Neurochemistry News
-News of the Community of Neurochemical Societies


December 2006

ELECTION OF NEW ISN COUNCILLORS

According to Article 41 of the Articles of Association of the ISN, Members of ISN are invited to nominate candidates for the ISN Council. All Members are eligible candidates.

The following table summarizes the current composition of the Council with an indication of regional distribution of Officers and Council Members and also indicating which Council Members will continue service after 2007.


Council Member
Country
Region
Continuation past 2007
F. Barrantes Argentina South America
Yes
R. Butterworth (President) Canada North America
No
P. Beart Australia Asia
Yes
G. DeVries USA North America
No
A. Garcia (Secretary) Spain South Europe
Yes
G. Goracci Italy South Europe
No
K. Ikenaka Japan Asia
No
M. McKenna USA North America
No
A. Saria Austria West Europe
Yes
D. Shine (Treasurer) USA North America
Yes
U. Sonnewald Norway North Europe
No
E. Sykova Czech. Rep. East Europe
Yes

At the Business Meeting of ISN on August 21st, 2007 in Cancun five Councillors will retire after having served 4 years (Article 42 A).
The regional distribution of remaining Council members as well as a summary of the regional decreases in the number of Councillors and Officers in 2007 is shown in the following table.

Region Till 8/2007 Past 8/2007 Loss in 2007
North America
4
1
3
South America
1
1
0
West Europe
1
1
0
North Europe
1
0
1
South Europe
2
1
1
East Europe
1
1
0
East Asia
1
0
1
Australia
1
1
0

According to Article 27 of the new Articles of Association the Council consists of the 3 Officers and of 9 Members. Therefore, five newly elected Councillors will then enter their 4 years’ term of service on the Council. The ballot for the election of the new Councillors will take place in the spring of 2007. In making your suggestions of candidates please note that the composition of the Council shall reflect the international representation of the Members of the Society (Article 29).

According to Article 41 each suggestion of a candidate for Council requires: i) the signature of the nominated member, ii) the signatures of 1% of the number of Ordinary Members, i.e., 15 Members (this normally would include the signature of the proposing member). Please note that not more than one third of the supporting signatures should be from one country. It is suggested that the proposing member and/or the proposed candidate arrange for the supporting signatures to be sent in the following form by February 15th, 2007, to the ISN Secretary.


Nomination Form for ISN Councillors