FYI, Guy

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:04:16 +0200 From: gevers@csam.ucl.ac.be Subject: the candidates for IEEE President and the embargo

TO THE SIGNATORIES OF THE PETITION AGAINST THE IEEE EMBARGO

The IEEE embargo is still going on

First, let me remind you that the embargo applied by the IEEE against its members from Cuba, Iran, Libya and Sudan is still in effect, even though it no longer covers the editorial restrictions. See the "Information and News Update webpage" that I maintain: http://www.csam.ucl.ac.be/~gevers/Petition_News.html#Update. After the OFAC ruling stating that there was no legal ground for prohibiting the IEEE from editing papers from members residing in these countries, we all expected that IEEE would lift all its sanctions and cease this discrimination. Despite our pressure on the IEEE Boad of Directors, this has not happened.

The IEEE elections

All IEEE members are presently invited to vote for various elective positions, including the selection of the President-Elect for 2005. There are three candidates, James M. Tien, Michael R. Lightner, and Levent Onural. All three are presently on the IEEE Board of Directors. However, their positions on the embargo issue are clearly different. To find out about their positions, please consult the "Information and News Update webpage": http://www.csam.ucl.ac.be/~gevers/Petition_News.html#Update.

The IEEE elections are an opportunity for us, IEEE members, to impact the future of our Institute on this very important issue. Given the public statements made by the three candidates, and their responses to the specific questions about the IEEE embargo, I recommend that those of you who decide to vote for the IEEE elections cast their vote for James M. Tien as candidate President Elect 2005.

Michel Gevers Coordinator of the petition against the IEEE embargo -- ***************************************************************** * Michel GEVERS * * Center for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics (CESAME) * * Batiment Euler, Avenue G. Lemaitre, 4, * * 1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium. * * Tel (direct): +32 10 47 25 90 * * Tel (sec): +32 10 47 20 55 * * Mobile : +32 476 289540 * * Fax: +32 10 47 21 80 * * Email: gevers@csam.ucl.ac.be * * URL: http://www.auto.ucl.ac.be/~gevers/ * *****************************************************************