The 2025 IISL Board Elections season has opened and nominations are currently being received.

The IISL Election Committee invites all IISL members in good standing to take part in the 2025 IISL Board Elections.

Positions available:

  • President (1 position)
  • Directors (4 positions)

The directors with expiring terms are Scarlet O’Donnell, Martha Mejia-Kaiser, Peter Martinez, and Helen Tung.

Procedure and nomination period

A candidate is to be nominated by an IISL Member in good standing and supported by five IISL Members in good standing, and must confirm agreement with being nominated. For further details please refer to the full terms of the IISL Statutes and By-Laws, available at https://iisl.space/index.php/statutes-and-bylaws/.

For a candidate to submit an application, 2 kinds of online forms have to be filled in and submitted for the candidacy to be considered by the IISL Elections Committee:

  • The candidate for the IISL Board position is to submit an online Nominee Form (“IISL 2025 Elections Form – Nominee”) 
  • The nominator for the candidate (nominee) is to submit an online Nomination Form (“IISL 2025 Elections Form – Nominator”) 

We kindly remind you that only complete nominations including all submitted forms per nomination can be considered. 

Nominations received after May 15, 2025 (23:59 h CEST, Paris time) cannot be considered.

Links to online nomination forms

For the Nominee: here

For the Nominator: here

Please note that there is no save and edit later function, therefore you have to allocate enough time for filling it out. We would recommend you to have the text ready in word and copy paste it to the online form. 

Prior to filling in the forms, you should make sure to get confirmations from the nominator and five supporters.

Members can nominate and/or support more than one candidate. 

Please also note that while not formally prohibited to nominate / support, the Committee suggests that for ethical reasons, members who stand for election should abstain from nominating / supporting other candidates. 

Voting period and voting procedure

In accordance with the IISL Statutes and By-Laws the Election Committee is authorized to draw up the list of qualifying candidates, supervise the election process, and count the votes. Voting shall take place between June 15 and July 15, 2025. Please note that there is only one vote per institutional member, and the IISL Election Committee must be notified as soon as possible (and definitely prior to voting) as to who is the designated Point of Contact (POC). Notification can be done by email to elections@iisl.space.