{"id":4925,"date":"2025-10-27T14:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jpgu.org\/en\/?page_id=4925"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:58:30","slug":"2026section-president-election","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpgu.org\/en\/2026section-president-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Announcemenat of the 2026 JpGU Section President Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">\r\nAt the moment Japan Geoscience Union has five science sections. These sections are Space and Planetary Sciences; Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences; Human Geosciences; Solid Earth Sciences; and Biogeosciences. Each section has a science board which mainly consists of elected representatives. These five section science boards work under the guidance of the Union Science Board to promote the scientific development of all branches of the earth and planetary sciences by encouraging regular free discussion of all relevant issues. The five section presidents who act as representatives of the section science boards are now to be elected by the votes of JpGU members. Anyone who was elected as a representative in the most recent JpGU Representative Election is eligible to stand as a candidate for president of their main science section.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPlease be sure to submit the relevant form by the due date if you wish either to stand as or to recommend a candidate in the Section President Election.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA summary of the rules and procedures governing the Section President Election is given below.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nNovember 10th, 2025<br>\r\nJapan Geoscience Union<br>\r\nElection Administration Committee members<br>\r\nChair: Masanori Kaneko,<br>\r\nHidekatsu Jin, Shohei Narita, Masayuki Nishi, Nobuhiko Sugito, Bunmei Taguchi\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n<hr>\r\n<br>\r\n<center><strong>Summary of the Rules and Procedures Governing the Section President Election<\/strong><\/center><br>\r\n<br>\r\n1. Voters<br>\r\nAnyone who is approved as JpGU member until the day before the official announcement of Section President Election is allowed to vote once in the election for the presidency of their registered main science section.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n2. Candidates<br>\r\nAnyone who was elected in the most recent JpGU Representative Election is eligible to stand as a candidate in the Section President Election.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n3. Term<br>\r\nSection presidents who are chosen in this election will serve a two year term starting from June 1st 2026 to May 31st 2028.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n4. Standing as a Candidate<br>\r\nJpGU members may put themselves forward as candidates if they were elected in the recent JpGU Representative Election. Anyone who is approved as JpGU member until the day before the official announcement of Section President Election may recommend other members who were elected in the most recent JpGU Representative Election to stand as candidates in this election.<br>\r\nMembers who recommend others for candidacy must obtain consent from their proposed candidate before submitting their recommendation.<br>\r\nBoth submitting oneself as a candidate and recommending others is done online using the relevant forms on the JpGU Member&#8217;s Site. Members who are recommended by others must submit letter of consent.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n5. Deadline for Submission of Candidacy<br>\r\nThose who wish either to be a candidate or to recommend others as candidates must submit the relevant online form by 5pm Japan time on November 17th 2025.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n6. Schedule<br>\r\n<div class=\"jpgu-indent05\">Public Announcement of Section President Election:\r\n Monday November 10th 2025<br>\r\nPeriod for declaration of candidacy starts:\r\n 9am on Monday November 10th 2025<br>\r\nPeriod for declaration of candidacy ends:\r\n 5pm on Monday November 17th 2025<br>\r\nStart of voting in the Section President Election:\r\n 9am on Wednesday December 3rd 2025<br>\r\nClose of voting in the Section President Election:\r\n 5pm on Tuesday December 9th 2025<br>\r\nAnnouncement of the Section President Election result:\r\n Thursday December 11th 2025<br>\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n *All dates and times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).<br><\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n7. How to Vote<br>\r\nEach JpGU member can cast one vote in the election to choose the president of their main science section. Voting takes place online on the JpGU website.<br>\r\nIf there is a single candidate standing for the presidency of any of the science sections then that candidate will automatically be elected without any votes being cast.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<hr><center>Forms and Regulations<\/center><br>\r\n1. To stand as a candidate: log-in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpgu-member.org\/jpgu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>the JpGU Members Site<\/u><\/a> and fill in and submit the &#8220;Stand as a Candidate&#8221; form.<br>\r\n2. To recommend a candidate: log-in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpgu-member.org\/jpgu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>the JpGU Members Site<\/u><\/a> and fill in and submit the &#8220;Recommend a Candidate&#8221; form.<br>\r\n3. Letter of Consent to Recommendation: Please fill in the form and send email to Election Administration Committee senkan[atmark]jpgu.org. > \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpgu.org\/en\/section-president-recommendation-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Form for Letter of Consent to Recommendation<\/u><\/a><br>\r\n* You should be receiving an email confirmation of your Letter of Consent to Recommendation.<br>If you do not receive a confirmation by e-mail, please contact us.<br>\r\nWithout the email confirmation, your nomination will be invalid.<br>\r\n<!--3.To vote in the Section President Election: log-in to the JpGU Members Site and fill in and submit the voting form.<br>-->\r\n<br>\r\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/senkyokanriiinkai.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Regulations of the Election Management Committee (only available in Japanese)<\/u><\/a><br>\r\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sectionpresident.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Regulations of the Section President Election (only available in Japanese)<\/u><\/a><br>\r\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sectionpresidentsaisoku.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Detailed Regulations of the Section President Election (only available in Japanese)<\/u><\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<hr>\r\nAll rules, procedures, dates and times etc. governing the JpGU Section President Election are formally announced in Japanese. English translations are provided as a courtesy and are for reference only. Should any English language material differ from the original Japanese the Japanese version shall be binding.<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the moment Japan Geoscience Union has five science sections. 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