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<p>Congratulations to the newly elected Steering Committee members!
I wish the SC will have a very fruitful work next year.</p>
<p> Best,</p>
<p>Flávio</p>
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style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear
Colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The
polls for the 2026 Chapters Advisory Council Steering
Committee (ChAC SC) elections closed on November 6, 2025. This
election filled nine positions on the Steering Committee: one
representative per region and three non-geographical
representatives.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To
ensure diversity, the candidate with the most votes from each
region has been appointed as the regional representative,
while the three candidates with the next highest vote counts
were selected as non-geographical representatives.</span></p>
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<span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I
am pleased to announce the elected members of the 2026
Chapters AC Steering Committee:</span></p>
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Regional representative North America - Joel Templeman
(Canada Manitoba Chapter)</p>
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Regional representative Europe - Jordi Domingo-Pascual
(Spain Catalonia Chapter)</p>
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Regional representative LAC - Flávio Rech Wagner (Brazil
Chapter)</p>
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Regional representative Africa - Maud Adjeley Ashong Elliot
(Ghana Chapter)</p>
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Regional representative APAC - Dr. N. Sudha Bhuvaneswari
(India Chennai Chapter)</p>
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Regional representative Middle East - Heba Sayed Ahmed
(Egypt Chapter)</p>
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Non-geographical representative - Alejandra Stolk (Venezuela
Chapter)</p>
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Non-geographical representative - Katarina Gevorgyan
(Armenia Chapter)</p>
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Non-geographical representative - Thilina Dhanushka Kalahe
Pathirana (Norway Chapter)</p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Congratulations
to each of the incoming Steering Committee members!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We
would also like to extend our gratitude to the outgoing
Steering Committee for their dedication and contributions over
the past year on behalf of all the Chapters. Additionally,
special thanks to Agang K. Ditlhogo, the Nominations and
Elections Chair, for ensuring a smooth and transparent
election process.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Next
steps: A challenge period is now open until November 18, 2025.
If no challenges are raised, the results will be finalized on
the same day.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank
you all for your commitment, and congratulations again to our
new ChAC Steering Committee!</span></p>
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