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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear VGTC Community,<br class="">
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The election for the next chair of the VGTC will begin on Nov 15th and end on Dec 15. Those who are eligible to vote should be receiving ballots from the IEEE soon.<br class="">
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As promised, the candidates have responded to a series of community questions. Unfortunately, due to scheduling challenges, they were only able to respond in writing. Nevertheless, you’ll find those responses below.<br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">• Victoria Interrante<br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Bio and statement at <a href="https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6" class="">https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6</a> <br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Response to community Q&A at <a href="https://bit.ly/30uobQu" class="">https://bit.ly/30uobQu</a> <br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">• Bongshin Lee<br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Bio and statement at <a href="https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2" class="">https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2</a> <br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Response to community Q&A at <a href="https://bit.ly/30lTgWe" class="">https://bit.ly/30lTgWe</a> <br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Again, if you have questions about the election, please feel free to reach out to Jim or me.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Paul, VGTC Secretary (on behalf of the VGTC)<br class="">
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Paul Rosen, Ph.D.<br class="">
Associate Professor<br class="">
Computer Science and Engineering<br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">University of South Florida<br class="">
<a href="mailto:prosen@usf.edu" class="">prosen@usf.edu</a><br class="">
http://www.cspaul.com</span></div>
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<div class="">On Oct 22, 2021, at 12:38 PM, Paul Rosen via ieee_vis <<a href="mailto:ieee_vis@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de" class="">ieee_vis@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear IEEE VGTC Community,</span><br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Jim Ahrens will soon be completing his tenure as the Chair of the IEEE VGTC. As per our charter, his replacement is voted upon by the VGTC community (*see details below) in an election that will begin on
<b class="">Nov 15th</b>. The candidates running to replace him are </span><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Victoria Interrante</b><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> <</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>
and </span><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Bongshin Lee</b><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> <</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>. In addition
to the candidate statements, we will be recording a town hall, which will be posted on the VGTC website. You may supply questions for the candidates at <</span><a href="https://app.sli.do/event/z3hvpxdf" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">https://app.sli.do/event/z3hvpxdf</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>.</span><br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Below, you will find information about the VGTC and the election, including checking your eligibility, becoming eligible, and how to vote. This information can also be found on the VGTC website at <</span><a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>.</span>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">If you have questions about the election, please feel free to reach out to Jim or me.<br class="">
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Paul, VGTC Secretary (on behalf of the VGTC)</span></div>
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Paul Rosen, Ph.D.<br class="">
Associate Professor<br class="">
Computer Science and Engineering<br class="">
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">University of South Florida<br class="">
<a href="mailto:prosen@usf.edu" class="">prosen@usf.edu</a><br class="">
<a href="http://www.cspaul.com" class="">http://www.cspaul.com</a></span></div>
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VGTC Chair Election 2021</h1>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The Visualization and Computer Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) is electing a new chair and you are invited to cast your vote. The election period
will begin on <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;" class="">November 15, 2021</span></span> and will remain open for 30 days until <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;" class="">December
15, 2021</span></span>. As outlined in the <a href="https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/tc-media/sites/49/2019/10/28214527/vgtc-charter_2015-Jul-31.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">VGTC Charter</a>,
the new Chair’s term is for two (2) years, nominally beginning July 1.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">This webpage contains information about the candidates, instructions for becoming eligible to vote (and checking eligibility), and the role of the
VGTC and the VGTC Chair.</span></p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">As per the <a href="https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/tc-media/sites/49/2019/10/28214527/vgtc-charter_2015-Jul-31.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">VGTC
charter</a>,</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> the Directors and current VGTC Chair nominated two candidates. The Directors solicited names and encouraged people to apply, sometimes by directly approaching potential candidates at workshops.
