Dear colleagues and friends, Our colleague Luigi Fratta needs our help to run as a IEEE ComSoc VP for Technical and Educational Activities. Luigi in his career has opened new research directions and promoted excellence in the area of networking. He has also served the scientific community with organisational roles where he has shown big dedication and excellent skills. I therefore would like to ask for your support to sign his petition. To run petition candidates must reach 600 signatures by the end of January so your support is crucial. He is very close to the target but needs our final push: if you are IEEE ComSoc member (including student members) GO TO THE PETITION: http://vision.ieee.org/pls/htmldb/f?p=194:1 and proceed with the following steps: 1. Click Sign in to IEEE Petition Signature. 2. Click Society Election Petitions and follow the instruction to complete the petition. Thanks a lot in advance for your help. Best Regards Antonio Capone — Antonio Capone, PhD Professor, Politecnico di Milano, DEIB, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy Email: antonio.capone@polimi.it, Tel: +39 02 2399 3449, Web: http://home.dei.polimi.it/capone, http://antlab.elet.polimi.it -- Dear Colleagues, As you may know, I am the current IEEE ComSoc VP-Technical and Educational Activities and will complete my first term by the end of 2017. Based on ComSoc policies and procedures, I am eligible to run and serve for a second term. To do so, I need to be placed on ComSoc ballot of the upcoming 2017 ComSoc election. By running as a petition candidate, I hope to have the opportunity to serve our society and to complete the vision and goals that I laid out in the first term. The experience and success that I earned during my first term are essential to my continued service to ComSoc. To be placed on the ballot for the upcoming 2017 ComSoc election, I need to have around 600 signatures by the end of January 2017. I know that this is possible only with the support and confidence from colleagues like you. Please sign my petition and ask your colleagues to do so as well. You can sign the petition by going to the following petition website: http://vision.ieee.org/pls/htmldb/f?p=194:1 and proceed with the following steps: 1. Click Sign in to IEEE Petition Signature. 2. Click Society Election Petitions and follow the instruction to complete the petition. Note that all full IEEE Communications Society members (including Graduate Student members) can sign the petition. Information about me and my petition statement can be found at http://home.deib.polimi.it/fratta Thank you very much for your support to enter me in the ballot Best regards, Luigi -- Prof. Luigi Fratta Life Fellow IEEE IEEE ComSoc Vice President for Technical and Educational Activities (2016-2017) Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 MILANO Tel.+39-02-2399-3578; Fax.+39-02-2399-3413 email: fratta@elet.polimi.it