Dear CSDH/SCHN Members, I hope this message finds you well. As you know, we hosted our annual conference last week and it was a wonderful event. Fabulous panels, keynotes, people, and a great venue. Special thanks for the Program Committee and to Emmanuel our Program Chair. At the conference we welcomed Margot Mellet as our new VP French, Moni Razavi as our incoming Secretary, Rebecca Dowson as our incoming Treasurer, Dominic Forest as the Editor-in-chief of DS/CN, and Davide Pafumi as our Communications Coordinator. Welcome to you all! The minutes from the conference AGM are available here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_tCqIBBcS8TEaZH7lRGTJhevAVEN7C50cp6cAt51Q-I/edit?usp=sharing>. At that meeting, we discussed how we'd like to proceed for next year's conference and we decided that we would put it to a membership vote. You'll be getting a link, later this week, asking you to vote on the following questions: 1. Do we want to remain part of the Federation? We can remain part of the Federation without participating in Congress? [Y/N] 2. Choose your preference for next years CSDH/SCHN conference: [Ranked Ballot] * Host our own independent conference at a location to be determined by the society (in person). * Host our own independent conference at the University of Alberta (in person). * Host our own independent, virtual conference. * Participate in Congress 2027 either virtually in May or in-person at Simon Fraser, July 5 - 9. As you can see from the questions (and explained in more detail in the minutes), we have the option of remaining part of the Federation without participating in Congress. That's what our members decided to do in a similar vote put to them in 2025. Please note that only registered members of the society will be invited to vote in this poll. There are many people who are on our mailing list but who are not registered members. If you're not sure, reach out to me and I can check your membership status. If you're not a registered member, instructions to register are available here: https://csdh-schn.ca/about-csdh-schn/membership/ I'll be sending out the voting instructions later this week in order to give people time to rejoin the society if need be. Thanks, Paul Barrett