The Directors then went through the list of candidates, prioritized it, and had one-on-one conversations with the top candidates to answer questions and encourage them to run for the election. </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The candidates nominated by the VGTC Directors are:</span></p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Victoria Interrante</span>: bio and statement at <a href="https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/2Z9Jbe6</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Bongshin Lee</span>: bio and statement at <a href="https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/3aTLgh2</a></span></li></ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">To help answer community questions, we will record a town hall with both candidates in early November that will be posted on the VGTC website (<a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/</a>).</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;" class="">To post a question for the town hall, visit: <a href="https://app.sli.do/event/z3hvpxdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://app.sli.do/event/z3hvpxdf</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">WHAT IS THE VGTC?</span></h2>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The VGTC is the Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee, the governance body that oversees and sponsors all IEEE visualization and virtual
reality conferences including VIS, VR, ISMAR, Pacific Vis, LDAV, BioVis, and EuroVis (as a co-sponsor). The VGTC is the main interface for these research communities with the IEEE Computer Society, and also maintains close ties with the publications TVCG (Transactions
on Visualization and Computer Graphics) and CG&A (Computer Graphics and Applications). </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The VGTC fulfills many important roles including: approval and oversight of conferences, symposia, and workshops; oversight of publications through
interactions with the IEEE CS Publications Board; getting involved in policy and budget decisions at the IEEE CS-level that affect the research community; and awarding the <a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/award-criteria/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">IEEE
VGTC Awards</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE VGTC CHAIR?</span></h4>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The VGTC Chair directs the VGTC and oversees the VGTC budget while also advocating to the upper levels of IEEE on policy decisions. </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">The VGTC Chair is the only elected position within VGTC that is determined directly by the membership.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> The
Chair has the authority to directly appoint many positions including most of the voting members of the VGTC Executive Committee, VIS Executive Committee, and the VIS, VR, and ISMAR steering committees. After the Chair term ends, the Chair joins other previous
Chairs on the VGTC Executive Committee as a VGTC Director. </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">A more detailed description of the role and function of technical committees can be found at the IEEE CS website (</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2pflrAk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/2pflrAk</a>).</p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">To vote you must be a member of both the IEEE Computer Society and the VGTC. To receive a voting ballot you must be opted-in to receiving communications
from IEEE. The details below cover the steps to ensure that you meet both these criteria. Specifically:</span></p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/#eligibility" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">how to check your
voter eligibility</a>;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/#register" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">how to become eligible
to vote (if not already)</a>;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/#ballot" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">how to opt into IEEE
communications to receive your ballot</a>; and</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/election/#ballot" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">how to cast your vote</a>.</span></li></ol>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">To check if you are eligible to vote log into your IEEE account. On your “My Account” page click the link in the left settings-navigation bar that
says “Membership and Subscription History”. To be eligible to vote you must have an active IEEE Computer Society membership and an active VGTC membership listed here.</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""><a name="register" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201);" class=""></a>BECOME ELIGIBLE TO VOTE (IF NOT ALREADY)</span></h4>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Go to IEEE and create a new account, or log into an existing account (this account does <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">not</em> need
to be a paid membership): </span></p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://www.ieee.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://www.ieee.org</a></li></ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">While you are logged in, join IEEE Computer Society and the VGTC:</span></p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">IEEE Computer Society Membership: <a href="https://bit.ly/2qlT4yc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/2qlT4yc</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">VGTC Membership: <a href="https://bit.ly/2xq9xXY" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/2xq9xXY</a></li></ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Membership in the IEEE Computer Society <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;" class="">requires
a membership fee</span></em>, while VGTC membership is free. </span>The IEEE has provided us discounts for your IEEE Computer Society membership.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Professionals: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Save US$20 </span>on your IEEE Computer
Society membership with <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">promo code </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">CSTCVG21</span> *. <a href="https://www.ieee.org/membership/join/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">Click
here</a> to join the IEEE Computer Society today.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Students: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Save 50% </span>*<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""> on
your student membership. </span><a href="https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/insider-membership-news/2022-50-off-student-membership" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">Click here</a> and follow
the instructions to save either 50% of both your IEEE & IEEE Computer Society membership dues or to save 50% on your Computer Society membership if you are an active IEEE member.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">* These membership offers (professional and student) cannot be combined with any other IEEE Computer Society membership offer or discount. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">To
be eligible to vote you must join the IEEE Computer Society by Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 11:59 pm ET.</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class=""><a name="ballot" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201);" class=""></a>OPT INTO IEEE COMMUNICATIONS TO RECEIVE BALLOT</span></h4>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">To receive a voting ballot you must be opted into receiving communications from IEEE. Log into your IEEE account. On your “My Account” page click
the link in the left settings-navigation bar that says “Communication Preferences”. Click Yes for both “IEEE Survey requests” and “Local IEEE communications” (the top two radio buttons). </span></p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In November instructions for casting your ballot will be sent to all eligible voters with opt-in communication preferences. To cast your vote, you
will need your IEEE CS member number. To obtain a misplaced number, please visit: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2pchkET" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 201); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://bit.ly/2pchkET</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">.</span></p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Q: Why must I pay to vote?</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">A: The VGTC Chair serves an important financial oversight role. As such, the IEEE requires their position to be voted upon by paying members. All other positions on the executive committee are
solicited from the community and have no such requirement.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Q: Why does the VGTC Chair even matter to me?</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">A: The VGTC Chair serves an important role as a liaison between the IEEE and VGTC conferences. Much of this is thankless administrative work, which, if done well, remains largely invisible to
the community. More importantly, the VGTC Chair is able to advocate for our needs with the IEEE and implement policies that cut across multiple conferences.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Q: I didn’t receive my ballot. What do I do?</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">A: Before, Nov 15th, please wait for the election to begin. After Nov 15th, please contact the VGTC secretary.</p>
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