Call for Nominations: CPGIS President and BOD Members 26-27

[Song GAO]

Dear CPGIS Members:

CPGIS is seeking motivated individuals who are interested in serving the CPGIS community. Please self-nominate or nominate members for the following vacancies. To improve the geographic representativeness and diversity in the CPGIS leadership, we particularly encourage and welcome nominees from regions other than North America and China.

1) President (2027, 1-year term; serve as President-Elect in 2026)
2) Five Board of Directors (BOD) Members (four non-student positions and one student position, 2026 & 2027, 2-year term)

The responsibilities and eligibility of the CPGIS President’s Office and the BOD are described in the recently amended bylaws accessible online. Any CPGIS member with a valid membership can nominate, be nominated for the BOD, and vote.

• The candidates for President must be current members of CPGIS and have at least one year of experience as a member of the BOD or as a (co-) chair of one of CPGIS committees when nominated.
• The BOD candidates shall be valid CPGIS members at the time of nomination.
• The student BOD candidates shall be full-time enrolled students and valid CPGIS student members at the time of nomination.

Please send your nominations (name and within 150 words short bio including a professional headshot photo) and/or direct your inquiries to the Election Committee by November 30, 2025: Sisi Wang (siqi...@usc.edu)

On behalf of the ongoing BOD members (2025-26): Bing Zhou (bzh...@tennessee.edu), Zhipeng Gui (zhipe...@whu.edu.cn), Yiming Zhang (zhan...@uwm.edu), Sisi Wang, Qingfeng Guan (new BOD Chair), and Yu Liu (new President).

We greatly appreciate the excellent service provided by the following outgoing BOD members: Min Chen (BOD Chair), Guiming Zhang, Di Zhu, Heng Cai, Gengchen Mai, and Haokun Liu (student member).

Thank you for your support of CPGIS!

The 2025 CPGIS Election Committee

Sisi Wang (Chair), Bing Zhou, Zhipeng Gui

[Song GAO]

Dear CPGIS Members,

The nomination deadline has been extended to December 15, 2025.  Please self-nominate or nominate others to join the CPGIS BOD! 

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM Song GAO <songg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear CPGIS Members:

CPGIS is seeking motivated individuals who are interested in serving the CPGIS community. Please self-nominate or nominate members for the following vacancies. To improve the geographic representativeness and diversity in the CPGIS leadership, we particularly encourage and welcome nominees from regions other than North America and China.

1) President (2027, 1-year term; serve as President-Elect in 2026)
2) Five Board of Directors (BOD) Members (four non-student positions and one student position, 2026 & 2027, 2-year term)

The responsibilities and eligibility of the CPGIS President’s Office and the BOD are described in the recently amended bylaws accessible online. Any CPGIS member with a valid membership can nominate, be nominated for the BOD, and vote.

• The candidates for President must be current members of CPGIS and have at least one year of experience as a member of the BOD or as a (co-) chair of one of CPGIS committees when nominated.
• The BOD candidates shall be valid CPGIS members at the time of nomination.
• The student BOD candidates shall be full-time enrolled students and valid CPGIS student members at the time of nomination.

Please send your nominations (name and within 150 words short bio including a professional headshot photo) and/or direct your inquiries to the Election Committee by November 30, 2025 December 15, 2025: Sisi Wang (siqi...@usc.edu)