The November 2021 IEEE Technical Activities Board meeting presentations articulated several warning signs and promising calls to action. A new, radical proposal to change the way IEEE elevates its Members to Fellow status may finally address the inclusion and equity issues that we discuss but have yet to address. The proposal is still in its infancy and was drafted by a committee chaired by our very own Jose Moura. It recognizes and documents what many of us have known anecdotally: the success rate of Fellow nominations coming from industry, government, and regions outside North America and Europe is abysmally low, despite the quality of the nominees. It also recognizes the sourcing challenge: a small number of nominations from outside academia and North America and Europe to start with. The proposed vetting process continues to involve the different technical communities within IEEE as it should, but adds a few extra provisions in the training, selection, and oversight of the peer-review committees, which have real potential to achieve fairness. I urge you to keep an eye on this developing initiative and contribute to its success by actively participating in its refinement and finalization.

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一个存在的问题【总裁致辞】

2021 年 11 月的 IEEE 技术活动委员会会议报告阐明了几个警告信号和行动呼吁。一项改变 IEEE 将其成员提升为院士地位的方式的激进提案可能最终会解决我们讨论但尚未解决的包容性和公平问题。该提案仍处于起步阶段，由我们自己的何塞·莫拉 (Jose Moura) 担任主席的委员会起草。它承认并记录了我们许多人都知道的轶事：尽管提名者的质量很高，但来自北美和欧洲以外的行业、政府和地区的研究员提名的成功率非常低。它还认识到采购挑战：从外部学术界以及北美和欧洲开始的少量提名。拟议的审查过程继续让 IEEE 内的不同技术社区参与其中，但在同行评审委员会的培训、选择和监督方面增加了一些额外的规定，这些规定具有实现公平的真正潜力。我敦促您密切关注这一发展中的举措，并通过积极参与其完善和定稿来为其成功做出贡献。