The 2012 International Congress of Animal Reproduction

2011 Meeting of ISOCARD Executive Council

International Conference on Camelid Genetics

3rd Veterinary Middle East Conference (VETme)

Camelid Health Conference

Invitation for Nominations on the Executive Council of ISOCARD

2011 Meeting of ISOCARD Executive Council

All six EC members attended a three day meeting at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman from 5 – 7th February.  The purpose of the meeting was to support and discuss, with our colleagues at the host institution, the logistics and facilities for the next ISOCARD 2012 conference. We are very confident that the next conference will be very successful because of the huge effort and preparation for the next conference by Dr. Isam Kadim, the Chairman of the organizing committee and his team at SQU. The EC members also discussed other issues related to ISOCARD such as the constitution of ISOCARD and fund raising. In the next few weeks you will receive a draft of the proposed constitution and we would like to have your feedback when we send the proposed constitution to all ISOCARD members. It will be presented for approval to the general assembly at the 3rd Conference of ISOCARD 2012.

The 2012 International Congress of Animal Reproduction

SYMPOSIUM

Invitation for Nominations on the Executive Council of ISOCARD

 An election will be held for the new members of the ISOCARD Executive Council during the next ISOCARD Conference in Muscat, 2012. This will be done by ballot at the General Assembly Meeting, held during the course of the Conference. Only ISOCARD Members who attend the next ISOCARD conference at Muscat can cast their vote. This announcement is a call for all members to attend the conference and participate in the election.  

Nominations are invited from members. In order to be eligible, all candidates and voters must be members of ISOCARD. Candidates for the election must produce a personal statement to support their nomination, which will be circulated to ISOCARD members via email and the ISOCARD website. The personal statement should be submitted in English and should include the following information:

Ø  The candidate’s current position, experience and research interests

Ø  Reasons the candidate would like to stand for election

Ø  A statement about what the candidate would bring to ISOCARD

Ø  Any positions held on advisory Councils/Committees elsewhere.

The deadline for nominations will be 15th of January 2011. Nominations should be sent to Ghaleb Alhadrami by email hadrami@uaeu.ac.ae . The candidates will be announced on the ISOCARD website and the personal statements of each candidate posted there. The members will be emailed at this time and directed to the website where they will be able to download the candidates’ personal statements.

Rules of election according to the minutes of the current Executive committee:

1.      Two members of the current Executive Council (hereafter referred to as “the Council”) shall remain on the Council in order to ensure continuity of information within the Society governance. If only two current members wish to remain, they shall be re-elected automatically.

2.      Four members of the current Council shall step down, to be replaced by newly elected members.

3.      If more than 2 current Council members wish to stay on the Council, they will need to be elected by the ISOCARD members, but after the election, no more than 2 current Council members shall remain.

4.      The remaining 4 members of the Council will be new members elected from the ISOCARD membership. Consequently, there may be two groups of individuals standing for election: those hoping to be re-elected from whom only 2 may be selected, and those seeking election for the first time from whom 4 may be selected. This will be based on the number of votes per candidate.

5.      Should there not be enough new candidates standing for election (i.e. less than 4), then more current members will be eligible to remain if they wish.

6.      Only one person from a single country may be elected. (The country is defined by the candidate’s place of work.) Therefore, if more than one person is nominated from a single country, only the individual with the highest number of votes can be elected to serve on the Council. This rule ensures that the Council maintains its international representation.

7.      One position on the Council is to be reserved for a candidate representing South American Camelid. This is to reflect the smaller number of ISOCARD members representing these species and ensures that they continue to be represented on the Council. A maximum of 3 positions may be held by persons representing South American Camelid.

 The role of the Executive Council members: In general, to contribute to the management of ISOCARD

1.      To prepare the selection of the next organizer of the ISOCARD conference

2.      To contribute to the organization and scientific orientation of ISOCARD conferences and to participate to the in-between meeting of the EC in order to prepare the ISOCARD conference

3.      To contribute to the support of ISOCARD by looking for sponsors, by promoting ISOCARD in national and international meetings, by representation of ISOCARD in all events linked to Camelid

4.      To contribute to the promotion and the management of the Journal of Camelid Sciences

5.      To contribute by providing the ISOCARD website with information on Camelid