Election Process
The IASA Election Process is governed by the IASA
Constitution. As such:
A. Nomination
- In the year preceding the General Assembly at which
the election of officers is to take place, the Executive Board
shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three members. The
Nominating Committee shall elect a chairman from among its
members. Following its appointment the Committee shall circulate
the membership requesting nominations for all offices, the
nominations to be duly signed by a proposer, a seconder and the
nominee. In the event that no nomination(s) has (have) been
received for any office(s) eight months prior to the date of the
election, the Nominating Committee shall itself seek a
candidate(s) for that (those) office(s), the nomination(s) to be
duly signed each by a proposer, a seconder and the nominee. The
Committee shall then prepare a slate of all nominations, listing
the nominations for each office in alphabetical order. This
slate shall be mailed to the membership four months before the
date of the election.
- The President shall not be eligible for nomination to a
second consecutive term as President.
B. Elections
- The Chairman of the Nominating Committee shall preside over
the elections at the General Assembly and shall not vote except
to break a tie in the election of any Officer.
- Voting shall be by postal ballot. Full members should
receive the ballot form four months before the General Assembly
at which the election results will be announced. Members of the
Association shall return their ballot papers in a blank sealed
inner envelope. The inner envelope shall be enclosed in an outer
envelope bearing the name and address of the voting member and
sent to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee. It must be
received by the Chairman of the Nominating Committee at least
one month before the General Assembly. The Chairman of the
Nominating Committee shall check whether the member is entitled
to vote (cf Article III C of the Constitution). The ballot
papers which have been accepted shall be delivered unopened at
the General Assembly. Only members of the Nominating Committee
are permitted to open the inner envelopes at the counting.
- Officers shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast
by members and the results shall be announced by the Chairman of
the Nominating Committee at the General Assembly.
- In the event that there is only one nomination for any
office, that nominee shall be deemed elected and the full
membership informed four months before the General Assembly at
which the election results will be announced. Otherwise voting
shall be by postal ballot (cf Para B.2.).
C. Terms of Office
Officers shall assume office at the end of the General Assembly
in which the election is held and shall retire at the end of the
General Assembly three years following their election.
D. Duties
The Officers are to serve as voting members of the Executive
Board. In addition, Officers will perform the following duties and
other duties stipulated elsewhere in the Constitution and By-Laws.
- The President: to act as chief executive officer of
the Association.
- Vice Presidents: to serve as general advisers on
Association business and one of the Vice-Presidents or the Past
President, on the decision of the Executive Board, to act as the
chief executive officer in the event of the President's
inability to serve. Moreover, each Vice-President undertakes
duties determined in agreement with the Executive Board.
- Secretary-General: to prepare agenda and record
minutes for Executive Board meetings and General Assemblies, to
prepare and co-ordinate annual conferences and inter-conference
Executive Board meetings, to maintain communications with
committees and national branch executive officers, to
co-ordinate the work of the secretariat as it affects
membership, to attend to correspondence as directed by the
President, and to maintain relations with bodies IASA is
affiliated to or who may affiliate with IASA.
- Treasurer: to prepare the annual budget for the
approval of the Executive Board, and to keep an accurate record
of income and expenditure.
- Editor: to edit and publish the Association's
publications.
- Past President: Ex officio member of the Board with
voting rights, to provide continuity and to undertake duties
determined in agreement with the Executive Board.
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