The ISC Nominations and Elections Committee 2024–2028, which is tasked with managing the process of nomination, election and appointment of members of the ISC Governing Board, shortlisted candidates for the consideration of the ISC Members in the framework of the Governing Board elections in December 2024.
Following the revision of the ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure at an extraordinary ISC General Assembly in February 2024, the terms of office of ISC Governing Board members are staggered for the first time with these elections.
In this election, the following positions were filled:
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ISC Members eligible to vote could designate one voting delegate per Member organization by 1 December.
Voting opened on 9 December and closed on 18 December.
The results of the elections will be shared with ISC Members via email and announced on the ISC website by 20 December.
Members in good standing (that is, Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 Members having paid their membership dues for the past three years up to and including 2023 or, for new Members of less than three years’ standing, since joining the ISC and until 2023 inclusive) are eligible to vote (Section III, Statute 10). Members in Category 1, 2 and 3 benefitting from a waiver of dues are also eligible to vote. Members of Category 4 may not vote.
Please find below references to the most relevant ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure.
In sessions of the General Assembly a quorum shall consist of a minimum of 50% of the Members eligible to vote (Rule of Procedure 1.1) – that is, at least half of the eligible Members in any category of membership must vote.
The voting system that applies to this vote is set out in Section V, Statute 17.ii:
According to Rule of Procedure 2.3, the election of the members of the Governing Board by the General Assembly shall be by secret ballot.
According to Rule of Procedure 2.4, for all positions on the Governing Board, other than President-elect, each voting Member shall vote for no more names than there are vacancies to be filled. The number of votes to be cast by each voting Member shall conform with Statute 17.
According to Rule of Procedure 5.5, when a single candidate is offered for any (officer) position, at least two thirds of the valid votes shall be required for the candidate to be confirmed. If that is not achieved, the Nominations and Elections Committee will offer an alternative candidate. When two candidates are offered for any position, election will be by established voting procedure (see Statute 17 and Rule of Procedure 2).
Each Member organization eligible to vote could designate one voting delegate by 1 December.
From 9 December, the voting link was sent to the designated and validated voting delegates. Votes could be cast until midnight UTC on 18 December.
Should you have any questions regarding the nominations and elections process, please contact the ISC Operations Director, Sarah Moore.
Should you have any questions regarding the voting process, please contact the ISC Membership Liaison Officer, Anne Thieme.
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