Dear IEEE Indonesia Section members,

Following the election event at the end of last year, the Advisory Board and Members' Meeting decided that an early Section Chair Election for the Chair Elect 2025 should be organized. We aim to have a new Section Chair Elect in place by June 2024. The Section Chair Elect will participate in the Executive Committee's 2024 activities to ensure a smooth transition for 2025. This decision aligns with the IEEE bylaws, which require the newly elected Executive Committee to serve for the full one-year period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.

On this occasion, following the pool candidacy meeting convened by the Advisory Board on March 12, 2024, and the subsequent final shortlist candidacy meeting on March 16, 2024, the board has decided to propose candidates for the IEEE Indonesia Section Chair 2024. The candidates proposed by the Advisory Board, listed in alphabetical order, are:

• Dr. Agnes Irwanti (Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI))
• Dr. Agnes Irwanti is a Supervisory Board Member of TVRI, she has been actively involved in IEEE since 2008, embarking on her journey as the Women in Engineering (WIE) Coordinator for the IEEE Indonesia Section (IEEE IS). Over the years, her dedication to IEEE has grown stronger, leading her to become an integral part of the executive committee for the IEEE Indonesia Section, where she currently serves as the Vice Chair for the term of 2023-2024. Her close links to the industry and the Government allow her to successfully serve in the Industry and Government Relations of IEEE IS since 2019, but she has also worked closely with researchers and academia through her previous participation in the IEEE IS Communications Chapter activities and her recent contribution to the Climate Change initiatives in IEEE IS and IEEE Region 10. Beyond her contributions in the Indonesia Section, Dr. Irwanti serves across Region 10 in various roles: Chair of the R10 WIE Committee for the year 2024; Chair of the R10 SYWL (Student/Young Professionals/Women in Engineering) WIE Session in 2024; Committee Member of the IEEE R10 Industrial Relations Committee from 2022 to 2024; Special Advisor to the ASEAN Industrial Roundtable on Climate Change within IEEE R10 in 2023; Jury member for the IEEE YESIST12 Preliminary Round  2022; General Chair for the R10 IEEE Leadership Summit in 2020; Member of the IEEE R10 Women in Engineering committee from 2019 to 2020; Treasurer for R10 SYWL in 2018; WPMC 2017 Organizing & Local Arrangement in 2017; Treasurer for TENSYM in 2016; TALE 2013 Local Arrangement in 2013. Dr. Agnes Irwanti was honored as one of the Most Inspiring Engineer Award by R10 WIE in 2011.

• Dr. Kurnianingsih (Politeknik Negeri Semarang)
• Dr. Kurnianingsih is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Head of the Center for Research and Community Services at Politeknik Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. She received a Bachelor of Engineering (S.T.) in informatics engineering from the Telkom University; an Engineer (Ir.) degree from Institut Teknologi Bandung; a Master of Engineering (M.T.) in electrical engineering from the Universitas Sumatera Utara; and a Doctor in Electrical Engineering from the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. As a dedicated Senior Member of IEEE, Kurnianingsih has undertaken significant leadership roles within the organization. She is currently serving as the Treasurer for IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific Region) for the 2023-2024 term and has held the position of Chair of the Information Management Committee from 2018 to 2022. Additionally, she has been the Secretary of the IEEE SMC Society Indonesia Chapter since 2019 and was appointed as the Financial Co-Chair of the IEEE Region 10 SYWL Congress in Tokyo for 2024. Her past roles include serving as Vice-Chair of the IEEE Indonesia Section (2019–2020), Founder and Chair of the IEEE Indonesia Young Professionals (2016–2019), and General Co-Chair of the IEEE Region 10 SYWL Congress in Jeju in 2022 and in Bali in 2018. Kurnianingsih's contributions to her field have been recognized with numerous awards, including the IEEE MGA Achievement Award USA in 2020, the IEEE Outstanding Volunteer of Valued Service and Contribution to Young Professional Activities in Indonesia in 2019, the Outstanding Lecturer in Science and Technology at Politeknik Negeri Semarang in 2019, and the IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Young Professionals Award in Academics in 2018. Additionally, she has been contributing her expertise as a Visiting Professor at the Research Center for Community Centric Systems at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, since 2020 to the present, and has been a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology (Wiley, USA) since 2021.

We anticipate that the elected Chair will foster active relationships with educational, government, media, and industrial institutions. The Advisory Board has also verified that the candidate is willing to:

• Comply with applicable laws and regulations in Indonesia.
• Adhere to the IEEE bylaws.
• Avoid involvement in any activities contrary to IEEE's objectives.
• Dedicate time to the IEEE Indonesia Section.

Additionally, the Advisory Board invites all IEEE members with voting rights, as volunteers of the IEEE Indonesia Section, to submit petitioned nominations for Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer (as a package) to the Indonesia Section Electioneering Committee via email at AdvisoryBoard@ieee.id. Submissions must be made within 28 days of this announcement and supported by at least 10 eligible voting members (excluding Student Members). Ideally, nominees for Section Chair should have served on the IEEE Indonesia Section's past Executive Committee or as Chapter Chair.

The Section Chair candidate may choose their Executive Committee members for Secretary and Treasurer positions, including the option of a Section Vice Chair, subject to endorsement by the Indonesia Section Electioneering Committee.

All active members of the IEEE Indonesia Section as of April 22, 2024, have voting rights (excluding student members). Members are encouraged to participate in the voting process thereafter.

Election Process:

• Final date for member-submitted candidate proposals by petition: April 30, 2024
• Distribution of final candidate names to members via email: no later than May 7, 2024
• Online election through IEEE vTools: begins no later than May 9, 2024, and concludes on June 10, 2024
• Announcement of the elected Chair: no later than June 12, 2024

The IEEE Indonesia Section Electioneering Committee Team consists of:

• Dr.-Ing. Wahyudi Hasbi, Chair
• Dr. Muhammad Ary Murti, Member
• Arnold Ph Djiwatampu, Member
• Wahidin Wahab, Member
• Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Member

Jakarta, 31 March 2024
IEEE Indonesia Section Electioneering Committee