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of Pennsylvania since 1976. Al retired
New Open Access Journal
from PPl electric utilities in April 2010
after 40 years of service. his career as
The IEEE Power & Energy Society has announced the launch of our first entirely
an engineer and manager spanned every
open access journal, IEEE Power & Energy Technology Systems Journal. Open
major department in the utility business.
access articles are provided with unrestricted online access through IEEE Xplore.
From 1995 to 2001, he was a member
The authors bear the publication costs (US$1,350 per manuscript up to a maxiof the edison electric institute's transmum of eight published pages with an additional US$120 per page beyond eight
mission and substation committee and
pages). Manuscripts are submitted through ScholarOne's Manuscript Central,
served that group in roles as second and
and all articles are subject to a rigorous peer review process. IEEE Power and
first vice chair. Al has served ieee and
Energy Technology Systems Journal is a technical journal containing practicePes in many roles during his career. he
oriented articles focusing on the development, planning, design, construction,
was Pes treasurer from 2004 to 2007
maintenance, installation, and operation of equipment, structures, materials,
and Pes president in 2010-2011. his
and power systems for the safe, sustainable, economic, and reliable conversion,
other ieee roles have included Publicageneration, transmission, distribution, storage, and usage of electric energy, intion services and Products Board Products and services committee, technical
cluding its measurement and control. Due to the open access nature of the jourActivities Board (tAB) Fincom, tAB
nal, the time from submission to publication is expected to be shorter than that
nominations and Appointments, and
of other transactions. Scott Sudhoff (sudhoff@ecn.purdue.edu) is the inaugural
tAB Future Directions. he is currenteditor-in-chief.
ly chair of the tAB conflict Resolution
-Mariesa Crow, VP, Publications
committee and a member of the ieee
ethics and Member conduct and ieee
governance committees. While Al was
Pes treasurer, hurricane Katrina hit new Orleans, canceling the Pes t&D expo that year and contributing to a
us$1.5 million loss over the 2004-2005 time frame. Al
recommended additions to the Pes strategic Plan to create more revenue from periodicals, conferences, and education activities to diversify Pes's revenue stream. these
initiatives have resulted in an increase of Pes reserves
from about us$2 million to nearly us$13 million, allowing Pes to provide increasing benefits and services
for its members. he is a senior Member of the ieee.
Candidate Statement

My past ieee and Pes experiences will allow me to serve
Pes members at the highest level of ieee. i have created an extensive network of volunteer and staff contacts.
those networks, along with my diverse experiences, will
allow me to achieve results for the benefit of both ieee
and Pes. i believe that ieee must strive to increase its
focus on supporting its volunteers as well as controlling
ieee corporate costs. ieee overheads have been spiraling out of control and volunteer opinions and direction
not always been considered or embraced. these trends
come at a time when there is increased competition for
long-standing ieee products and services that could
ultimately weaken ieee and deplete membership. i will
work with volunteers and staff to reduce costs, streamline processes, and provide increased member benefits
to all Pes and ieee members around the world. i have
served Pes to the best of my ability for many years and
ask for your support so that i can use my experiences for
the benefit of ieee and Pes.
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