MUJERES ATENDIDAS EN LOS SERVICIOS INSULARES

a. TAB VP-Elect Slate. Every year, there shall be an election by all the eligible voting members of the IEEE, who are also members of at least one Society, to fill the position of Vice President-Elect of Technical Activities. The Vice President-Elect shall serve a one-year term and succeed, without further election, to the position of Vice President of Technical Activities. The Vice President-Elect shall serve as the Vice Chair of TAB.

b. TAB Approval of Candidates. All candidates for the position of Vice President- Elect, Technical Activities shall fulfill the requirements for election as a Division Director as specified in Bylaw I-201. At the last regular TAB meeting of the year, the TAB N&A Chair shall submit the slate of candidates to TAB. Nominations are not accepted from the floor.

c. Petition Candidates. A petition, signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting members of TAB, may add a name to those on the N&A slate. The petition shall be accepted in paper or electronic format. The name of each member submitting the petition shall be clearly noted. For identification purposes of

signatures, Membership number or addresses listed in the official IEEE membership records shall be included. Electronic submissions shall be sent to the Managing Director of Technical Activities, who will confirm e-mail addresses.

d. Deadline for Receiving Petition Signatures. Petition candidates shall notify the Managing Director of Technical Activities of their intentions at least 30 days prior to the scheduled TAB meeting. Petitions shall be received by the Managing Director generally no later than one week prior to the TAB meeting to allow for verification of the written or electronic signatures. TAB shall approve at least two names to appear on the IEEE ballot as “TAB approved nominees.” The final slate is approved at the last meeting of the year and forwarded to the election staff in IEEE Corporate Activities to be included on the IEEE ballot.

e. Process for Current Vice President-Elect, TA Candidates on IEEE Ballot. Candidates on the IEEE ballot that do not get elected for VP-Elect, Technical Activities who are interested in going back on the following year’s TAB N&A slate presented to TAB, must follow the petition process noted above.

f. Number of Candidates. TAB will determine the number of candidates to be selected after the slate of TAB N&A approved candidates as well as any petition candidates have been presented.

g. Candidate Statements. Each candidate may speak for up to five minutes. An advocate may speak for up to five minutes in support of the nomination of a

candidate who is unable to participate. A period of up to five minutes will be allowed in order for each candidate or advocate to answer questions. Presentations by each candidate or advocate shall be done individually with others candidates or advocates absent from the room.

Written position statements will be collected at least 4 weeks prior to the TAB meeting. All statements from candidates shall be written in standard English and must not exceed the maximum word length requirement of 200 words. To determine the number of words:

i. Precede IEEE by an article and count both as one word; ii. Count an acronym as one word;

iii. Count a discrete alphanumeric as one word – for example, 21st in 21st Century counts as one word;

iv. Titles and other properly hyphenated words shall be counted as one word. h. Voting. Once all candidates have left the room, TAB shall discuss the candidates,

limiting the discussion time to equal five minutes times the number of candidates. TAB shall vote by secret ballot. Approval voting is used, with highest vote totals being selected. However, selection requires receiving a number of votes at least equal to a majority of the number of TAB members present and voting. If the slate is not filled on the first round, a subsequent election round is held for the unfilled slots between the unselected candidates with the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes dropped (unless this would result in an uncontested election). This process is repeated until the slate is filled.

B. TAB Committee Chairs (appointed by TAB):

The following TAB Committee Chairs shall be appointed by TAB: • Chair, TAB Periodicals Committee

• Chair, TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee (appointment is joint with PSPB) • Chair, IEEE Conferences Committee

a. Nominations. Once the TAB N&A approved slate is shown, nominations for

appointed TAB Committee Chairs may come from the floor, except for the position of TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee Chair. The TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee Chair is a joint election between TAB and PSPB. Once the deadline dates arrive and TAB N&A announces its approved slates, petition candidates will be

accepted for the position of TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee Chair until the identified date.

b. Candidate Statements. Each candidate speaks for five minutes (with the other candidates out of the room). If a candidate is not present or available by telephone, an advocate will speak for five minutes in support of the nomination. Additional time is allowed for Q&A (five minutes to each candidate or advocate.

Written position statements will be collected at least 4 weeks prior to the TAB. All statements from candidates shall be written in standard English and must not exceed the maximum word length requirement of 200 words. To determine the number of words:

i. Precede IEEE by an article and count both as one word; ii. Count an acronym as one word;

iii. Count a discrete alphanumeric as one word – for example, 21st in 21st Century counts as one word;

iv. Titles and other properly hyphenated words shall be counted as one word. c. Voting. All candidates leave the room. TAB discusses candidates. Time allowed is

five minutes times the number of candidates. TAB votes by secret ballot. Approval voting is used, with highest vote total winning with a majority of the TAB members present and voting required. If no majority is achieved on first round, top two vote recipients participate in run-off; majority wins.

C. TAB Committee Members (appointed by TAB):

The following TAB Committee Members shall be appointed by TAB/Presidents’ Forum:

• Members, TAB Finance Committee

• Members-at-large, TAB Management Committee

• Members, TAB Nominations and Appointments Committee

a. Nominations. Once the TAB N&A approved slate is shown, nominations for all appointed TAB Committee Members may come from the floor.

b. Voting. All candidates leave the room. TAB discusses candidates. Time allowed is five minutes times the number of candidates. TAB votes by secret ballot. Approval voting is used, with highest vote total winning with a majority of the TAB members present and voting required. If no majority is achieved on first round, top two vote recipients participate in run-off; majority wins.

8.4 TIMELINE FOR TAB APPOINTMENTS