Regent

In the language of the Constitution, the Regent is TNS’ equivalent to a chairman. The Regent is the only Executive Committee member who is entitled to speak for the society.

From 2010–2018 Thorsten Heitzmann has been the Editor of TNS, and how has taken on the office of Regent in 2020.

Thorsten lives near Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Editor

The Editor is, unsurprisingly, responsible for the timely production and enjoyable content of the society’s journal Vidya.

Natalia has taken over the Editor position in 2020, and looks at the job more broadly than just a magazine publisher, hoping to turn it into a go-to creative mastermind.

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Ombudsman

The Ombudsman is the independent contact person for members and prospective members who want to have irregularities in the conduct of the society examined.

David was elected to the office of Ombudsman in 2020, and lives near Phoenix, Arizona.

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Membership Officer

The Membership Officer is taking care of the membership applications, has the finger on the pulse of the membership and is generally concerned with getting more people to join.

The Membership Officer answers inquiries from potential new members; assesses Applicants' submitted documents for qualification purposes and qualifies applicants who meet TNS standards; leads TNS's promotional efforts to attract new members, regain lapsed members and retain current members; actively participates in Executive Committee (ExCom) decision making as a member of TNS's leadership team.

Our current Membership Officer is Dave Stubbs, formerly member of the ExCom in the office of MAL.

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Financial Officer

The Financial Officer is responsible for handling TNS funds, including member dues; ensuring compliance with laws relating to TNS finances; preparing budgets; and giving an annual report of financial activity to the Society.

Bobby Hood joined TNS in 2011. During his career Bobby has been a CPA, a public finance attorney, and a restauranteur / jazz bar proprietor. For the past ten years Bobby has tutored students online for the SAT, ACT, and other standardized tests. You can find more about him at BobbyHoodOnlineTutoring.com. Bobby also has fun doing voiceover work as a side gig, which you can find more out about at BobbyHoodVoiceover.com.

Bobby lives in Dallas, Texas.

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Members-at-Large

Also known as MAL, the position of Member-at-Large is the only one to occur more than once in the ExCom – thus the numbering in the email addresses. But there is no ranking, all MALs listed below have equal rights and generally serve to represent the membership in ExCom decisions.

Member-at-Large Tess Stanhaus

Tess Stanhaus joined Triple Nine Society in January 2017. She served as a moderator on the TNS Facebook page before being elected to the Executive Committee in 2020.

Tess lives in a little house on the edge of the woods, near St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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Member-at-Large Tom Chantler

Tom Chantler is a self-employed IT consultant from the UK who has been creating computer software since the late 1970s, before he started school. Tom’s main areas of interest are security, performance tuning and helping others to learn. Since joining TNS in 2013 he has made a number of very interesting new friends and this has led to his increased involvement in the society. In 2016, 2018 and 2020 he was elected as a Member-at-Large and subsequently appointed Information Officer. Tom lives just outside London with his wife and three children.

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Member-at-Large Werner Konik

Werner Konik currently lives in Heidelberg, Germany. Having retired from a successful IT career in 2009, Werner joined TNS in 2014 - and shortly after became a life-member. Since 2016 Werner is the Local Contact for TNS in Germany and in 2018 and 2020 has been elected MAL after having been appointed to the position in 2017.
Most recently Werner organized egg999-2017 in Heidelberg, Germany, which had some 120 registrations and according to the feedback proved to be a successful gathering.
Over the years Werner has lived in Sydney, Australia and Bangalore, India. He does some pro-bono work as a mentor for socially disadvantaged children, juryman in civil court, and gives lectures and motivational talks about personal development.

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Member-at-Large Kathryn Holopainen

Kathryn Holopainen has been a TNS member since 2018, and is still surprised that she qualified. Although officially resident in British Columbia, Canada, she has been domiciled in Barbados since September 2020 as her “Caribbean Covid Plan.”
Kathryn has been a teacher, fisher, geologist, ambulance attendant, (plus many more) and is currently considering herself retired. On discovering she qualified for TNS, her mission has been to meet as many TNS members as possible, which has involved egg, ggg, vgg and visiting people in 7 different countries (so far) as she travelled.

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