Call for Candidates for the Chair of OISTAT Sound Design Sub-Commission

Dear Colleagues, 

The Chair Election of OISTAT Sound Design sub-commission will be held at Sound Design sub-commission meeting during OISTAT Hub event in Prague, Czech Republic in 2023.

OISTAT Hub

• Date: June 10-15, 2023
• Location: VILA Štvanice (Ostrov Štvanice 858, 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice, Prague) 

OISTAT Sound Design sub-commission is an international body of sound designers, composers and sound artists who primarily work in theatre and in performing arts. We would like to thank the interim Chair Bassam Yaqout for taking the lead in the previous 2 years. 

The call for candidates is now open. OISTAT Centres, Associate Members, Individual Members and Active Members of Sound Design sub-commission are encouraged to send nominations to Headquarters at headquarters@oistat.org no later than February 9, 2023.

The Candidate nominations from OISTAT Centres and Associate Members should include a letter of nomination from the OISTAT Centre or the OISTAT Associate Member, the candidate’s CV and the candidate’s statement of intent. Nominations from Individual Members and Active Members of Sound Design sub-commission should include a letter of nomination from the nominator, the candidate’s CV and the candidate’s statement of intent. 

The Chair of OISTAT Sound Design is the member of OISTAT Governing Board (GB). Governing Board members shall work under the auspices of the Congress and not as representatives of their OISTAT Centres and shall meet with Executive Committee at least once a year, not including its meeting at the Congress. The Chair of OISTAT Sound Design shall also organize sub-commission meetings at least once a year to discuss projects, sub-commission affairs and collaborations with other commissions/sub-commissions. 

According to OISTAT Statutes, an Active Member of a sub-commission should be in anyway a member of OISTAT. Each sub-commission may add additional criteria on the qualification of active member.   

The criterion of active member in Sound Design sub-commission is attending at least one Sound Design sub-commission annual meeting in the last 5 years.

Guidelines for election of Chairs of Sub-Commissions can be found in OISTAT Statutes-Appendix 2:

APPENDIX 2
RULES FOR THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRS OF COMMISSIONS
A general schedule for elections which ensures continuity and complies with the Statutes shall be made by the Executive Committee.

D. THE CHAIRS OF SUB-COMMISSIONS

1. All members of OISTAT Centres, Individual Members and delegates of Associate Members are eligible to be elected as Chair of a Sub-Commission.
2. At least six months before a Sub-Commission meeting takes place at which a Chair is to be elected, the EC will ask the OISTAT Centres, Individual Members, Associate Members and other active members of the Sub-Commission to nominate candidates for the post of Chair of the Sub-Commission in question.
3. The OISTAT Centres, Individual Members, Associate Members and other active members of the Sub-Commission should send names and addresses of possible candidates to the EC within two months.
4. The EC can appoint one or more persons who will contact the persons in question for further information.
5. This list will be made public at least two months before the Commission meeting at which the election is to take place.
6. All active members of the Sub-Commission, who are in any way a member of OISTAT, and attending that Sub-Commission meeting will be entitled to vote.
7. Every active member of the Sub-Commission, who is in any way member of OISTAT, has a full vote.
8. The election takes place by secret ballot.
9. The candidate who has the highest number of votes cast, if these are more than half of the votes cast, will become Chair.
10. If such a result is not obtained during the first election, then a second election will be held between the two candidates with the highest number of votes. If two candidates have equally received the second highest number of votes, then an election shall first be held between these two candidates.
11. After the Chair has been elected, one or more Vice-Chairs will be chosen.
12. Should the Chair resign or otherwise leave office during his/her term of office, the Vice-Chair will hold office until the next scheduled meeting.

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your recommendations and nominations. 


Sincerely,


President 
Aby Cohen    


Executive Director
Wan-Jung Wei



International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians
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