Dear FE Members,
The 3-year term of the current Executive Committee ends this summer and it is time to nominate your candidates for the next 3-year term.
Each Effective Member association is now invited to propose up to five (5) candidates for the Executive Committee member position. The last day to send your proposals is 3rd of May 2018 and we kindly ask you to send them to Klaudija Kordic (klaudija@fertilityeurope.eu), the Secretary of the Executive Committee with the copy to Office Manager (office@fertilityeurope.eu). This invitation will also be published on Fertility Europe website www.fertilityeurope.eu.
The Chairperson will send a full list of all proposed candidates to all members by electronic means by 2nd of June 2018.
The election is to take place during Fertility Europe Council Meeting in Barcelona, 2nd of July 2018. The five (5) most voted candidates form the Executive Committee and the next two (2) shall be Deputies.
According to our statutes the Candidate must:
be natural person
a member of an Effective Member of Fertility Europe
Should you be elected as an Executive Committee member you will be expected to take part in approximately 1 Skype meeting a month, there will be some e-mail correspondence between Executive Committee members and outside parties, and you will be expected to attend the Spring Meeting, Council meeting and ESHRE liaison meetings in person.
The work of the Executive Committee is supported by the Office Manager, and of course the work is based on co-operation between the Executive Committee members, sharing duties and helping each other out where needed and possible.
Estimated time needed to perform your duties in Executive Committee is:
Chairperson 20 hours/month,
Vice-Chair 10-15 hours/month,
Secretary 10-15 hours/month,
Treasurer 10-15 hours/month,
others up to 10 hours/month.
You will find the job descriptions in the email sent to your associations today.
At the first meeting after election Executive Committee members decide among themselves on the following roles – Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and fifth Member.
We are looking forward to receiving your proposals of candidates for Executive Committee and please contact Chair Satu Rautakallio-Hokkanen (satu@fertilityeurope.eu) or Office Manager Anita Fincham (office@fertilityeurope.eu) if you need any more information.
On behalf of Fertility Europe Executive Committee,
and with best regards,
Anita Fincham
Fertility Europe Office Manager