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Update We would also like to take this opportunity to formally introduce ourselves as the 2020 to 2023 SNP executive committee: Daniel Vecellio, Yuliya Dzyuban and Angela Lees, as your SNP secretary, communications director and chair. On behalf of the SNP, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Hamed Mehdipoor for leading the SNP group throughout the previous triennium (2017–2020). We also extend our gratitude to Andrew Leung (research chair) and Britta Jänicke (webmaster) for their contributions to the SNP executive board over the previous three years. We sincerely thank you all for your time and dedication to the SNP over the previous triennium (2017–2020). We would like to extend our thanks to the previous SNP chairs: Kate Bassil, Simon Gosling and Jennifer Vanos. The dedication by you all has allowed the SNP group to become what we experience the SNP as today, and for that on behalf of all SNP members past and present, we offer you our sincerest appreciation for your hard work and continued support and encouragement of the SNP group. We, the SNP, simply would not be here without you. In line with those who have come before us, we would like to offer a brief reminder of the SNP’s history. The first meeting of the SNP occurred at the 18th International Congress of Biometeorology in Tokyo, Japan, during 2008 (Kate Bassil). This was followed by the SNP’s second meeting at the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology held in Auckland, New Zealand, during 2011 (Simon Gosling). Three years later, the 20th International Congress of Biometeorology was held in Cleveland, OH, USA (Jennifer Vanos) during 2014. Incidentally, this Congress was Angela and Daniel’s first introduction to ISB and the SNP group. The SNP then met again for a workshop during 2017, when Durham hosted the 21st International Congress of Biometeorology. The 22nd International Congress of Biometeorology that was to be held in Jaboticabal, Brazil, was initially scheduled for 2020; however recently due to the global impacts of COVID-19, the ISB recently held the congress as a virtual event in September 2021. The SNP as a group has made considerable progress given that the group has only been established for the last 12 years. This is particularly evident given the development of International Workshops and the publication of two SNP special issues within our journal (Gosling, 2014, 2018), the International Journal of Biometeorology, and a third special issue currently in progress. The international workshops commenced three years after the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology, where during 2014 a group of SNP members developed and attended the 1st International SNP Workshop on ‘Biometeorology and Applied Synoptic Climatology’ in Vindlen, Sweden (Vanos, 2018). The 2nd International SNP workshop was held in Norfolk (USA) during 2016 with a focus on ‘Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Biometeorology in Higher Education’ (hosted by Michael J. Allen). More recently, the 3rd International SNP workshop on ‘Investigating Knowledge Gaps and Technology Opportunities for Sensing the Health Effect of Weather and Climate Change’ was held in Enschede, The Netherlands (hosted by Hamed Mehdipoor) in December 2019, which was Yuliya Dzyuban’s introduction to the SNP. These workshops would not have been possible without the support provided by ISB and the Tromp Foundation, in addition to the hosting institutions, as such we extend our gratitude to those that have supported these workshops. All of the aforementioned workshops have resulted in formal outputs in the form of peer-reviewed publications specifically those * Angela M. Lees [email protected]