.N&A Committee converged on 13 candidates taking into accountBoG members completing their 1st termCandidate and BoG historyGeographic representation, including under-represented regionsSeasoned wisdom vs. new energy & ideasDemonstrated Society leadershipDiversity, broadly interpretedSlide5
BoG Candidates from N&A
Helmut
Bölcskei
Sueli R. CostaAlbert Guillén i Fàbregas Stephen Hanly Ashish Khisti Negar KiyavashHaim Permuter H. Vincent Poor Andrew Thangaraj Daniela Tuninetti
Tsachy
Weissman
Aylin
Yener
Wei Yu
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Additional NominationsNomination
EndorsementSlide7
Officer Elections: Bylaws“At the Annual Meeting of the Society, the Board shall nominate one or more of its members for the posts of President, 1st Vice-President, and 2nd Vice-President.
Each nomination shall require a mover and one
seconder
. It shall be the responsibility of the mover to ascertain in advance the willingness of the nominee to serve if elected.”Slide8
Officer NominationsSecond Vice-President
First Vice-President
PresidentSlide9
Constitution & Bylaws Committee
Significant changes to the Bylaws will be proposed
at
the fall BoG meetingThese changes are aimed at:Cleaning up confusing text Removing internal inconsistencies.A variety of suggestions have been received to date. Please send additional suggestions as you come across text that you find confusing or policies that seem to be inconsistent.