Neurochemistry News
-News of the Community of Neurochemical Societies

No. 2 - December 2004

ELECTION OF NEW ISN COUNCILORS


According to Article 41 of the new 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 2005.

Council Member
Country
Region
Continuation past 2005
V. Adam-Vizi Hungary East Europe
No
R. Butterworth (Treasurer) Canada North America
Yes
G. DeVries USA North America
Yes
A. Garcia (Secretary) Spain South Europe
Yes
F. Garcia de Mello Brazil South America
No
G. Goracci Italy South Europe
Yes
K. Ikenaka Japan Asia
Yes
M. McKenna USA North America
Yes
P. Nwoha Nigeria Africa
No
P. Roberts UK West Europe
No
A. Schousboe (President) Denmark North Europe
No
U. Sonnewald Norway North Europe
Yes
H. Soreq Israel Middle East
No
B. Zalc France West Europe
No

At the Business Meeting of ISN on August 24th, 2005 in Innsbruck six (four elected and two coopted) Councilors 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 Councilors and Officers in 2005 is shown in the following table.

Region Till 8/2005 Past 8/2005 Loss in 2005
North America
3
3
0
South America
1
0
1
Western Europe
-UK
1
0
1
-France
1
0
1
North Europe
2
1
1
South Europe
2
2
0
East Europe
1
0
1
East Asia
1
1
0
South Asia
0
0
0
Middle East
1
0
1
Australia
0
0
0
Africa
1
0
1

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 Councilor will then enter their 4 years' term of service on the Council. The ballot for the election of the new Councilor will take place in the spring of 2005. 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 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 15, 2005, to the ISN Secretary.

Nomination Form