RE: SVWG: Call for vote on election of officers

Hi All,

Personally, I don't feel we are in an elections campaign where
candidates must justify why they were nominated. I would think it makes
more sense that if someone nominated a person, then it is up to him/her
(totally optional) to explain why.

Therefore, speaking for myself, I have no intent to explain why I was
nominated for a chair position. Those who chose to nominate me can
explain it if they wish.

Now, I want to take my appointed chair hat off, to "justify" the
following nominations:

- Dennis for Secretary: very knowledgeable of IEEE bylaws; extremely
dependable; very active member taking action items upon himself; has
been doing outstanding job in capturing the meeting minutes and
facilitating logistics. I think he's an ideal work group secretary for
any chair to wish to work with. The fact that no group member has
nominated anyone else for a secretary position speaks for itself.

- Shrenik for vice chair: He's a known authority in his field and impact
on design & verification methodologies; He's been a very active
Accellera vice chair; he represents a large user community; I was
impressed of his vision and approach of resolving issues of divergence
and he is unbiased.

- Oz and Victor (my justification here applies to both): very active
members; always willing to drive and take actions upon themselves - as
demonstrated during their negotiation of the IEEE funded services; very
experienced with standards committees; they both have a cloud of
influence in the EDA.

Overall, I think this work group is "blessed" for having these talents
as nominees. Most important, I believe all of the above people have
sincere intents to "do the right thing right"

--- Johny.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ieee1800@eda.org [mailto:owner-ieee1800@eda.org] On Behalf
Of Peter Ashenden
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:54 AM
To: 'Clifford E. Cummings'
Cc: ieee1800@eda.org
Subject: 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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> -----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
>