Dear CCP5 Members,
Nominations are open for the CCP5 co-chair election
We are pleased to announce that the nominations for the CCP5 co-chair are now open. Candidates should send an email containing the names of two nominators and a short description of their vision of the future of CCP5 to alin.elena@stfc.ac.uk and copied to their nominators by October 21st 2025.
Background:
After consulting the CCP5 membership at the Liverpool AGM, we have decided to create the position of co-Chair to ensure continuity in the leadership of the consortium. The successful candidate will serve as co-Chair for three years and then become Chair for a further three years (therefore serving for six years in all). The election of the co-Chair will be held during October 2025. The new co-Chair will be announced in November 2025. The current Chair (Paola Carbone) will step down in April 2026 and the co-Chair will become Chair, serving until 2031. The next co-Chair election will take place in 2028.
Timeline
September 22nd 2025: Call for nominations
October 22nd 2025: Nominations close and voting for candidates can begin
November 14th: election closes
November 18th 2025: co-Chair announced
April 18th 2026: current Chair steps down, co-Chair becomes Chair
Eligibility criteria for nominators, candidates and voters
A candidate, and those nominating them, must be members of CCP5 at the time of nomination and hold a permanent position at a UK-based University. A members of the executive committee may not be a candidate for co-Chair (unless they resign from the committee first). A member of the executive committee may however, act as a nominator. Any CCP5 member who is affiliated to a UK-based University, company or research centre is eligible to vote at the election.
Duties of the Chair and co-Chair:
- The Chair shall convene meetings of the Executive Committee at least twice a year and also preside at the Annual General Meeting. If the Chair is unable to be present at a meeting, the co-Chair shall deputise.
- The Chair (or if appropriate the co-Chair) shall lecture at the CCP5 Summer School and work with the CoSeC team and the summer school Chair to decide on lecture content and invited speakers and lecturers.
- The Chair, in consultation with the co-Chair and the executive committee, shall decide the strategy of the network and seek the funding required to carry out the agreed strategy.
- The Chair (or if appropriate the co-Chair), shall exercise a general oversight over events organised by the network including (but not restricted to) events, meetings, awards of sponsorship or bursaries and the coordination of software development with the CoSec team.
- The Chair, in consultation with the co-Chair, shall give an annual report on the work of the CCP5 meeting to the Annual General Meeting and at the CoSeC or UKRI meetings as required.
- The Chair (or co-Chair if appropriate) shall represent the network at other meetings or events as required.