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Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the: [1] Call for Candidates - 2023 IEEE SA Standards Board (SASB) and its standing committees (deadline: 1-Jun-22); [2] Call for Candidates - 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 IEEE SA Board of Governors (BOG) (deadline: 1-May-22); [3] Call for Candidates - IEEE SA President Elect (deadline: 1-May-22); and [4] Call for Nominations - 2023 IEEE Computer Society Leadership Positions (deadline: 28-Mar-22). The IEEE 802 LMSC is one of the Computer Society's standards committees. The respective IEEE SA Standards Board and IEEE SA Board of Governors candidate forms are attached.

Please consider responding to these calls for candidates.

Best regards,

David

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) - Call for Candidates - 2023 IEEE SA Standards Board (SASB) and its standing committees

The Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A) of the IEEE SA Board of Governors is soliciting the names and qualifications of candidates to serve on the 2023 IEEE SA Standards Board (SASB) and its Standing Committees.

The IEEE SA Standards Board is responsible for:

a) Encouraging and coordinating the development and revision of IEEE standards;

b) Approving the initiation of IEEE standards projects;

c) Reviewing all proposed IEEE standards to determine whether the proposed standards conform to the requirements established by the IEEE SA Standards Board and whether consensus has been achieved for approval of the proposed standards;

d) Granting final approval to IEEE standards prior to publication.

If you would like to be considered for a one-year term for the 2023 IEEE SA Standards Board/Committees, please note the following requirements that apply to any potential candidate, and forward a completed Candidate Form (see attachment) to Dave Ringle [d.ringle@xxxxxxxx].

Please reply by 01 June 2022.

The slate of candidates will be forwarded to the IEEE SA Board of Governors Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A) for its review later in the year, with a final decision to be made in December.

Requirements for IEEE SA Standards Board membership:

1. The time commitment is three in-person meetings and at least one teleconference in 2023 plus appropriate preparation time. Please note the in-person meetings are located globally across different regions.

The IEEE SA Standards Board series covers three days. The Standing Committees of the Board (Audit Committee, New Standards Committee, Patent Committee, Procedures Committee, and Standards Review Committee) meet the first two days of the series and the Standards Board meets the final day.

Attendance is expected at all meetings. If appointed to the SASB, you will also participate on at least one Standing Committee as well. This would incur another 1 or 2 days of meetings prior to the Standards Board meeting as noted above.

2. This is normally a non-funded position. You (or your employer) are expected to fund your travel.

3. You must have an email address, web access, and a laptop computer to bring to the meetings.

4. Each Standards Board member shall be of Member or higher grade of the IEEE and also shall be an individual member of the IEEE Standards Association.

5. Standing Committee members shall be individual members of the IEEE Standards Association.

Please contact Dave Ringle [d.ringle@xxxxxxxx] if you have any questions.

The Standards Board web area is located at https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/

We look forward to your participation in 2023.

Best regards,

Robert Fish, Chair

IEEE SA Board of Governors Nominations and Appointments Committee

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) - Call for Candidates - 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 IEEE SA Board of Governors (BOG)

The Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A) of the IEEE SA Board of Governors (BOG) is soliciting the names of candidates to serve on the 2023/2024 IEEE SA BOG and the 2024/2025 IEEE SA BOG.

BOG responsibilities and functions, as noted in the IEEE Standards Association Operations Manual (see https://standards.ieee.org/about/policies/sa-opman/index.html):

“4.1.1 IEEE SA BOG responsibilities

It is the responsibility of the IEEE SA BOG and each Board member to uphold the reputation of the IEEE as a worldwide professional technical society and the IEEE SA as a world leader in the development and promulgation of standards. To carry out these responsibilities, the IEEE SA BOG will, at a minimum,

a) Develop, pursue, and oversee programs to meet the global needs of standards developers and users

b) Approve policy additions/changes with significant financial/strategic implications for the IEEE SA

c) Approve IEEE SA position statements

d) Monitor developments in government and industry that demonstrate the need for standards-related activities and propose appropriate action to the IEEE SA Standards Board

e) Make recommendations to the IEEE Board of Directors on standards-related issues

f) Maintain a current IEEE Standards Association Operations Manual in concert with IEEE Bylaws and IEEE Policies

g) Hold meetings to accomplish the work of the IEEE SA BOG

h) Establish, manage, and disband committees, as appropriate, to perform the work of the IEEE SA BOG

i) Itself and through the President, appoint BOG Members and other governance volunteers to serve in various roles on committees, boards, and ad hocs supporting the goals of the IEEE SA

j) Strive to establish and maintain a constituency of IEEE SA members representative of all basic interests, including:

