Dear IEEE UK and Ireland Systems Man and Cybernetics Chapter Members, 

The IEEE UK and Ireland Systems Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter is currently establishing a 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee to facilitate SMC Chapter Officer Elections. This election will be launched once the 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee has been established. 

The 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee will comprise of 3 UK and Ireland SMC Chapter members who are not current SMC Chapter Committee Members and who are not putting themselves forward for consideration for the slate of officer positions.

Serving on the 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee is quite straightforward and is not time intensive.

• A call for Nominations is issued to all voting SMC Chapter Members. Interested candidates should submit a position statement and biography highlighting relevant skills and experience within one month.
• Candidates for officer positions (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary/Treasurer) must be current IEEE and SMC Members of IEEE Graduate Student Member, Member, Senior Member, Life Member or Fellow grade.
• The 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee verify the candidates’ eligibility and willingness to serve and prepare a slate of eligible candidates for consideration by the entire UK and Ireland SMC Membership for each officer position.
• The slate is set up in the IEEE vTools Voting system, with a link to vote electronically circulated to all voting SMC Chapter Members, votes are collected from the system and outcome of the election will shared with all candidates and SMC Chapter members.

2024 SMC Chapter Election Committee Members will receive a full briefing on the Election processes to be followed once appointed. 

If you wish to serve on the 2024 SMC Chapter Elections Committee, please let us know by Wednesday 31 July. 

Please provide a context in terms of your background, professional and current/previous volunteer activities by email to h.zheng@ulster.ac.uk 

Best wishes,

Huiru (Jane) Zheng, Chair, IEEE UK and Ireland Systems Man and Cybernetics Chapter