From: Secretary, ICZN <iczn@nus.edu.sg>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 1:08 AM
Subject: 2025 ICZN Commissioner Election Announcement
Dear Zoologist,
On 29 December 2023, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature published a call for nominations for new members to fill eight vacancies left open by Commissioners
尊敬的动物学家：
2023年12月29日，国际动物命名法委员会发布了一则提名邀请，旨在填补因委员离任而产生的八个空缺职位。
M. Bertling† (Germany; Ichnotaxa), M.J. Grygier (Taiwan; Crustacea), J. Kojima (Japan; Hymenoptera), M. Kottelat (Switzerland; Pisces), F.-T. Krell (USA; Coleoptera), S.O. Kullander (Sweden; Pisces), R. Pyle (USA; Pisces) and Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand; Acari). The call for nominations and information regarding the election can be found at (https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/84944).
At the close of nominations on 31 October 2024, the ICZN Secretariat received a total of 27 nominations. According to Bylaw 1 (3)(c), which states "[t]he Commission shall endeavour to nominate, wherever possible, two candidates for each vacancy. The slate shall not contain more than twice the number of names required to fill the vacancies.", a total of 16 candidates have been selected by the ICZN Elections Committee to be placed on the slate of nominees for the election to be held over a 24-hour period on 17 February 2025 (00:00 to 23:59 UTC). The 16 candidates in alphabetical order are as follows:
截至2024年10月31日提名结束时，国际动物命名法委员会秘书处共收到27份提名。根据章程1(3)(c)条规定，“委员会应尽可能为每个空缺提名两名候选人。候选人名单上的总人数不得超过填补空缺所需人数的两倍。”因此，国际动物命名法委员会选举委员会已选出16名候选人，列入提名名单，选举将于2025年2月17日（UTC时间00:00至23:59）进行，为期24小时。以下是按字母顺序排列的16名候选人名单：
1) Nesrine Akkari (Austria; Myriapoda), 2) Tracy Aze (UK; Micropalaeontology), 3) Mario Cupello (Brazil; Coleoptera), 4) Gimo Daniel (South Africa; Coleoptera), 5) Michael Engel (USA; Paleontology), 6) Ronald Fricke (Germany; Ichthyology), 7) Stephen Gaimari (USA; Diptera), 8) Daniel Lauretta (USA; Cnidaria), 9) Takafumi Nakano (Japan; Hirudinology), 10) Rohan Pethiyagoda (Sri Lanka; Ichthyology), 11) Jurate de Prins (Belgium; Lepidoptera), 12) Rusłan Sałamatin (Poland; Helminths), 13) Elie Saliba (France; Nomenclatural Theory), 14) Glenn Shea (Australia; Herpetology), 15) Ellen Strong (USA; Mollusks), and 16) Mark Young (UK; Paleontology).
The election consists of a two-step process. Step 1 is to self-register by filling out a registration form. Self-registration opens on 27 January 2025 (watch for an announcement with the link) and will close on 12 February 2025. Only those who completely fill out the form will be allowed to vote. Step 2 is to cast your ballot over the 24-hour period on 17 February 2025 using electionbuddy.
选举分为两个步骤。第一步是填写注册表进行自我注册。自我注册将于2025年1月27日开放（请注意查看带有链接的公告），并于2025年2月12日关闭。只有完整填写表格的人才有资格投票。第二步是于2025年2月17日使用electionbuddy平台在24小时内进行投票。
Results of the ICZN Commissioner Election will be announced on the ICZN website (ICZN homepage https://www.iczn.org/) soon after the results have been tabulated.
Sincerely
ICZN Secretariat
Dr. Alex Figueroa
Research Fellow/Executive Secretary
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Secretariat
c/o Lee Kong Chian Museum of Natural History
2 Conservatory Drive
Singapore 117377
Republic of Singapore
(Tel.) (+65) 6516 8364 | (Fax) (+65) 6774 8101
Dear Zoologist,
On 22 January 2025, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature sent out an announcement for its Election of Commissioners to be held over a 24-hour period on 17 February 2025. The announcement can be found on the ICZN homepage (https://www.iczn.org/).
Registration to participate in the election is now open. To self-register, you must fill out the registration form here (registration form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeu3MukgLJ3Txs4m2wg5_VbVNJWvWZUniXxS4of5ZwI7SWSog/viewform?pli=1). Please note that only those who completely fill out the form will be allowed to vote. Self-registration will close on 12 February 2025.
I have just sent the following to all our co-authors, but you as the core authors of our BioScience papers, should get this, too – in case you are interested in the upcoming elections of ICZN Commissioners:
Dear Colleagues,
This is a letter I am sending to all co-authors of our 2024 BioScience paper on protecting stable nomenclatural systems. It is most relevant for the zoologists amongst us.
The ICZN will hold elections for new Commissioners this month (February). Some of the candidates are co-authors of our BioScience paper (Gimo Daniel, Michael Engel, Stephen Gaimari, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Eli Saliba, Glenn Shea, Mark Young). This does not mean that the other candidates are worse or that our co-authors should be preferred. I just wanted to point out that these people supported our effort last year.
Below you find the announcement from the ICZN Secretariat that registration for the election is open (till 12 February), followed, by the previous general announcement of the elections, which will happen on 17 February. Please vote if you are interested in or affected by zoological nomenclature.
Frank Krell (former Commissioner).
我刚刚将以下内容发送给了我们所有的合著者，但作为我们《BioScience》论文的核心作者，你们也应该收到这封信——如果你们对即将举行的国际动物命名法委员会（ICZN）委员选举感兴趣的话：
亲爱的同事们：
这是我发送给所有合著者的一封信，内容关于我们2024年发表在《BioScience》上关于保护稳定命名系统的论文。这对于我们中的动物学家尤为重要。
ICZN将于本月（2月）举行新委员的选举。部分候选人是我们的《BioScience》论文的合著者（Gimo Daniel、Michael Engel、Stephen Gaimari、Rohan Pethiyagoda、Eli Saliba、Glenn Shea、Mark Young）。这并不意味着其他候选人不够优秀，或者我们的合著者应被优先考虑。我只是想指出，这些人在去年支持了我们的努力。
以下是ICZN秘书处的公告，选举注册现已开放（截止至2月12日），随后是之前关于选举的公告，选举将于2月17日举行。如果您对动物命名法感兴趣或受其影响，请参与投票。
Frank Krell（前委员）。
