OPERATING PROCEDURE:

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SUBJECT: ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND SECRETARIAT
Issue/Draft
Rev. 31.

Date
14 June 2018

Details
Version agreed tocorrespond to v4 of theConstitution following
Organisation Review
2015-2017

Status/Approval
Approved by postal
ballot 31 October 2017and implemented
14 June 2018

Scope

The Chairman, the General Secretary, the Treasurer, the organisation toserve as Secretariat and the Auditors shall be elected by the International
Committee at the second General Assembly at the World Conference to serve
until the next World Conference, i.e. for four years. Other office bearers andmembers of the Executive Committee and IAC are nominated or ex officio asdefined in the Constitution.
2.

Method of Working

At least six months before the World Conference, the ICNDT General
Secretary shall issue by e-mail a call for nominations for each of the above.
(Copy attached).
Nominations will be reviewed at the IEC and additional nominations may berequested. Each nomination shall be proposed by a minimum of two Membersof ICNDT.
3.

ICNDT Meeting

At the first ICNDT meeting at each World Conference the full list ofnominations will be announced and confirmed.
4.

ElectionsElections will be held by secret ballot at the second ICNDT meeting at theWorld Conference. Ballot papers will be issued by the Secretariat.
Secretariat: The British Institute of NDT, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road,Northampton NN1 5NX UK
Tel: +44 1604 438300 Fax: +44 1604 438301 Email: gensec@icndt.org
The ICNDT is registered as a legalised Association with its seat in Vienna, Austria.
ICNDT Registered Office: 1230 VIENNA, Deutschstraße 10
Chair: S K Babu Email: chairman@icndt.org

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VotingEach Full Member shall have one vote.
The individual/organisation with the most votes shall be elected. In the eventof a tie, the candidates with equal votes will be allowed to address themeeting and then the vote will be repeated. In the event of a second tie, thedecision will be made by the retiring Executive Committee (1 vote for eachmember excluding any of the candidates).
6.

Regional Representatives to IEC and IAC

These representatives are nominated by the Committees/Boards of therecognised Regional Groups.

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ELECTION OF ICNDT OFFICERS: Nomination FormNotes:(i)

Officers/positions to be filled by election at the ICNDT meeting are marked*.

(ii)

Elections will be carried out in the order indicated at the second ICNDT
meeting at the World Conference.

(iii)

After each Election there will be a request for further nominations so that
defeated candidates may be proposed for other positions.

Position
Chair*
GeneralSecretary*
Treasurer*
WorldConference
President
Society toprovide
Secretariat*
1st
Representative
nominated byeachContinental
Regional
Grouping toIEC
2nd
Representative
nominated byeachContinental
Regional
Grouping toIAC

SelectionProcessCandidate(Proposed by)Name(Country)

Name(Country)

Elected by thefull ICNDTElected by thefull ICNDTElected by thefull ICNDT
Nominated byOrganiser
Elected by thefull ICNDT
Africa(AFNDT)
Asia-Pacific(APFNDT)
Europe(EFNDT)
Pan Americas(PAN-NDT)
Africa(AFNDT)
Asia-Pacific(APFNDT
Europe(EFNDT)
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