Following the Council decision at the Osaka Meeting 2004 a change in the bylaws of the Society will be voted on at the General Business Meeting in Innsbruck. The change refers to the procedure for election of Officers and Council Members and if approved will allow the use of electronic voting. A consequence of this change would be the obligation of ISN members to keep their E-mail address updated.

Change of the Articles of Association of ISN

OLD VERSION

ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

41) The Hon. Secretary shall invite nominations for the election of the Council of Management from the Ordinary Membership not more than eight months before the date of the Business Meeting whether actual or provisional. The nominations must be received by the Secretary at the Registered Office of the Society or at such other address as may be specified in the Secretary's invitation within sixty days from the date of the invitation for nominations. Every nomination must be signed by the nominated Member and must be supported by five Ordinary Members or by one per cent of the number of Ordinary Members, whichever is the greater. Not more than one third of the supporting signatures should be from one country. All Ordinary Members receiving the required number of nominations will be eligible for election to the Council. If the total number of nominations does not exceed the total number of vacancies, or if the list of candidates does not conform to the international representation of the Ordinary Members of the Society, the Council shall have the power to make further nominations to provide more candidates than the total number of vacancies and as will, by the same nominations, ensure the international representation aforesaid. Not later than thirty days after the closing of nominations, the Secretary shall send a ballot paper, containing the names of all candidates thus nominated, to all the Ordinary Members of the Society; the ballot papers must be marked by the Ordinary Members so as clearly to record those candidates for whom they vote and must be received at the Registered Office of the Society or such other address as may be specified in the ballot paper not later than sixty days after the ballot papers are sent out; all ballot papers received after that return date shall be disregarded. The accidental omission to send any Member a ballot paper or the non-receipt of the same by the Society when returned by him shall not make void or invalidate any election. Two Members of Council shall scrutinise the ballot papers together and determine the result thereof, which they then report to the three Officers. The Council has full power to settle any questions arising there out, and shall report the result to the ensuing Business Meeting. When a Secretary or a Treasurer is to be elected (Article 32) this ballot procedure shall also be used.

NOTICES

50) A notice or ballot paper may be served by the Society upon any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a letter or by telefax addressed to such Member at her/his address appearing in the Register of Members, and not elsewhere.

51) Any notice or other document required to be served upon the Society may be served by sending the same through the post in a letter or by telefax addressed to the Registered Office of the Society.

NEW VERSION

ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

41) The Hon. Secretary shall invite nominations for the election of the Council of Management from the Ordinary Membership not more than eight months before the date of the Annual Business Meeting whether actual or provisional. Nomination forms shall at the option of the Council of Management either be published on the website of the Society or be forwarded by the Secretary by electronic communication or by post to the Ordinary Members not more than eight months before the date of the Annual Business Meeting. No nomination shall be effective unless it is sent by an Ordinary Member to the Society by electronic communication or by post to an address notified by the Society for each of those purposes (as appropriate) and is received by the Secretary within sixty days from the date of the invitation for nominations. Every nomination must contain the personal identification details previously allocated to the Ordinary Member by the Society and if sent by post must be signed by the nominating Ordinary Member and must be supported by five Ordinary Members or by one per cent of the number of Ordinary Members, whichever is the greater. Not more than one third of the Ordinary Members supporting the nomination should be from one country. All Ordinary Members receiving the required number of nominations will be eligible for election to the Council. If the total number of nominations does not exceed the total number of vacancies, or if the list of candidates does not conform to the international representation of the Ordinary Members of the Society, the Council shall have the power to make further nominations to provide more candidates than the total number of vacancies and as will, by the same nominations, ensure the international representation aforesaid. Not later than thirty days after the closing of nominations the Secretary shall send by electronic communication or by post a ballot paper, containing the names of all candidates thus nominated, to all the Ordinary Members of the Society to an address previously notified to the Society by the Ordinary Member. The ballot paper shall provide that it must be returned by the Ordinary Member to the Society by electronic communication or by post to an address notified by the Society for each of those purposes (as appropriate) so as to reach the Society within a period of not later than sixty days after the ballot papers are sent out. All ballot papers received after that return date shall be disregarded. The ballot papers must be marked by the Ordinary Members so as clearly to record those candidates for whom they vote. The accidental omission to send any Ordinary Member a ballot paper or the non-receipt of the same by the Society when returned by him/her shall not make void or invalidate any election. Two Members of Council together shall scrutinise the ballot papers and determine the result thereof, which they then report to the three Officers. The Council has full power to settle any questions arising thereof and shall report the result thereof to the ensuing Annual Business Meeting. The result of the electronic ballot shall also be published by the Secretary on the website of the Society no later than 7 days after the result has been determined. When a Secretary or Treasurer is to be elected (Article 28) this ballot procedure shall also be used.

NOTICES

50) A notice or ballot paper may be served by the Society upon any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a letter or by telefax or email addressed to such Member at her/his address appearing in the Register of Members, and not elsewhere.

51) Any notice or other document required to be served upon the Society may be served by sending the same through the post in a letter or by telefax or email addressed to the Registered Office of the Society.