Dear members of the IEEE Lebanon Section,

As part of its preparations for the elections at the Section, chapter and affinity group levels, the Nominating Committee consisting of Mr. Ghassan Shaban, Prof. Imad Elhajj and Prof. Hadi Sawaya invites all members who wish to participate in the elections as nominees or voters to read the below text carefully and advise the Committee of their nominations or any other election-related concerns.

The Committee announces the opening date of nominations to be July 27, 2020, and the closing date and time of nominations to be September 05, 2020 at 11:55 pm, in accordance with the IEEE bylaws.

Furthermore, and in accordance with the official registration of the Section with the Lebanese Government, the positions to be elected by the IEEE Lebanon Section members are the following:

Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Accountant
Representative to the Government

The date set for the elections is Saturday December 5, 2020. Therefore, and in accordance with the Lebanese law, all members who wish to cast a vote during elections should have paid the Lebanese registration fees (10,000 Lebanese Pounds) three months before the date of the elections. Thus, the final date for receiving the fee of 10,000 LL is Saturday September 5, 2020. To pay the registration fees, please contact the Treasurer of the Section Dr. Youmni Ziadeh Y.ziade@bau.edu.lb. Please note also that Section members should have paid their dues to the IEEE for the year 2020 to be able to vote.

There will also be elections for six additional officers of the Section and officers of the Society Chapters and Affinity Groups. We are considering the options of either having these elections on the same day (Saturday December 5, 2020), or online using the IEEE vtools. The six positions for the Section and the positions for the various Society Chapters and Affinity Groups are as follows:

IEEE Lebanon Section
Membership Development Officer
Student Activities Officer
Industry Relations Officer
Awards Coordinator
Professional Activities Coordinator
Students Representative (a student elected by Lebanon section student members)

IEEE Communications Society
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Student Activities Coordinator
Awards Coordinator
Membership Development Officer
Industry Relations Coordinator

IEEE Lebanon Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Lebanon Joint Chapter AP03/MTT17/MAG33 (Antennas and Propagation Society/Microwave Theory and Techniques Society/Magnetics Society)
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Lebanon Computer Society
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Lebanon Chapter, RA24/IM09/CS23 (Robotics and Automation, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Control Systems
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Lebanon Joint Chapter IE13/PE31/CAS04/PEL35 (Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics & Energy, Circuits and Systems, Power Electronics)
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Media Coordinator
Industry Representative
Membership Development
Marketing Officer

IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

IEEE Life Members Affinity Group
Chair
Vice-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

Election results for all positions, including the six key officers of the Section, will be announced on December 05, 2020.

We wish everyone the best of luck. Please send your nominations, starting July 27, 2020 to the emails of the Nominating Committee members:

Mr. Ghassan Shaban email: ghassan.shaban@dar.com
Prof. Imad Elhajj email: ie05@aub.edu.lb
Prof. Hadi Sawaya email: hadi.sawaya@usj.edu.lb

Thank you