Hello to all eWG members
As discussed in yesterdays conference call I am acting
as returning officer for the elections for the position of Chair
The nomination period for the eWG Chair position is now
open, until Wednesday 26th May 2004.
Please send nominations, including self nominations to me ONLY.
After this deadline I shall send out an e-mail ballot to
all voting members in the WG, starting a 14 day ballot period.
At the end of the ballot period I will announce the results to the WG
The elected Chair will then seek DASC approval for the Chair and Vice Chair nominations.
Nominations for Chair should be members of the eWG, with
current DASC, IEEE and IEEE-SA membership
These are the guidelines provided by DASC - a relevant excerpt is included below
(http://www.dasc.org/procedures/procedures.html)
Model Operating Procedures for IEEE Computer Society
Design Automation Standards Committee Working Groups
3.1 Election of Officers
The Chair shall appoint a Returning Officer for the conduct of an
election of officers. The Returning Officer shall not be a nominee in
the election
and shall not vote in the election. The Members shall nominate to the
Returning Officer one or more Members for each office to be filled at
the
election.
Nominees shall be eligible at the time of nomination to hold the
office for which they are elected. A Member shall accept nomination
for no more than one
office. The response period for nominations shall be at least 14 days.
If no
nomination is received for an office, a temporary appointment shall be
made in accordance with 3.2.
The Returning Officer shall conduct the election by letter or
electronic ballot. Voting shall be by "approval", whereby each balloter may cast
anapproval vote for each of any number of nominees for an office. The
Nominee with the greatest number of approval votes shall win the election.
Write-in candidates are permitted as specified in the IEEE Bylaws.
In the event of a tie, the Returning Officer shall decide between the
tied candidates by picking a candidate's name from a hat.
Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair shall be confirmed by the
DASC-SC. If the DASC-SC rejects election of the Chair or Vice-Chair,
the Returning Officer
shall conduct a fresh election for the office not so confirmed.
?Serrie-justine Chapman
Tricore Verification Engineer
Infineon Technologies
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