Preliminary Call for Nominations to the BCS IRSG Committee

Dear colleagues, 

This is to inform you that the British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) will have elections to fill a number of vacancies on the committee, including that of Vice Chair, Secretary and a number of ordinary committee members. Those elected will serve a two-year term from November 2021. At this point I want to make you aware of this and will send around further details as we are still observing the developments around the pandemic to decide whether we will have a hybrid or a virtual AGM where the elected members will be confirmed. The AGM will be held on Wednesday, 24 November, following Search Solutions 2021. 

The committee seeks to promote Information Retrieval throughout the world and takes decisions on a number of important matters including the location of ECIR, allocating funds for student travel support, organising other meetings and conferences including Search Solutions, running the Karen Spärck Jones Award and a number of other activities.

The committee normally meets four times per year, prior to the pandemic that was usually in London, with most members attending via videoconference.

Nominations should have the written support of a nominator and seconder, and the written confirmation of the person nominated that they wish to stand. The person standing, the nominator and seconder should all be members of the group (if you receive this message you are almost certainly eligible to stand or act as a nominator or seconder). However note candidates for Chair, Membership Secretary and Treasurer must be professional members of the BCS. Details about current committee membership and roles can be found on our brand-new Web site: https://www.bcs.org/membership/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/governance/

Nominations should include a brief biography (one paragraph), and a brief statement of why you wish to stand (one paragraph). Further details (about where and when to send this information) to follow.

Only members of the British Computer Society may vote in the election.

Feel free to contact me with any requests for further information. 

Best regards,
Udo Kruschwitz  
Chair to the BCS-IRSG Committee

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