Our members are invited to join in every decision we make, and we thrive to operate the activities and plans of the Society with clarity and transparence.
Active members can join on-going polls, review previous polls or propose new polls.
Approval of financial reports
- 2024: Pending
- 2023: Yes: 17 – No: 0 (online)
- 2022: Yes: 14 – No: 0 (online)
- 2021: Yes: 60 – No: 0 (online)
Past polls
- Community Poll 18DSBS (Jun 18 – Sept 12, 2025)
- If the next DSBS conference takes place in April 2028, would you find it difficult to participate?
- No: 75
- Yes: 21
- If you would find it difficult to participate in April, would it likely be:
- because of other work commitments (conferences, proposal writing)?: 50
- because of teaching obligations?: 22
- because of field work?: 20
- because of education obligations (e.g. classes or exams)?: 4
- What career demographic do you belong to?
- Student (including PhD candidates): 22
- Researcher (permanent employment): 21
- Faculty member (professor or ass. prof.): 21
- Early career researcher (postdoc, temporary researcher): 20
- Other: 9
- Self-employed: 2
- Technician/engineer: 1
- What is the most important criteria affecting your likelihood to attend the 18th DSBS?
- Price: 50
- Time of year (work/education commitments): 42
- Factors not related to the conference itself: 24
- Travel distance: 18
- Time of year (weather): 9
- Accessibility: 5
- Visa Requirements: 5
- Which alternative time would you be more likely to attend (aiming to keep to similar availability/price levels)?
- April (Current suggestion. Moderately expensive, just before tourist season, little chance of rain, coincide with One Ocean Week): 59
- September (a bit more expensive than April, end of tourist season, little chance of rain): 28
- January (Cheapest option, but heavy rain or possibly ice/snow, and darkness!): 5
- June (Very expensive, start of tourist season, and likely rain): 4
- Which continent are you based in?
- Africa: 1
- America – North: 30
- America – South: 8
- Asia: 14
- Europe: 38
- Oceania: 4
- Prefer not to state: 1
- If the next DSBS conference takes place in April 2028, would you find it difficult to participate?
- Are you be interested in a DSBSoc journal?
- Yes: 35 – No: 7
- Would you like to be a discoverable expert for improved networking?
- Yes: 37 – No: 8
- Would you like to participate in a discussion forum?
- Yes: 22 – No: 14
- Would you like to join language-inclusive journal clubs and serve as a local host?
- Yes: 17 – No: 15
- Would you like to see The Deep-Sea Biology Society listed as organization in “Skype a Scientist”, and would you be interested to serve as scientist?
- Yes: 36 – No: 1
- Please choose one or several membership offer(s) you would like to have?
- Three-years membership: 41
- One-year membership: 25
- Allow opt-out: 14
- Lifetime: 2
Please send your questions and answers schemes to communications@dsbsoc.org (see how it’d look like here).
