This is the time of year when we consider retirements from and elections to our Council. Changes take place at the OGM during the Annual Congress, which this year will be in Vienna, Thursday 9 October. Details of the OGM will be sent out later in the year.
Reserved Seat Vacancies - Click Country to download specific Nomination Form
Countries with 30 or more members are entitled to a reserved seat on Council. In October this year, vacancies will arise for the following seats:
- Matthias Prior (reserved seat for Austria), Michala Roepstorff (reserved seat for Denmark), Evert Verwey (reserved seat for Netherlands), Pawel Kuglarz (reserved seat for Poland) and Sabina Schellenberg (reserved seat for Switzerland) will have all completed their second 3-year term of office and therefore retire from Council, creating a vacancy for those countries.
- Paul-Dieter Cirlanaru (reserved seat for Romania) will have completed his first 3-year term of office and wishes to stand again for election against other nominations.
General Seat Vacancies - Click to download Nomination Form
In October there will be two general seat vacancies on Council, as Noor Zetteler (Netherlands) and José Carles (Spain) will have completed their first 3-year term of office. These seats are open to any member from any country, and voting will be open to all members. Noor Zetteler will be standing for the Reserved seat for Netherlands instead of the general seat. All members will be sent the appropriate form to make their nominations. If there are no nominations for a general seat, the seat will remain vacant and may be filled the following year.
Special Seat Vacancies - Click Country to download specific Nomination Form
In addition, there are two special seat vacancies on Council, which are open to candidates from countries with 20-30 members as at 20th June. The eligible countries are Cyprus, Czechia, Finland, Greece, Hungary and Sweden.
Members from the these countries will receive an email requesting nominations for candidates from their own country. If there are more than one nomination from a particular country it will go to a vote between members of that country. Then it will go to a final vote and the two candidates from the countries with the highest number of votes will be given the seat. The term will be one 3-year term only. This is different to the normal reserved or general seats, as the shorter term will allow more countries to have the opportunity to be represented on Council. If there are no nominations for one of the seats, it will remain vacant and may be filled the following year.
For further information on the role of the Council, please see attached.
Please note: All nomination forms must be completed and signed by members wishing to stand for election and must then be proposed and seconded by two current INSOL Europe members. All candidates, proposers and seconders must be fully paid up members of INSOL Europe. All nominations must be accompanied by a photograph and curriculum vitae of the candidate. The CVs of all nominees will then be circulated to the relevant membership with an invitation to cast their vote.