diff --git a/docs/news/index.md b/docs/news/index.md index 69e634c..d0bdaf4 100644 --- a/docs/news/index.md +++ b/docs/news/index.md @@ -8,6 +8,40 @@ permalink: /news.html # News and Announcements +## NSC election result Aug 5, 2025 + +Following our recent call to extend the NiPreps Steering Committee +(NSC) from three to five members, we are pleased to announce that +**Eilidh MacNicol** and **Guiomar Niso** have been appointed to occupy +the new NSC seats. + +Eilidh has played a key role in the development of the fMRIPrep +extension to rodent data, and plans for generalizing the NiPreps tools +to non-human data. + +Guiomar has been an active contributor to the NiPreps ecosystem through +repeated participation in our hackathons and community discussions. +Notably, her plans to support the extension of NiPreps tools toward EEG +and MEG aligns with our long-term vision for modality convergence. + +We are also sensitive to the fact that the original NSC consisted of +three male members, and are pleased that this appointment contributes +to building a more sex-balanced leadership team. + +We are **deeply grateful to all nominees** for their commitment and +thoughtful applications. +**In particular**, we want to recognize **Steven Meisler** and +**Jon Haitz Legarreta** for their commitment and instrumental contributions +to the NiPreps tools. + +## NSC call for new seat election + +With the growth of the NiPreps community, the current NSC has +considered that increasing the number of seats from 3 to 5 is +necessary. +Thus, a call for nominations was made through [this +announcement](https://github.com/nipreps/GOVERNANCE/issues/47). + ## NiFreeze receives best poster award at the ISMRM 2025 Diffusion Study Group meeting The [*NiFreeze* abstract](https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gfny9_v2) submitted to the [ISMRM 2025 Annual Meeting](https://www.ismrm.org/25m/)