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56 ISE Magazine | www.iise.org/ISEmagazine the institute the institute Keeping pace with IISE December always turns IISE's attention to electing new members of the board of trustees, along with other institute leaders. This year, IISE has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to ad- minister the 2018 election. Make sure that your election email reaches your inbox by adding the following email ad- dress as an approved sender: noreply@ directvote.net. If you do not receive your election email by Dec. 12, contact support@directvote.net. IISE members are electing four posts on the 14-member IISE Board of Trustees: president-elect; senior vice president at large, academics; senior vice president, continuing education; and senior vice president, regional op- erations. Voters also will pick two peo- ple for the technical operations board and two regional vice presidents. Infor- mation about regional vice presiden- cies will appear on the ballots for each respective region: South Central and North Central. All terms are three years, and the president-elect transitions to serve as president during the second year and immediate past president during the third year. Professional IISE members will be emailed an election-specific pass- word, known as an e-signature, Dec. 11, along with instructions for casting an electronic ballot. IISE must have members' current email addresses for this process. To make sure IISE has your correct email address, go to www. iise.org, select the "Membership" tab and scroll down the dropdown menu to "My Membership." Then click on "Update your member record." The electronic ballot includes bio- graphical information for all candi- dates. Members who want to vote with a paper ballot must request that IISE mail or fax them a ballot. Contact IISE Member and Customer Support by phone at (800) 494-0460 or (770) 449- 0460; by email at cs@iise.org; by fax at (770) 441-3295; or by mail at 3577 Parkway Lane, Suite 200, Norcross, GA 30092. Web polls open Dec. 11. The dead- line for submitting votes is midnight Eastern time, Jan. 22, 2018. Voting tolls for thee Holidays mean it's time to select new leaders for IISE board, other posts If you are elected, how will you make things better for industrial engineers through your position? Nominees were asked: Answers follow on the next pages.