Voting of IUSS Presidential election 2020 until Sept. 30

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen!

Die Wahl zum Präsidenten der IUSS steht wieder an, diesmal kandidieren Edoardo Costantini aus Italien und erstmals ein Kollege aus Afrika - Victor Chude aus Nigeria. Im folgenden finden Sie alle Informationen zur Wahl, um sich ein Bild der Kandidaten machen zu können. Wir sind derzeit dabei, die Abstimmung via Internet vorzubereiten, sobald der Modus feststeht, werden wir Sie informieren.

herzliche Grüße

Andreas Baumgarten

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Dear representatives of National Societies and other IUSS Council members,

(Cc to further members of the PEC and representatives of regional soil science societies)
The nomination period for the Presidential elections 2020 closed June 1.
Having considered the received nominations, the IUSS Standing Committee for Presidential Elections (PEC) unanimously agreed to recommend that

Victor Okechukwu Chude, Nigeria and
Edoardo Antonio Costantino Costantini, Italy

should be the candidates for this year’s Presidential Election.

Both candidates are of good financial standing as members of their National Society and their National Societies are in good financial standing with the IUSS.

The IUSS Executive Committee agreed that the Council should vote on these two candidates. The candidates’ documents and videos can be accessed here: https://www.iuss.org/about-the-iuss/iuss-presidential-election/

Please note that National Members of the Council who wish to vote must be in good financial standing (membership fees 2019 paid), otherwise any vote cast by that member will not count.

We encourage national societies to consult their members and allow an internal individual voting to increase the commitment of the members of the national societies and their feeling of belonging to IUSS.

Each Council member shall send an email to iuss@umweltbundesamt.at informing the IUSS Secretariat about its favourite candidate until September 30 at the latest.

Best regards,
Sigbert Huber
Secretariat of International Union of Soil Sciences