Habemus New Board

From the official SCIRA website:

SCIRA Board elects New Officers

The SCIRA Board which takes office 1/1/2025 is as follows:

Office	Term	Name	Beg Year	ending Year
Commodore	2 year	Martin Bermudez – ESP	2025	2026
Vice Commodore	2 year	Paola Prada – BRA	2025	2026
Secretary	2 year	Taylor Scheuermann – USA	2025	2026
Treasurer	4 year (finishing term of S.Roberts)	Yannick Laumans – BEL	2023	2026
Technical Chair	4 year	TBA	2025	2028
General Sec- Europe	2 year	Yannick Laumans – BEL	2024	2025
General Sec – WHA	2 year	Paola Prada – BRA	2024	2025
Chief Measurer	4 years	Luis Gonzalez – ESP	2025	2028

SCIRA thanks those officers retiring: Zbigniew Rakocy, Reino Suonsilta, Sue Roberts & Gus Wirth. Hemisphere officers will discuss with the respective National Secretaries of the hemisphere regarding Gen Sec position.

(source: SCIRA website)

That was the official statement from the SCIRA office.

How are the Officers elected?

The Nominating Committee (Ricardo Lobato, Carol Cronin, Shinichi Uchida, Jose Carlos Alegria Diaz and Gweneth Crook), proposed their names and the current Board nominated the Officers for the next Board.

While the General Secretaries for Europe and Western Hemisphere & Asia are elected by their respective National Secretaries, the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Secretary, Treasurer, Chair of the Technical Committee are elected according to Constitution, Section 25.

Constitution – Section 25. Election of Officers
The Board of Governors shall have the sole power to nominate and elect the Officers of the Association for the ensuing term, such election to take place as soon as feasible after the general meeting held at the SCIRA Open World Championship. Under the circumstances described in Section 23.6, this meeting may be held through teleconference or video conference.
By August first of each year, the Commodore shall appoint a Nominating Committee for the nomination of members for office. The Chairman of the Nominating Committee, or the Executive Director, shall promptly notify each voting member of the Board of Governors of said appointments and shall call for nominations to be received by October first. Nominations of the Nominating Committee may be supplemented by nominations by any member of the Board of Governors. If more than one name is placed in nomination for a given position, all names shall be shown on the ballot. The Executive Director shall mail, fax or e-mail ballots to each voting member by November first. They shall be completed and returned to the Executive Director by December first.
Officers shall be elected as follows or until their successors are duly elected. Commodore will be elected for a 2-year term and cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms. Vice Commodore will be elected for a 2-year term and cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms. Chairman of the International Rules Committee will serve a 4-year term and cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms. The Treasurer will serve a 4-year term, re-electable only once consecutively. The General Secretaries shall be elected every two years to take office on even-numbered years as of January 1st.