Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2858: Announcement of Elections for Open Positions on the IDS Governing Board From: Soudarin Laurent Dear colleagues, The terms for three seats within the IDS Governing Board will expire on December 31, 2024: -the seat of Analysis Centers\' representative, occupied by Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC, USA), -the seat of Data Centers\' representative, occupied by Patrick Michael (NASA/GSFC, USA) (substitute Taylor Yates), -one seat of at-large member, presently occupied by Karine Le Bail (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden). A call for nominations will be sent very soon to invite IDS Associates to propose candidates for the three open positions for the next four-year term, January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2028. The current list of IDS Associates is listed at the following URL: https://ids-doris.org/ids/organization/associate-members.html The nominations of the IDS Associates will be collected until December 6, 2024 by the IDS Nominating Committee (ids.nc @ ids-doris.org) formed for the elections. Elections will be held in December 2024. The Governing Board meets at least annually, usually twice in conjunction with meetings of the Analysis Working Group and IDS Workshop. The principal role of the Governing Board is to set policy and to exercise broad oversight of all IDS functions and components. It also controls general activities of the Service, including restructuring, when appropriate, to maintain Service efficiency and reliability. The composition of the Governing Board can be seen at the following URL: https://ids-doris.org/ids/organization/governing-board.html Questions regarding these elections may be directed to the IDS Central Bureau at ids.central.bureau @ ids-doris.org On behalf of the IDS Nominating Committee and the IDS Central Bureau Laurent Soudarin ________________________________ Ce message et toutes les pi?ces jointes (ci-apr?s le "message") sont ?tablis ? l\'intention exclusive de ses destinataires et sont confidentiels. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur ou s\'il ne vous est pas destin?, merci de le d?truire ainsi que toute copie de votre syst?me et d\'en avertir imm?diatement l\'exp?diteur. Toute lecture non autoris?e, toute utilisation de ce message qui n\'est pas conforme ? sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite. L\'Internet ne permettant pas d\'assurer l\'int?grit? de ce message ?lectronique susceptible d\'alt?ration, l\'exp?diteur (et ses filiales) d?cline(nt) toute responsabilit? au titre de ce message dans l\'hypoth?se o? il aurait ?t? modifi? ou falsifi?. This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the intended recipient(s) and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, or are not the intended recipient(s), please delete it and any copies from your systems and immediately notify the sender. Any unauthorized view, use that does not comply with its purpose, dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited. Since the internet cannot guarantee the integrity of this message which may not be reliable, the sender (and its subsidiaries) shall not be liable for the message if modified or falsified.