An editorial: Do something different: Vote!

Soon after this issue of the Magazine reaches you, all members of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) will have an opportunity to vote in at least two elections: the AP-S election for AdCom members and President Elect, and the IEEE election. If this year is similar to previous years. indeed, previous decades. depending on where they live, less than 14% to 34% of AP-S members will vote. That´s sad. It also means that the vast majority of AP-S members must not really care about any of the following: ¿¿ What new conferences the Society organizes ¿¿ Where the Society´s conferences are held ¿¿ What publications the Society publishes ¿¿ Who is Editor-in-Chief of those publications ¿¿ How much money is spent supporting Chapters, and in what form ¿¿ How much money is spent supporting students ¿¿ What other benefits are offered to members Those are just a very few of the issues the Society´s elected representatives have voted on this year, and typically make decisions about each year. If you don´t vote for the people who make these decisions, then your preferences regarding these issues are not represented.