RE: SVWG: Call for vote on election of officers

Cliff, Eugene and all,

There is no requirement nor prohibition on candidates making position
statements in the officer election. If candidates wish to do so, I leave it
to their discretion.

Regards,

Peter Ashenden
Returning Officer

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Dr. Peter J. Ashenden                        peter@ashenden.com.au
Ashenden Designs Pty. Ltd.                   www.ashenden.com.au
PO Box 640                                   Ph:  +61 8 8339 7532
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Australia                                    Mobile: +61 414 70 9106
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clifford E. Cummings [mailto:cliffc@sunburst-design.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2004 07:14
> To: Peter Ashenden
> Cc: ieee1800@eda.org
> Subject: Re: SVWG: Call for vote on election of officers
> 
> 
> Hi, Peter -
> 
> Would it be reasonable to ask all candidates, including those 
> that are 
> apparently running unopposed, to send an email to the group with 1-2 
> paragraphs:
> 
> (1) Why they running and what they expect to do if they are 
> elected to 
> their respective office?
> 
> (2) (optional) why they believe they are qualified for the position?
> 
> It would be most useful for the Vice-Chair position, but I 
> would not mind 
> seeing the same information from the Chair and Secretary candidates.
> 
> Short, sweet and to the point is best. A long response and I 
> start writing 
> in other candidates!   ;-)
> 
> Regards - Cliff
> 
> At 05:56 PM 10/22/2004, Peter Ashenden wrote:
> >Dear colleages,
> >
> >This is a call for vote on election of officers for the 
> SystemVerilog 
> >Working Group.  Would each member DR (or at most one DRA) 
> please vote 
> >for election of Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary from the following 
> >nominees:
> >
> >Chair:
> >
> >         ____  Johny Srouji (DR for Intel)
> >
> >         ____  (Write-in candidate)
> >
> >
> >Vice-Chair:
> >
> >         ____  Shrenik Mehta (DR for Sun Microsystems)
> >
> >         ____  Oz Levia (DR for Synopsys)
> >
> >         ____  Victor Berman (DR for Cadence)
> >
> >         ____  (Write-in candidate)
> >
> >
> >Secretary:
> >
> >         ____  Dennis Brophy (DR for Mentor Graphics)
> >
> >         ____  (Write-in candidate)
> >
> >Voting is by approval.  You should vote for zero or more 
> candidates for 
> >each position by putting an "X" next to the candidates' names.  The 
> >candidate with the most votes for a given position wins that 
> position.
> >
> >If you wish to write in a candidate's name, please insert the name 
> >where indicated.  Write-in candidates must be eligible for 
> nomination.  
> >(See the eligibility criteria in the call for nominations.)
> >
> >Please forward your votes to me by email 
> (mailto:peter@ashenden.com.au) 
> >by 5pm US-PST, Friday 5 November 2004.  If you have any questions on 
> >the voting procedure, please let me know.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Peter Ashenden
> >Returning Officer
> >
> >--
> >Dr. Peter J. Ashenden                        peter@ashenden.com.au
> >Ashenden Designs Pty. Ltd.                   www.ashenden.com.au
> >PO Box 640                                   Ph:  +61 8 8339 7532
> >Stirling, SA 5152                            Fax: +61 8 8339 2616
> >Australia                                    Mobile: +61 414 70 9106
> 
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