Annual general meeting and board election of DION

Dear colleagues, 

DION is happy to invite you to our Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2022. This year the event will be hybrid with pizza for physical attendees at Trondheim & Gjøvik. 

If you would like to participate physically and have pizza, please fill in one of this forms until 28th March 10am:

Trondheim: https://forms.gle/22fouHvuSUUnoJXZ7

Gjøvikhttps://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cgahCS-CZ0SluluzdZZ8BcDbgd3y9WlOmOQEudLCeu1URFpYUDI5QjRJV0VUQ1FUOVhFUkhIU1o4NC4u

The election of the new board will be opened at the end of the meeting. We encourage all PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees from NTNU to consider joining the board. The DION Board consists of 5 to 8 members, including the DION president, who serve for 12 months (until spring 2022). This is a great opportunity to get organizational experience from inside the university and work towards a better PhD and post-doc experience at NTNU. A board position on DION can be credited as up to one month of duty work, or one month extension of the PhD project period; whilst the president receives two months (Forskrift om stipendiater ved NTNU, §2)

Who can apply? 

·        All PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees at NTNU (Trondheim, Ålesund and Gjøvik)

·        Candidates must have a contract until spring 2023.

·        Norwegian proficiency is required for the president position

How to apply? 

Send your short application including picture, name, affiliation, short bio and motivation (1 page max) to post@dion.ntnu.no. Please send your application before the 4th of April, so that we can share your application on our website before the AGM. It is also possible to step forward as a candidate during AGM.

Who can vote? 

All PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees at NTNU. 

AGM date & time: April 7, 2022; 16:30 – 18:30

AGM venue: 

Trondheim: S2, Sentralbygg, Gløshaugen; Teams (Link will be shared before the meeting)

Gjøvik: K, K102; Teams

Ålesund: Teams

The election will open at the end of the meeting on Valgweb and it will be open for 72 hours. The newly elected board will be informed directly after the election and we will also announce it through our digital channels. The online transition meeting for the new board will be held on 12th April 2022 at 15.00.

If you have any question about the president position, you can contact Martin Brattmyr ( martin.brattmyr@ntnu.no ) and for other queries you can contact post@dion.ntnu.no.