Electoral Procedures

vote_The Election Committee has issued a call for candidates for members of the Executive Board (President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer), and fifteen (15) members of the International Council.

The text below details the electoral procedures that will be followed.

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 2012

The Election Committee consists of four members appointed by the International Council to manage the election process. They are Cees Hamelink (chair), Dipak De, Alina Bernstein and Barbara Thomass.

NOMINATIONS

The Election Committee issued a call for candidates in a message sent to all current IAMCR members on 23 December. It was subsequently posted on the IAMCR announcements list and website. Candidates are sought for the Executive Board and the International Council.

  • 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 be received by the Chair of the Election Committee at least 120 days before the relevant session of the General Assembly (19 July 2012), or by at least MARCH 21, 2012.

Send all nominations and other material to:

Cees Hamelink
Election Committee Chair
cjhamelink@gmail.com

Or post to:

Professor Cees Hamelink
Communication Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Kloveniersburgwal
481012 CX Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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 20, 2012:

  • A ballot containing the names of all candidates
  • A voting envelope for the returned ballot
  • A pre-printed return envelope
  • The  curriculum vitae and/or statement received from each candidate will be posted on the IAMCR website

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 JUNE 28, 2012.

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.