ISMIR Board Elections 2021

[Bob Sturm]

Dear ISMIR Community,

The time has come to hold an election for membership to the ISMIR Board! Serving as a member of the ISMIR Board provides an excellent way to collaboratively steward our research community to continued success. The ISMIR Board meets once a month for one hour to discuss a variety of issues, e.g., upcoming conferences, initiatives, financial status, etc. The occupancy of each position is two years.

Candidates are sought for the following positions:

- President Elect: Assist the President in all their tasks (preparing monthly agenda, leadership, fostering and working on new initiatives, facilitating the decision-making process of the Board, representing the Society, encouraging ISMIR members to bid for upcoming conferences and dealing with their queries, answering copyright requests from authors and publishers, and being the point of contact for random ISMIR-related issues). The President Elect transitions to become the President after this two-year position.

- Secretary: Maintains the ISMIR records, the board mailing list, and ISMIR website; prepares and submits necessary legal documents annually to maintain the society as a non-profit organization.

- Treasurer: maintains the financial accounts of the Society and prepares a balance sheet for the Annual Business Meeting of the Society; works with local organizers on financial matters, such as travel grants, etc.

- Member at Large: Contributes to the evaluation and assessment of long-term projects of the society; leads new initiatives for the benefit of the ISMIR society. Cannot be a student (post-doctoral students are permitted).

- Student Member: represents the perspectives of the students of ISMIR; contributes to discussions in the board meetings and initiatives. Must be a student during the two-year position.

After all nominees are collected, brief biographies and positions statements will be posted to the community, and then a vote will be held during ISMIR 2021. New Board members will be announced at the annual business meeting during the conference.

If you are interested in any of these positions, or have any questions, please contact me or ISMIR President Meinard Müller (meinard...@audiolabs-erlangen.de). Self-nomination is permissible. If you would like to nominate someone for any of the positions below, please confirm with that individual before nominating them.

Sincerely,

-Bob.

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Bob L. T. Sturm, Associate Professor

Speech, Music and Hearing

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden

https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com

[Bob Sturm]

Dear all,

August is upon us, and so are more details on becoming a member of the ISMIR Board.

1. The deadline for nominations is 01 October, 2021. The list of candidates (along with the description and biography) will be published on 08 October, 2021 here, to the ISMIR community list. The election will be held during ISMIR 2021 (Nov 8-12, 2021).

2. Nominations should include the following information.

- Name:
- Position: [President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, Members-at-Large, or Student Member] (select one)
- Brief description of rationale/goals for position (max. 250 words):
- Brief biography (max. 250 words):

3. Send the nomination to both bo...@kth.se and meinard...@audiolabs-erlangen.de

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,

-Bob.