1) Technical societies and councils

2) Member and Geographic organizational units

3) Industry

4) Government

5) The general public

k) Provide financial oversight for the overall operation of the IEEE SA

l) Recommend candidates to stand for election by the IEEE SA constituency for the positions of IEEE SA President-Elect in alternating years, and two IEEE SA BOG members-at-large annually

m) Appoint two IEEE SA BOG members-at-large annually

n) Appoint the chair of the IEEE SA Standards Board

o) Appoint the membership of the IEEE SA Standards Board

p) Provide an awards program for recognition of exceptional service

q) Participate in or lead one or more of the Strategic Management and Delivery Committees (SMDCs)

4.1.2 IEEE SA BOG functions

The IEEE SA BOG will perform the following basic functions:

a) Establish and maintain a constituency of a wide range of basic interests among industry, government, and public areas

b) Address the global standardization interests of the technical societies and geographic organizational units of the IEEE

c) Establish and achieve strategic, long-range goals and objectives, typically every 3-5 years, to better serve the constituency and customer base with appropriate standards-related products and services

d) Review all policy additions and/or changes with significant financial or strategic implications

e) Set policy for new methods of standards development as needed

f) In conjunction with staff, be responsible for the delivery of the various components of the IEEE SA strategy”

If you would like to be considered for the 2023/2024 or 2024/2025 IEEE SA BOG [see https://standards.ieee.org/about/policies/sa-opman/sect4.html#4.2.3], please note the following rules that apply to any potential candidate, and forward a completed Candidate Form (see attachment) to Dave Ringle [d.ringle@xxxxxxxx].

Please reply by 1 May 2022.

The slate of candidates will be forwarded to the IEEE SA Board of Governors Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A) for its review.

Rules for IEEE SA BOG membership:

1. The time commitment, each year, is three in-person meetings located globally across different regions, and at least one teleconference plus appropriate preparation time.

Attendance is expected at all meetings.

2. This is a non-funded position. You (or your employer) are expected to fund your travel.

3. You must have an email address, web access, and a laptop computer to bring to the meetings.

4. All voting members of the IEEE SA BOG shall be of IEEE Member, Senior Member, or Fellow grade, and shall have membership in the IEEE SA.

Please contact Dave Ringle [d.ringle@xxxxxxxx] if you have any questions. The BOG web area is located at http://standards.ieee.org/about/bog/index.html

We look forward to your participation.

Best regards,

Robert Fish, Chair

IEEE SA Board of Governors Nominations and Appointments Committee

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) - Call for Candidates - IEEE SA President Elect

If you are interested in being considered as a candidate for the position of IEEE SA President - serving as President Elect in 2024, President in 2025/2026, Past President in 2027 - please complete the BoG candidate form and be sure to let Dave Ringle [d.ringle@xxxxxxxx] know that you are interested in running for the IEEE SA President position.

From the IEEE Standards Association Operations Manual, in regards to candidates for IEEE SA President:

"All candidates, whether nominated by the IEEE SA BOG or by petition, shall be members of IEEE SA, of IEEE Senior Member or Fellow grade, shall have previously served as a voting member of the IEEE SA BOG, shall have knowledge of, and involvement in, standards development activities, shall have proven leadership in their professions, and shall have had recent experience within industry or government. “Recent” experience is defined as association, within the past three years, with industry or government as an employee, consultant, or another demonstrable relationship that provides an understanding of the standards and related consensus platform needs of industry or government."

Call for Nominations - 2023 IEEE Computer Society Leadership Positions

What will be your lasting impact on the computing profession?

Computing is integral in every aspect of our society, and more now than ever, is facing a landscape of challenges and opportunities with potential for true societal-scale impact. The IEEE Computer Society’s annual election is an opportunity to augment your impact on the profession.

The Computer Society is a global organization whose activities support technical advances that are shaping all of our daily lives. A leadership position, as a Board of Governors member, as VP, or as president, provides a platform for engagement across that large body of work. Our elected leadership works to provide strategic direction, start impactful new activities, and ensure the Society is working in important and compelling areas.

Some recent examples of strategic work led by our senior elected volunteers include:

· New student competitions, that provide teams with industry-representative challenges to tackle;

· Technical forums that bring together industry, academic, and government experts to explore important contemporary societal-scale issues in computing;

· New standards work that build consensus around emerging technical areas; and

· New funding opportunities that support diversity and inclusion as well as emerging technical work in computing.

The Computer Society interacts with hundreds of thousands of computing professionals every year, across 168 countries. We take our mission to serve the entire computing profession seriously. But we can’t do this without the commitment and perspective of our members and volunteers. Will you help us by adding your voice to the conversation?

For further details, including position descriptions and the nomination form, please visit the Call for Nominations. Completed nomination forms must be submitted to csnominations@xxxxxxxxxxxx no later than Monday, 28 March 2022, 9AM EST.

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Dr. Forrest Shull

Lead for Defense Software Acquisition Policy Research

Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

President Emeritus of the IEEE Computer Society - the world’s top member organization dedicated to computer science and technology

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