[Air-L] Open Discussion with 2025-27 AoIR Executive Committee Candidates

[AoIR Association Coordinator]

This year the members of the Association of Internet Researchers elect a
new Executive Committee. We are very grateful to the candidates who are
standing for the various positions on the AoIR Executive. They are listed
at the bottom of this email. The sharp-eyed among you will notice we have
no candidates for the position of Treasurer. If you have a US Social
Security Number, you could be our next Treasurer and shape the ongoing
professionalization of AoIR. Please talk to Nik for more information (prez
[@] aoir.org).

AoIR holds a period before voting during which members are invited to ask
questions of the candidates. To see their statements and to ask them
questions, please log in to the AoIR membership system at members.aoir.org.

If you’re not a member, now would be a great time to join, or renew your
membership, so that you can participate in discussions with the candidates
and vote in the election. Only people who are active members on 21 April
2025, midnight, GMT-5 will be able to vote.

To log in, you need to know the email address that you used to register as
a member, and your password. Log on to https://members.aoir.org. (If you’ve
forgotten your password, you can follow the on-screen instructions to have
a new one emailed to you. If you’ve forgotten the email you used to
register, please contact AoIR's Association Coordinator at AC [@] aoir.org)

Once you’ve logged in, you’ll find the candidate statements under Members
-> Elections -> Candidate Statements, and you’ll see a link there for the
discussions as well. Each discussion includes a Reply function that enables
you to participate.

Log in and get to know the candidates, and please return to vote! Voting
will open on 22 April 2025, and close on 29 April 2025. We use an online
voting system, and will send out information about how to vote when the
voting period opens.

In addition to voting for members of the new Executive Committee, this year
we are bringing to the membership’s approval AoIR's new Political Statement
Policy and Process that will enable members to put forward statements that
they wish to see adopted by AoIR. You can read the Political Statement
Policy and Process here <https://aoir.org/politicalstatementandprocess/> (
https://aoir.org/politicalstatementandprocess/).

My sincere thanks to all the candidates for their willingness to serve, and
their desire to make AoIR even better. Many thanks in advance also to all
of our AoIR members (and soon-to-be-members!) for your participation in the
election process.

Nik John
President, AoIR

Graduate Student Representative - James Epps
Graduate Student Representative - Lynrose Jane Genon
Graduate Student Representative - Beatrys Rodrigues

Secretary - Nathalie Schäfer

Open Seat - Luke Heemsbergen
Open Seat - Anna Jobin
Open Seat - Elisabetta Locatelli
Open Seat - Admire Mare
Open Seat - Noel Packard
Open Seat - Rebecca Scharlach
Open Seat - Meg Jing Zeng

Vice President - Robert W. Gehl
Vice President - Andra Siibak