Reminder of ČAD General Assembly (5. 2. 2025, 18:30) + launch of new PhD Discussion Platform
Dear colleagues,
We hope this first 2025 ČAD newsletter finds you well. We would like to remind you that our General Assembly will take place online on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, from 18:30 (Prague time).
The main goal of this GA will be the election of the new Board. The Assembly will take place online on the Zoom platform:
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99355482964?pwd=Y0dNmbkF09cfgli6PpN1yHqdA04BnC.1
The ADoodle voting system proved to be very effective in terms of speed and transparency at the last GA. We therefore plan to use it at the upcoming GA as well. However, we keep the Helios Voting system if necessary as a back-up.
This time, we kindly ask you to fill out the pre-registration form, if you have not done so yet; it will allow us to save everyone’s time and better stick to the GA time schedule.
List of received candidacies
In the following document you can find the list of received candidacies for the 5.2. ČAD GA (as mentioned previously, your candidacy can also be announced during the GA itself before the start of the elections).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiuBzvv-4GYpWhrY-usx6OpyJGA3HlDEZUQUcxEVcdw/edit?usp=drive_link
Furthermore, as with previous GAs, we are sending materials (Minutes, Report of the Electoral Commission, presentations and more) for the GA of December 17 2024. You can also find the ČAD Statutes and the ČAD Electoral Rules under the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GmPnE0kyDTksmF1Y0QSLmD6SwRXLhstW?usp=drive_link
Preliminary program of the General Assembly (GA) 18:30–21:00
18:30–18:45 Opening, organizational matters, approval of the Electoral Commission
18:45–19:30 Elections of the new Board (VOTE)
19:30–20:00 Discussion on the goals of ČAD for 2025
(possible vote on a resolution(s) if deemed desirable by the GA) (VOTE)
20:00–20:45 Discussion on changes to the Statues and Electoral Code of ČAD
(possible vote on proposed amendments) (VOTE)
20:45–21:00 Final discussion, closure of the GA
We hope that as many of you as possible will attend the General Assembly. We are convinced that pre-registration will speed up the GA, which will give us more time for constructive discussions and involvement of all of us.
If you as a member have not received the invitation by email, or if you know someone else who hasn't, please contact us. In any case, all information can also be found on our website:
A final reminder of the GA will be sent out again, 1 day in advance on the coming Monday.
Launch of the new PhD Discussion Platform
As for other news, we are pleased to announce the beta-launch of the new PhD Discussion Platform in cooperation between ČAD and the NTK Department of Academic Services, which was teased in the previous newsletter. The structure and functioning of the Platform will continue to be revised and improved based on feedback and requests from our community.
Hop on the Discord server using this link and feel free to share the word and link among fellow PhDs (and former and prospective PhDs as well):
Thank you for being part of our community; we appreciate the active interest of our members in the functioning of ČAD.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
On behalf of ČAD
Klára, Kuba, Marie, Zbyněk