Election of Vice Presidents and Chairs Elect - Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June 2008

Election of two Vice Presidents and Chairs Elect at the FIG General Assembly in Stockholm, Sweden, 15 and 19 June 2008

The FIG General Assembly will elect two Vice Presidents to the FIG Council in Stockholm 14-19 June 2008. At the same time also election for Chairs Elect of all ten technical commissions will take place.

The Council has received following nominations for the two open positions of Vice Presidents:

Mr. David Doyle, USA (ACSM), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Mr. Iain Greenway, United Kingdom (RICS), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Mr. Daniel Roberge, Canada (CIG), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Mr. Teo CheeHai, Malaysia (PEJUTA), nomination template as a .pdf-file

The Council has received following nominations for the positions of Chair Elect of the ten technical Commissions:

Commission 1	Mr. Douglas Culham, Canada (CIG), nomination template as a .pdf-file Ms. Leonie Newnham, Australia (ISA), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 2	Dr. Steven Frank, USA (ACSM), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 3	Prof. Yerach Doytsher, Israel (ALSI), nomination template as a .pdf-file Dr. Szabolcs Mihály, