According to Article 15 of our internal rules (see bottom of the page), each full member organisation in good standing is entitled to nominate one person to serve on the Board. Membership of the Board is organised according to three panels – directors nominated by tier 1 members; directors nominated by tier 2 members and a ‘management and technical’ panel consisting of up to four individuals co-opted by the Board to complement its management and technical skills.
The number of ‘tier 1’ vacancies is equivalent to one third of the number of organisations in that category while the number of vacancies in the ‘tier 2’ panel is equivalent to one tenth of the number of organisations in that category.
At the date of this year’s call for nominations, our network included 12 Full Members Tier I and 27 Full Members Tier II. Therefore, 4 Tier 1 seats and 3 Tier II seats were available on the Board, with two vacant seats in the latter category.
The collection of nominations took place between the 7th April and the 1st May and two full membership Tier II nominations were submitted by the deadline set by the Board, in accordance with our rules.
These concern
- Georgia Casanova, INRCA- National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (Italia); and
- Iveta Ždiľová, Chamber of Caregivers of Slovakia (KOS).
Welcome
In line with article 15.3 of our internal rules, no vote is required for the appointment of our new Tier II Board members when the number of nominations received by the Secretariat is equal to the number of available seats for that category. We are therefore pleased to welcome Georgia and Iveta as our new Board members and we warmly congratulate them on behalf of the network!
You will be able to learn more about Georgia and Iveta’s background and motivation hereunder. Should you have any questions/comments, please do not hesitate to submit them using the dedicated box below.
Iveta Ždiľová
Vice-president of the Chamber of Caregivers of Slovakia
Georgia Casanova
Senior researcher at the Center for Socio-Economic Research on Aging of the IRCCS-INRCA (National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing), Ancona, Italy
Documents to be approved in Berlin
Finally, we invite ALL member organisations to check the minutes of our previous AGM as well as our Treasurer’s report and financial accounts 2022, which will be approved (by show of hands) in Berlin.
Questions or comments
Article 15 of Eurocarers Internal Rules:
Article 15 – Board of Directors representation
Board representation shall be organised as follows:
15.1 Each member organisation is entitled to nominate one person to serve on the Board. Membership of the board will be organised into three panels – directors nominated by tier 1 members; directors nominated by tier 2 members and a third ‘management and technical’ panel.
15.2 Tier 1 members –The number of vacancies on the ‘tier 1’ panel will be equivalent to one third of the number of organisations who have paid the appropriate tier 1 membership fee by the required date rounded up to the nearest number. If there are more nominations than vacancies then an election will take place for this panel in which the votes of all full members will both be counted equally. If there are fewer nominations than vacancies then all nominees will be deemed elected and the Board will be entitled to fill any remaining vacancies by co-option. Such co-options do not have to be members of a tier 1 organisation;
15.3 Tier 2 members – The number of vacancies on the ‘tier 2’ panel shall be equivalent to one tenth of the number of organisations who have paid the appropriate tier 2 membership fee by the required date rounded up to the nearest whole number. If there are more nominations than vacancies then an election will take in place for this panel in which the votes of full members Tier 1 and Tier 2 will both be counted. If there are fewer nominations than vacancies then all nominees will be deemed elected and the Board of Directors will be entitled to fill any vacancies by co-option. Such co-options do not have to be members of a tier 2 organisation;
15.4 Management and technical panel – the Board will be entitled to co-opt up to four additional individuals as directors, who in its opinion will complement its management and technical skills. This figure may be increased by any casual vacancies which arise on either of the other two panels.
Last Updated on May 4, 2023
Last Updated on May 4, 2023
