Abstract :
We are happy to report that the Voting Members of our two Institutes have ratified the Agreement of Merger (as published in Part II of the April 1962 issue of the PROCEEDINGS of the IRE and in Section II of the April 1962 issue of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) by vote of 29,464 aye, 4,383 no in AIEE, and 36,221 aye, 5,489 no in IRE. This agreement provides, in paragraph 3, that the IRE and AIEE Boards of Directors shall nominate a slate of 25 Directors for the continuing organization (to be named IEEE), one of whom is to be designated President and one designated a Vice-President, and that the Voting Members of AIEE and IRE shall vote to accept or reject the slate as a whole. The enclosed ballot contains this slate. If you are a Voting Member of both IRE and AIEE, you will receive two ballots and are entitled to vote both. Please mark the ballot for or against the slate as a whole, insert it in the plain envelope, seal the plain envelope and insert it in the mailing envelope enclosed, and write your signature in the place indicated on the mailing envelope.
