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Proposals for Restructuring EB and
Council Council 2007
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• Proposal 1
• Proposal The Executive Board (EB), the Council
  and the position of
• Trustee in their present forms are terminated and
  replaced by
• The IFIP Board.
• 1 The Board
• This Board consists of
• 1.1 The President
• 1.2 Four Vice-Presidents elected by GA
• 1.3 Secretary
• 1.4 Treasurer
• 1.5 Eight Councilors - 6 elected and two
  seconded (appointed)
• onto the Board

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• The Vice-Presidents
• 4 VPs elected by the GA
• VP Portfolios
• VP 1 Member Societies
• VP 2 Technical Activities (Chair TA)
• VP 3 IFIP Events
• VP 4 Finance (Chair FC)
• For each of these 4 portfolios a job description
  will exist, and potential
• candidates will prior to election, have to
  motivate their suitability for the
• specific portfolio.

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• The Councilors
• TC Representative
• Sitting TC Chair
• Represents TC Chairs on the Board.
• Elected by GA
• Reports annually to TA.
• 2. Member Society (MS) representative
• Sitting MS representative
• Represents MSs on the Board.
• Elected by GA
• Report annually to GA (actually the MSs).
• .

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The Councilors 3 and 4 GA members (national MS
representatives or TC Chairs) Appointed by the
Board on nomination by the President. Term of
the specific President 5 to 8 GA members
(national MS representatives or TC Chairs)
Elected by GA Have responsibility for
specific portfolios.
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• Board Meetings
• Twice a year in February/March and
  August/September (Physical)
• As needed (electronic)
• Trustees
• The present system of Trustees is replaced by
  the concept of Councilors
• having specific responsibilities
• Portfolios
• Marketing
• Publications
• Professionalism
• International and Industry Liaison
• Quality and Quality Control
• Developing Countries

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• Management Committee
• The President
• The Vice-Presidents
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• MC meetings
• Preferably electronic

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Management Committee (replaces EB)
President Vice-Presidents Secretary Treasurer
Board (replaces Council)
President Vice-Presidents Secretary Treasurer 8
Councilors
GA
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Statutes, Bylaws and Standing Orders
(SBSO) The President-Elect, Vise-President
Strous, Secretary Johnson and TC Chair Max
Bramer have offered to prepare a proposal for GA
which will address transitional matters as far as
SBSO are concerned.
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Proposal 2 IFIP will leverage the concept of
electronic/virtual meetings to a much greater
extent.
Proposal 3 The whole structure of Standing
Committees (SCs) will be reviewed, and
responsibility for SCs will be divided between
VPs and Councilors.
Proposal 4 The Structure/Agenda of the Board and
GA will be reviewed and restructured