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SSCS AdCom Nominating Process Begins in March

Every March, the IEEE Solid-State
Circuits Society (SSCS) Nominations
Committee begins to identify candidates for the Society Administrative
Committee (AdCom). Although the
election does not occur until the fall,
a slate of at least eight candidates,
required by the Society bylaws to
give members a choice for five slots,
is announced during the summer to
allow a month's time for members to
add others to the ballot by petition.
Members interested in running
themselves or nominating others
should send recommendations to the
chair of the Nominating Committee,
Rakesh Kumar, rakesh@tcxinc.com, by
28 February 2015. Undergraduate student members are not eligible to vote.

Nominees by Petition
Those interested in the petition process must use it no later than 20 July
by contacting the SSCS Executive
Director at sscs@ieee.org immediately

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after the Nominating Committee slate
has been announced on the Society
Web site (sscs.ieee.org).
Once eligibility of the petition
candidate is verified, any Society
voting member who wishes to sign
the petition may do so electronically
through online software under the
administration of the IEEE Corporate
Office. The number of signatures
required for a petition candidate is
2% of SSCS voting members at the
time the petition process begins,
which is expected to be approximately 100 signatures. Once a member is posted on the site, he or she
will be able to receive endorsement
signatures until a predetermined
date in late August or early September when the election begins.
■ T
he AdCom term of office is three
years (1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018).
■ A
dCom members may be reelected to
a second consecutive term.
■ A
dCom members who miss two consecutive meetings shall be dropped
from AdCom in the absence of extenuating circumstances.

AdCom Scope
Elected AdCom members are expected
to attend the two administrative meetings each year. Some committee work
is carried on by e-mail throughout
the year.
The AdCom oversees the operations of Chapters, Distinguished
Lecturers, awards, tutorials, publications, and conferences, including
the International Solid-State Circuits
Conference, the Custom Integrated
Circuits Conference, the VLSI Circuits
Symposium, and the Asia Solid-State
Circuits Conference, as well as IEEE
Journal of Solid-State Circuits and
IEEE Solid-States Circuits Magazine.
In addition, the Society cosponsors or technically cosponsors a number of other journals and conferences
such as the European Solid-State
Circuits Conference, IEEE Design &
Test Magazine, and IEEE RFIC Virtual
Journal. The AdCom has responsibility for overseeing these and other
potential technical activities within
the Society's field of interest.
-Rakesh Kumar
SSCS Nominations Committee Chair

Magazine Editor-in-Chief Acknowledged Upon Retirement

During a Magazine Advisory Board
meeting in September, IEEE Solid-State
Circuits Society Magazine Editor-inChief Mary Y. Lanzerotti received a

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crystal plaque from SSCS President Bill
Bidermann and immediate Past President Rakesh Kumar to thank her for
her leadership of the magazine and its
predecessor, the Society newsletter,
from 2007 through 2014. As founding
editor, Dr. Lanzerotti established the
commemorative, informal, and personal

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