Overview

Under the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Constitution, 15 members are elected from the membership at large to serve on our Board of Governors to manage the Society’s resources, represent the Society within IEEE and arrange for technical publications, conferences and other benefits to the members. The Governors serve for three years, where five Governor positions are to be elected each year. To help manage the activities of the Society, ITSS Governors shall actively participate in the Board of Governors (BoG) meetings, which are generally scheduled either as a teleconference or in conjunction with our flagship conferences, the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium and the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference. You can see our current Governors here.

The basic eligibility criterion is that nominees must be active members of both the IEEE and ITSS and in “good standing” (meaning they have been regularly paying their membership fees and haven’t had any ethical violations of the IEEE code of conduct).  Nominees must also hold the IEEE membership grade of “member” or higher (meaning that no student or
graduate student membership level is accepted, per IEEE rules).

Additional selection criteria that the Nominations & Appointments Committee shall consider while evaluating nominees include:

  • Criterion #1: Extent of contributions to the profession and technical accomplishments (in relation to the nominee’s years in the field).
  • Criterion #2: Extent of contributions to the ITSS and the IEEE.
  • Criterion #3: Knowledge of and engagement with the ITSS operations (its technical committees, chapters, publications, conferences, etc).
  • Criterion #4: Evidence of the candidate’s ability to act as a leader and work within a team setting.
  • Criterion #5: Vision, values, and goals to be achieved during the mandate.
  • Criterion #6: Conflict of Interests Claim in terms of an acknowledgement of any subordinate and/or collaborative relationships with current BoG members as well as with the Society’s current officers, for example, advisor/student, mentor/mentee, manager or supervisor/employee relationships at any time in the past, and joint projects and publications during the last 5 years, or anything else that the Society needs to be aware of for the sake of transparency.
The ITSS N&A Standing Committee encourages nominations of candidates in good standing that will complement the current composition of BoG with respect to the range of geographic, industry, university, technical competence,  etc. representations.
 
 
All candidates are to review and adhere to the updated IEEE electioneering policies that can be seen at: https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/election-campaign-resources.html.
 
Questions can be directed to Ljubo Vlacic, the ITSS Nominations & Appointments Committee Chair, by emailing to l.vlacic@griffith.edu.au.  Please state “ITSS BoG Nomination” in the subject line of your email.

 

In accordance with the ITSS Bylaws, Article VIII, Sections D.3 and D.4, individual voting members eligible to vote may nominate candidates either by a written petition or by majority vote at a meeting of the ITS BoG, provided such nominations are made at least 28 days before the date of election.
 
The policy and procedure for petition candidates can be found at:
 
Please email to l.vlacic@griffith.edu.au if you want to start a petition.
 
The Petition End Date is 27 August 2026, 23:59 (UTC -4).

Submit Nomination by May 15, 2026, 23:59 (UTC -4)