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 2009.
|
Council Member
|
Country
|
Region
|
Continuation past 2009
|
| F. Barrantes | Argentina | South America |
No
|
| R. Butterworth (Immediate Past President) | Canada | North America |
No
|
| P. Beart (Secretary) | Australia | Asia |
No
|
| D. Condorelli | Italy | South Europe |
Yes
|
| R. Dringen | Germany | North Europe |
Yes
|
| A. Garcia (President) | Spain | South Europe |
Yes
|
| S. Ferguson | Canada | North America |
Yes
|
| W. Macklin | USA | North America |
Yes
|
| A. Saria | Austria | West Europe |
No
|
| E. Sykova | Czech Republic | East Europe |
No
|
| D. Shine (Treasurer) | USA | North America |
Yes
|
| T. Tashiro | Japan | Asia |
Yes
|
At the Business Meeting of ISN in August, 2009 in Busan four 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 2009 is shown in the following table.
| Region | Till 8/2009 | Past 8/2009 | Loss in 2009 |
| North America |
4
|
3
|
1
|
| South America |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| West Europe |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| North Europe |
1
|
1
|
0
|
| South Europe |
2
|
2
|
0
|
| East Europe |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| East Asia |
1
|
1
|
0
|
| 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, four 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 2009. 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, 2009, to the ISN Secretary.
Email: isn.secretary@florey.edu.au
Nomination Form for ISN Councillors