Election Process - 2008
The election process is beginning with the selection of the next ILAE President, and the three candidates for this position have now been selected according to the Constitution Article VIII, each have a page with their CV linked to this page.
The continued success of our organization, particularly in the face of what may be increasingly difficult political and economic times ahead, requires a sustained effort by someone with not only leadership skills, but demonstrated administrative and organizational abilities. Furthermore, the next President must be willing to set aside a significant portion of academic, financial, and personal pursuits for eight years, to volunteer considerable amounts of time and energy to serve the League. Consequently, this all important election of the next President can not be merely a popularity contest, or a reward for previous contributions, but rather a deliberate effort to identify an individual who is truly capable of effectively managing the complex and diverse affairs of the League, who will be responsible to the needs of the overall organization as well as the individual chapters in a timely manner, who will be able to serve actively until 2017 (four years as President and four as Past President), and who has a vision to carry us into the future.
Biographies of Candidates for President for the 2009-2013 Term
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Martin Brodie
Click here to see
his letter and CV
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Esper Abrão Cavalheiro
Click here to see
his letter and CV |
Solomon L. Moshe
Click here to see
his letter and CV |
ELECTION DEADLINES
• Deadline for receipt of first round votes for President - 15 July, 2008
• Deadline for receipt of FINAL round votes for President – 31 October, 2008
• Deadline for receipt of nominations for remaining officers – 15 January, 2009
• Deadline for receipt of votes for remaining officers – 31 March, 2009
The deadlines for receipt of nominations and voting will be strictly followed. All deadline dates end at midnight Greenwich Mean Time.
ELECTION PROCEDURES
The election procedures for the 2009-2013 ILAE Executive Committee are as follows:
- 18 months before the end of the current term, the ILAE President authorizes the Election Committee to begin the
process.
- The Election Committee through the HQ office shall submit to the Chapters a list of persons fulfilling the requirements of the Constitution (Article VIII, 3), who are available and willing to serve as president.
- Each Chapter is requested to send its vote to a designed notary. Each Chapter has from 1-6 votes according to the sliding scale reported below.
- The notary will forward the results to the Election Committee. If one of the candidates receives more that fifty percent of the votes, the candidate shall be elected.
- If no one candidate receives more that fifty percent of the votes, the Election Committee will submit to the Chapters trough the HQ office the names of two candidates who received the highest number of weighted votes asking each chapter to send its votes to the notary.
- The notary will forward to the Election Committee the results, and the candidate that receives the highest number of weighted votes cast in this run-off shall be elected.
- If both candidates receive the same number of votes, the candidate with the highest number of unweighted votes will prevail. If the tie still holds after counting unweighted votes, the candidate who had been in the Executive Committee for 8 years already will prevail. In the event that the tie still holds, the older candidate will prevail.
- The Election Committee will officially inform the ILAE EC about the results of the presidential election and will circulate the name of the elected president to all the chapters.
- The Election Committee will circulate to all Chapters the request of sending to the notary a slate of five names from at least 3 different regions, without any ranking, as candidates for the remaining officer positions.
- The notary will forward the names with the number of votes to the Election Committee, which will choose a slate of fifteen candidates on the basis of non-weighted multiple nominations from the lists submitted by the Chapters. The slate must include candidates from at least 3 regions. The slate may be smaller if less than 15 people are nominated.
- The Committee shall ascertain that these candidates are available and willing to serve and submit the slate to each Chapter trough the HQ office with the request to send to the notary their vote for five candidates from at least 3 different regions, without any ranking.
- The notary will forward to the Election Committee the final votes that every candidate have received, which will be determined by the sum of the weighted votes received from all Chapters.
- The Election Committee will choose five candidates from at least 3 regions who received the highest number of weighted votes. If two or more candidates obtain the same number of weighted votes, the candidate(s) from the ILAE region(s) with the least representation among the other elected officers will prevail. If a tie persists after consideration of regional representation, the candidate with the highest number of unweighted votes will prevail. If a tie still persists, the oldest candidate(s) will prevail.
- The list will be forwarded to the ILAE EC and to the President- Elect.
- The President-Elect with the advice of the Election Committee will appoint the Secretary-General, Treasurer, and the first Vice-President from the newly elected slate.
WEIGHTED VOTE SCALE
The number of votes accorded to each Chapter shall depend on the number of professional dues paying members in that Chapter according to the most recent statement provided by the Chapter. The number of votes shall be determined by a sliding scale as follows:
up to 50 members: 1 vote
51 – 150 members: 2 votes
151 – 350 members: 3 votes
351 – 750 members: 4 votes
751 – 1500 members: 5 votes
above 1500 members: 6 votes
Chapters that do not collect dues shall have one vote.
MEMBERS OF THE ILAE ELECTION COMMISSION
Guiliano Avanzini, Chiar (Italy)
Natalio Fejerman (Argentina)
Simon Shorvon (United Kingdom)
Yoshiaki Mayanagi (Japan)
Roger Porter (United States)
REGIONS OF ILAE
Africa
Asia and Oceania
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Latin America
North America
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