Each Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee (IDN SC) shall consist of the following:
- One representative will be elected by each relevant Professional Community.
- The Co-Chairs of the ECTC shall appoint four ECTC members to sere as representatives to the IDN SCs (one per IDN SC) by May 1 of each year. The purpose of these appointments is to ensure the voice of the early career and trainee community is provided to the IDN SCs.
- Only members who have designated a Professional Community as their Primary Professional Community in the membership database may vote for that Professional Community’s representative.
- Terms are for one year and there is no limit to the number of terms an individual may serve
- The same individual may serve as a Professional Community’s representative to more than one IDN Steering Committee simultaneously, but this is practice is discouraged except for in small Professional Communities.
- No individual may serve simultaneously as the Chair of more than one IDN Steering Committee.
- ISHLT Board members, Oversight Committee Chairs, Committee Chairs, and At-Large Leadership Advisory Forum members are not permitted to serve simultaneously as a member of an IDN Steering Committee.
- The IDN Chair shall be elected by and from among the IDN Steering Committee members.
- The Chair’s term shall be one year, renewable for a total of 3 terms.
- The IDN Chair may not simultaneously serve in a Board position for any other professional societies with overlapping membership and interest areas with ISHLT.