InterPore Elections

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from November 1 to November 30, 2020. We wish to inform the Society members about the details of the election procedure.

Who will be elected? A new President-Elect, five new Council members and three new members for the Student Affairs Committee will be elected.

The terms of office of the current InterPore President is due to end on the last day of the InterPore Annual Meeting – June 4, 2020. As stipulated in the InterPore Bylaws, the current President, Laura Pyrak-Nolte, will transfer responsibilities to the current President-Elect, Michel Quintard. As such, a new President-Elect needs to be elected.

In addition, the term of five Council Members will end on the same date, and five Council Members will be elected to replace the outgoing members.

Who is conducting the elections? The Election Committee, appointed by the current InterPore leadership, consists of Chair Gabriel Wittum (University of Frankfurt, Germany), Parisa Mirbod (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA) and Alexei Mailybaev Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil). Survey and Ballot Systems is offering a SBS Secure File Portal for our elections and the InterPore office will be conducting the technical implementation. InterPore, and the Election Committee in particular, is committed to ensuring a free, fair, and transparent election process.

How will you vote? All current InterPore members are eligible to vote and will receive an email from Survey Ballot Systems on November 1 which includes a personalized one-time link to our voting tool.

Who are the candidates? Detailed information on all candidates can be found on our website.