Dear ESTSS Individual Members,
In accordance with the ESTSS Statutes, the ESTSS Board is renewed every two years.
As part of this process, individual members registered through an ESTSS affiliated society, together with individual members from countries without either a full ESTSS member society or an affiliated society, elect one representative to serve on the ESTSS Board.
We are now inviting nominations for the position of **Representative of the Individual Members on the ESTSS Board for the 2027–2028 term**, beginning on 1 January 2027.
Eligibility and nomination requirements
Every current ESTSS individual member may stand for election.
To be eligible, a candidate must receive support from **at least ten other ESTSS individual members**.
Candidates should send their nomination to the ESTSS Secretariat at secretariat@estss.org, including:
– a brief motivation statement;
– a brief biography;
– a recent digital photograph; and
– declarations of support from at least ten ESTSS individual members.
Each supporter may provide either a signed declaration or an individual email to the ESTSS Secretariat explicitly confirming their support for the candidate. Email confirmations should include the supporter’s full name and ESTSS membership number.
The deadline for nominations is **19 November 2026**.
Voting
If only one eligible nomination is received, no competitive ballot will be held, and the sole nominee will be presented for formal appointment at the ESTSS General Meeting.
Individual members registered through affiliated societies and individual members from countries without either a full ESTSS member society or an affiliated society are eligible to vote. If more than one eligible nomination is received, eligible individual members will be invited to vote electronically.
Voting is planned to take place from **20 to 27 November 2026** through the members-only section of the ESTSS website. Information about the candidates and instructions for voting will be circulated after the nomination deadline.
The elected representative will be formally appointed at the ESTSS General Meeting.
Questions about the nomination or voting process may be addressed to the ESTSS Secretariat at secretariat@estss.org.
We encourage eligible members to consider standing for election and contributing to the work and future direction of ESTSS.
On behalf of the ESTSS Board of Directors,
Dominic Murphy,
ESTSS President (2025-2026)
