IAU Division III

Planetary Systems Sciences

Sciences des Systemes Planetaires

Plan of Organization

Plan of Organization

• The division will be managed by the elected president of the division and a Board consisting of 12 members. (IAU rules currently specify a maximum of 12 members on the board.)
• The president of the division is officially elected by the IAU General Assembly on the recommendation of the EC. The division's nominee as next president will be elected by the current divisional Board. This election will be organized by the current president of the division.
• The board members will include the presidents of all commissions within the division and the outgoing president of the division. (IAU working rules require that all current commission presidents be members of the board.)
• Additional board members (currently an additional five) will be elected by the membership of the division at the triennial business meeting.
  • These additional members will include at least two outgoing commission presidents to provide continuity and corporate memory.
  • These additional members will include at least two people not outgoing commission presidents to provide breadth of viewpoint and geographic diversity.
  • The president will submit a slate of nominees to the division. This slate may contain either the required number of candidates or a larger number. All nominees on this slate will have agreed to serve before being nominated.
  • Additional nominees may be proposed from the floor at the General Assembly, provided the nominee has expressed a willingness to serve.
• The division may create Working Groups or Committees for specific purposes as it sees fit (with permission of the EC as required by IAU working rule 38). This may be done at the triennial business meeting or it may be done by the Board during the triennium.
• During the triennium, the Board will act for the division. Any decisions by the board during the triennium may be brought up for discussion by the membership of the division at the immediately succeeding General Assembly.

Ratification

Components of the Division

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