1. Nominations Committee’s Report and Elections
June 20, 2013
Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel
Cancun, MEXICO

2. Nominations Committee
Bylaws on Eligibility as member of the Nominations Committee –
All ADCOM members, Editors-in-Chief, Standing Committee Chairpersons, and Technical Committee Chairpersons, who
- held at least one of these positions for at least one year during the five years prior to
the year of the appointment,
- are IEEE Members or higher-grade members in good standing at the time of the
appointment, and
- are CIS members in good standing at the time of the appointment,
are eligible to be nominated as members of the Nominations Committee.
At least four members of the Nominations Committee shall not be ADCOM members.
2013 Roster
Gary G. Yen, USA (Chair)
Julia Chung, TAIWAN (AdCom)
Carlos A. Coello Coello, MEXICO (TC Chair)
Haibo He, USA (TC Chair)
Zeng-Guang Hou, CHINA (SC Chair)
Simon Lucas, UK (AdCom & EiC)
Yew Soon Ong, SINGAPORE (TC Chair)

3. Opening in 2013 VP for Finance Elect VP for Conferences
VP for Technical Activities
Eligibility for Vice Presidents
All ADCOM members, Editors-in-Chief, Standing Committee Chairpersons, and Technical Committee Chairpersons, who held at least one of these positions for at least one year during the five years prior to the year of the election, are IEEE Members or higher-grade members in good standing at the time of the election, and are CIS members in good standing at the time of the election, are eligible to be nominated as Vice President, except in the cases listed hereinafter.

4. The order of election for Officers elected during an ADCOM meeting is: President-Elect, Vice President for Finances, Vice President for Publications, Vice President for Conferences, Vice President for Technical Activities, Vice President for Education, and Vice President for Members Activities.
For each office, the candidate with a majority of votes shall be declared the winner.
In the case of a single candidate for an office, if he/she does not receive the majority of votes, new elections will be held immediately. If, at the end of the third election, the candidate has not obtained a majority of the votes cast, nominations for that position will be reopened and a new election will be held at the next ADCOM meeting.
In the case of multiple candidates for an office, if no candidate receives the majority of votes, the candidate with the lowest vote count will be dropped from further consideration and the ballot repeated. If more candidates have the same lowest count, a special election shall be performed only among them to identify the candidates that will be retained for consideration.
The President shall transmit the names of the elected Officers to the IEEE.

5. In Preparation…
Announcement made in CIS website, CIS Newsletter and sent to AdCom members on April 15, 2013
Solicitations are requested from President and President-Elect
Teleconference Call for NC was made on May 7
Candidates are advised to prepare a 6-minute presentation to AdCom and 6-minute for Q&A

6. Candidates for VP-Finance Elect
Enrique Ruspini

7. Candidates for VP-Conferences
Pauline Haddow
KC Tan

8. Candidate for VP-Technical Activities
Yaochu Jin
Robert Kozma

9. AdCom Election
The Nominations Committee shall solicit nominations for ADCOM Members-at-Large from the CIS membership, ADCOM, other Standing Committees, Technical Committees, Editorial Boards, and the CIS Chapters. These nominations shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the Nominations Committee.
The Nominations Committee may nominate candidates to ADCOM Members-at-Large.
Among all the above nominations, the Nominations Committee shall select candidates who shall be at least twice and up to no more than three times the number of positions to be filled in the election.
The deadline for submitting nominations to the chair is May 31, The Nominations Committee will invite the nominees to provide a 200-word vita, screen the candidates, and submit at least 10 names for the society-wide election of ADCOM members.
Via petition. A valid nomination by petition from the Society's members is guaranteed to put a candidate on the ADCOM electoral ballot. Nominations by petition in 2013 must include at least 137 valid signatures of Society members and need to be submitted in writing (no fax/ s acceptable) to Jo Ellen Snyder, Executive Administrator.