The election of a new Executive Board (President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer), and International Council will begin officially February 24, 2008. However, nominations may be submitted before that date. (See details below.)
The Statues and By Laws specify the following:
- The
President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer, as well as
the International Council, take office immediately for a four-year term
and are eligible for reelection once only. - The International
Council should include an equal number of members as the Section Heads,
and, as far as possible, an equitable representation of age, gender and
geographical distribution.
Voting rights are as follows:
- Full individual members shall have one vote.
- Full institutional members that are nationally constituted shall have three votes.
- Full institutional members that are internationally constituted shall have five votes.
- Associate Members may participate in the deliberations of the General Assembly but may not vote.
NOMINATION AND ELECTION PROCESS 2008
The
Election Committee consists of three members appointed by the
International Council to manage the election process. The committee
includes Janet Wasko (chair) (USA), Cees Hamelink (Netherlands), and
Dipak De (India).
NOMINATIONS
The Election
Committee will call for candidates for the Executive Board and the
International Council at least 150 days before the General Assembly.
The General Assembly for the Stockholm conference is scheduled for
Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Thus, the call for candidates will be issued
by at least FEBRUARY 24, 2008. (Nominations can be accepted earlier.)
Send all nominations and other material to:
Janet Wasko
Election Committee Chair
jwasko[AT]uoregon.edu
- Each candidate must be a paid-up member of the Association.
- Candidates
for the Executive Board must be sponsored by a minimum of five (5)
paid-up members from at least two (2) different countries. - Candidates
for the International Council may be nominated by either one paid-up
member of the Association or by themselves. They may include members
also nominated for the Executive Board. - Candidates may be
nominated for one or more positions on the Executive Board and, if they
wish, for membership of the International Council. Candidates for
election to both the Executive Board and the International Council
shall, if successful in the former, be automatically removed from the
latter. - Each candidate shall send a confirmation of their
candidacy and a curriculum vitae and/or statement of no more than 200
words, either electronically or by registered mail, to the Chair of the
Election Committee at least 120 days before the relevant session of the
General Assembly, or by at least MARCH 25, 2008.
Post to:
Professor Janet Wasko
School of Journalism and Communication
University of Oregon
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1275
USA
Or e-mail:
jwasko[AT]uoregon.edu
VOTING PROCEDURE
All
paid-up members of the Association shall be sent by post, no fewer than
90 days prior to the relevant meeting of the General Assembly, or no
later than APRIL 23, 2008:
- A ballot containing the names of all candidates
- A curriculum vitae and/or statement not exceeding 200 words for each candidate
- A voting envelope for the returned ballot
- A pre-printed return envelope
Members
must sign across the back-flap of the return envelope and return it to
the Chair of the Election Committee, who must receive it not less than
twenty one (21) days before the date of the General Assembly, or no
later than by JULY 3, 2008.
PROCESSING THE BALLOTS
The
Election Committee shall, prior to the Ceremonial Opening of the
Association’s relevant Conference, appoint a Tellers Committee of seven
(7), drawn from those members of the Association already present and
registered for the Conference, none of whom shall be candidates for
election nor members of the Election Committee.
The Tellers
Committee shall count the ballot on the day of its appointment, using
the “first past the post” electoral system. Any candidates for both the
Executive Board and the International Council who succeed in this first
election shall automatically be removed from the ballot for the
International
Council.
The Election Committee shall convey the
results of the elections to the President, who shall announce them
immediately in the way he/she seems fit, then formally to the next
meeting of the General Assembly.
REMINDER FROM THE LEGAL COMMITTEE
The
Legal Committee reminds members that according to the so-called
"transition rules" in the appendix of our current statutes, the
mandates of Heads of sections, International Council Members, Executive
Board members, elected for four years in 2004 may all be renewed in
2008, whether or
not they held similar positions before 2004.
For the Legal Committee,
Philippe J. Maarek