Dear IEEE Queensland Section members,

The IEEE Queensland Section was established in 1985 and currently has close to 1100 members (Worldwide, the IEEE has over 429,000 members in more than 160 countries). The Queensland Section has a proud tradition of volunteer service to the community of technology professionals.

Queensland Section is now calling for nominations for officers and members of the IEEE Queensland Section executive committee in 2018. A full list of current committee members can be downloaded from the website.

According to the IEEE MGA manual, that governs our Section, all elected offices and other positions on the executive committee will become vacant on 31^st of December each year. Therefore, Queensland section is calling for nominations for the elected offices outlined in the table at the end of this e-notice.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, a nominee must be an active in relevant section/society member of the Graduate Student Member, Member, Senior Member or Fellow grade. Volunteers who have served four consecutive years in a role immediately prior to next year or six years in their membership period are NOT eligible for further service in the same role.

IEEE Queensland section always encourage and welcome members to join the committee. However, the nominee should have reasonable experience to conduct the expected duties.

Term:

The new committee would serve for one year from 1^st of January until 31^st of December.

Duties:

The duties of the officers can be downloaded from the resources section of the website under “officer guides”

Nominations along with a ‘position statement’ should be submitted to the Chair of the Nominating Committee by email to the address given below by 16 October 2017. The details of the Chair of the nominating committee are provided in the table at the end of this e-notice.

The Nominating Committee will then prepare a list of candidates for election by Section/Society members (if necessary) in accordance with IEEE by-laws. The election results will be announced at the Section’s Annual General Meeting in Late November-Early December.

IEEE greatly values the contributions of the volunteers and we hope you will consider volunteering for a committee position next year.

-IEEE Queensland Section