November 2023 IGFSA Executive Committee Elections

The IGFSA will be holding elections for the IGFSA Executive Committee. Four Executive Committee members are up for renewal (Joyce Chen, Wisdom Donkor, Nigel Hickson and Christopher Mondini). Should you be interested in standing for election, please submit your Statement of Interest (SOI) by 7 November, 2023, 23:59:59 UTC. Election format and procedures can be found here.

Candidates

Candidacy for Positions

In order to be eligible for nominations and for voting, members need to pay their membership dues. Some time is needed to check the validity of the SOIs and the votes, and this has been built into the deadlines* as follows:

• Payment of membership dues in order to be eligible as a candidate: 7 November, 2023 (23:59:59 UTC)
  
• Submission of Statement of Interest (SOI) to stand as a candidate: 7 November, 2023 (23:59:59 UTC) (submit your Statement of Interest (SOI) here)
  
• Payment for *membership dues in order to be qualified for voting: 7 November, 2023 (23:59:59 UTC)
  
• Ballots will be sent: 13 November, 2023 (00:00:00 UTC)
• Deadline for Casting your ballot: 17 November, 2023 (23:59:59 UTC)

*Deadlines may be subject to change, announcements will be made as necessary.

Membership Dues

We have streamlined online membership dues payment as unlike in previous years, we are unable to accept cash payments. Only members in good standing – that is members who have paid their membership dues, have voting rights and are eligible for the open positions on the Executive Committee. Members need to click the “Pay Membership Dues” button on the home page. On the “Membership Dues” page, members need to select their dues payment amount, input their full name, email address, (company name if corporate), and credit card/method of payment details. A tutorial on how to make payments is available here.

Please refer to the directions sent out via the members mailing list.