Election of the ISC Nominations and Elections Committee (2024 – 2028)

The ISC Nominations and Elections Committee 2024 – 2028 will be established to advise on and direct the processes of nomination, election and appointment of members of the next ISC Governing Board (Statute X, Article 38), as well as to ensure the appropriateness, effectiveness, and inclusiveness of its composition.

The committee is composed as follows (Statute X, Article 40):

• i. An independent chair proposed by the Governing Board, being an individual who is not representing or active in any ISC Member or its advisory bodies
• ii. 2 Governing Board members not seeking re-election
• iii. 1 nominee from the Fellowship Council
• iv. 3 nominees from Category 1 Members
• v. 3 nominees from Category 2 Members
• vi. 1 nominee from Category 3 Members

Timeline – next steps

ISC Members were invited to submit nominations for the committee by 16 April. The ISC Governing Board will review the nominations received and propose a list of candidates to the ISC membership, taking geographical, disciplinary, gender, ethnicity and career stage considerations into account.

ISC Members eligible to vote (see below) are now invited to designate their voting delegate (below) who will cast the vote on the approval of the proposed members of the ISC Nominations and Elections Committee 2024 – 2028 on behalf of the Member organization.

It is not necessary to designate your Member organization’s voting delegate again, if your organization’s designated voting delegate in the frame of the recent electronic extraordinary General Assembly (28 – 29 February 2024) on the revision of the ISC Statutes and Rule of Procedure, remains the same.

Who may vote

Full 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 (Statute III, Article 10). Members of Category 4 may not vote.

Voting system

In sessions of the General Assembly a quorum shall consist of a minimum of 50% of the voting Full Members (Rule of Procedure 1.1) – that is, at least half of the eligible Members must vote.

The voting system that applies to this vote is set out in Statute V, Article 17.ii:

• a. Category 1 Members collectively have 40 percent of the overall vote; Category 2 Members collectively have 40 percent of the overall vote; Category 3 Members collectively have 20 percent of the overall vote.
• b. Within Category 1 and Category 3, each Member has an equal vote.
• c. Each Category 2 Member has an equal vote, except in cases where there is more than one Category 2 Member representing the same country, territory or region, in which case the Members from that country, territory or region must agree on a common voting position resulting in a single vote. Should they not find agreement, they shall have a proportion of that vote agreed between them, otherwise the vote will be divided proportionately to dues paid.

Contact

Anne Thieme
anne.thieme@council.science

Membership Liaison Officer

Designation form

Please designate your Member organization’s voting delegate in the frame of the upcoming electronic election (13 – 20 May) of the ISC Nominations and Elections Committee (2024 – 2028) via the online form below by 10 May.

It is not necessary to designate your Member organization’s voting delegate again, if your organization’s designated voting delegate in the frame of the recent electronic extraordinary General Assembly (28 – 29 February 2024) on the revision of the ISC Statutues and Rule of Procedure, remains the same.

First name of the voting delegate *

Last name of the voting delegate *

Email address of the voting delegate *

Name of ISC Member organization that the voting delegate is voting on behalf of *

Position of the voting delegate within the Member organization *

Designate voting delegate

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