To the working group’s website:

In a letter dated October 8, 2024, we informed you of the candidates proposed by the current Board of the process analytics Working Group for the upcoming board election. No further proposals were submitted from the ranks of the members. Accordingly, the election of the board will be carried out with the following people, all of whom have agreed to their candidacy:

According to the working group's Working Guidelines, the Board consists of five members (1x Chair, 4x deputy), each of whom is elected for a period of four years. Elections are held in five areas: users, instrument manufacturers, PAT seniors, universities/research institutes and Young Analytical Chemists. The person with the most votes within an area is automatically elected to the Board . This means that eleven people are up for election for five new board positions. The roles of Chair and Deputy Chair are determined after the election from the elected Board .

All members who have provided an email address will receive a personalized link to participate in the election by email. All other members will receive the voting documents by post. The ballot envelopes will be opened and evaluated at the GDCh Office, Varrentrappstr. 40-42, 60486 Frankfurt am Main. The election results will be announced in the membership magazine, in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie and on the working group's website.

On 31 December 2024, the term of office of the Board of the process analytics Working Group ends and you, dear members of the Working Group, are called upon by this letter to nominate candidates for the Board election who

 

• have declared their willingness to stand as a candidate,
• Members of the working group are and
• have the support of five members of the working group (the current board members are happy to support your candidate suggestions after consultation).

According to the working group's Working Guidelines, the Board consists of five members (1x Chair, 4x deputy), each of whom is elected for a period of four years. Re-election is possible once. The election takes place as a list vote with the following lists: users, instrument manufacturers, PAT seniors, universities and research institutes and Young Analytical Chemists. The person with the most votes on a list is automatically elected to the Board ; in the event of a tie on a list, more than one person can be appointed. The current Board is composed as follows:

The entire current Board has signaled its willingness to stand for re-election. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your successful commitment to the working group and the GDCh as a whole.

For the five board positions up for election, the current Board presents – in addition to your nominations – the following eleven proposals:

If no written proposals for the nomination of additional candidates are received by the GDCh Office by October 25, 2024 (attention: Maike Fries; m.fries@gdch.de ), the election will be held as an Online election with the persons indicated above from November 4, 2024.