ICS Board Elections 2019
I am delighted to announce that the following members have been duly elected to serve on the Board of the International Compumag Society:
The Americas
- João Pedro Bastos
- Dennis Giannacopoulos
- Luiz Lebensztajn
Asia and Oceania
- Hajime Igarashi
- Sang-Yong Jung
- Gwan Soo Park
- Shiyou Yang
Europe and Africa
- Herbert De Gersem
- Kay Hameyer
- Ruth V. Sabariego
- Anouar Belahcen
- Jozsef Pavo
In view of the election results and in accordance with Article VI of the Constitution and Article III of the Bye-Laws of the International Compumag Society (see https://www.compumag.org/wp/organization/constitution/), the new Board will therefore consist of the following members:
João Pedro Bastos (Brazil), Anouar Belahcen (Finland), Oszkar Biro (Austria), Arturo Bretas (USA), Stéphane Clenet (France), Herbert De Gersem (Germany), Dennis Giannacopoulos (Canada), Kay Hameyer (Germany), Nathan Ida (USA), Hajime Igarashi (Japan), Sang-Yong Jung (Korea), Chang Seop Koh (Korea), Arnulf Kost (Germany, Past President), Luiz Lebensztajn (Brazil), David Lowther (Canada, President), Kazuhiro Muramatsu (Japan), Gwan Soo Park (Korea), Jozsef Pavo (Hungary), Zhuoxiang Ren (France), Maurizio Repetto (Italy), Ruth V. Sabariego (Belgium), Sheppard Salon (USA), Jan Sykulski (UK, Secretary/Treasurer), Katsumi Yamazaki (Japan), Shiyou Yang (China) and Jiansheng Yuan (China).
According to Articles VI/3 and VI/5 of our Constitution the term for new Board members is six years and will begin on the first day of January in the year following the election (1st January 2020 in this case); however, the existing Officers will remain in their posts until the end of the first new Board meeting, when the election of the new Officers will take place.
I would like to express my thanks all members who participated in the elections as candidates and voters and I wish the new Board every success in pursuing the aims and objectives of the International Compumag Society.