Elections of trustees, board and council members
Vacancies arise each year for trustees and members of Boards and Council.
The candidates proposed by the Board of Trustees to fill the vacancies for Deputy-President, Vice-President, and Ordinary member of the Board of Trustees are published in Engineering & Technology magazine. Subject to the conditions laid down in Bye-law 64(c), members may nominate other qualified persons to fill the vacancies. The requisite qualifications and procedures are set out in Bye-laws 61-66.
Members are also invited to nominate candidates to fill the vacancies for members of Council, the Membership and Regions Board and the Technical and Professional Services Board. Each year there are 22 vacancies for members of Council, four vacancies for members of the Membership and Regions Board and two vacancies for members of the Technical and Professional Services Board. Nominations must follow the conditions of Bye-law 64(c).
A full list of candidates for election, with biographical details and ballot papers, is posted to all members entitled to vote. The Board of Trustees wishes it to be known that it welcomes the exercise of the right to nominate candidates, but strongly deprecates organised canvassing for candidates by means of circulars or otherwise.
A call for nominations was printed in the 8 March 2008 issue of Engineering & Technology. The closing date for nominations was 27 April 2008.