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 Bylaws 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 2016
The Election Committee consists of three members appointed by the International Council to manage the election process. They are Beate Josephi (chair), Jeremy Shtern and Brian Pindayi.
Nominations
The Election Committee issued a call for candidates in a message sent to all current IAMCR members on 1 March. 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 statement/curriculum vitae totaling no more than 200 words, either electronically or by registered mail, to be received by the Chair of the Election Committee by March 28, 2016.
Send all nominations and other material by email to:
Beate Josephi
Election Committee Chair
beate.josephi@sydney.edu.au
Or by post:
Dr. Beate Josephi
Department of Media and Communication
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Voting procedure
An online voting system will be used to manage the election process. All paid up individual and institutional members of the association will be emailed a link to a secure, anonymous online voting system hosted by electionbuddy.com no later than 23 May 2016. The online ballot will have a list of all candidates and the positions they are running for and a link to the pages on the IAMCR site where their curriculum vitae and/or statements are published. Members will have until midnight GMT on 12 June to vote. Individual members' votes will count as one (1) vote. Votes cast by institutional members will count as three (3) votes.
At the end of the election period, the Election Committee will compile the results and communicate them to the president no later than 20 June. The President will announce them by email to the IAMCR membership, and the Election Committee will make the formal announcement at the IAMCR General Assembly on 31 July in Leicester, UK.
The election schedule is as follows
- 1-28 March 2016: Election Committee calls for candidates and collects nominations, acceptances, and statements.
- 15 April 2016: Election Committee announces candidates and publishes candidate statements on the IAMCR website.
- 23 May – 12 June 2016 (midnight GMT): Electronic voting period.
- 20 June 2016: Election Committee communicates the results to the President who then announces them first by email to the IAMCR membership and then formally at the General Assembly in Leicester conference.
- 27-31 July 2016: Leicester conference – the general assembly will be held on 31 July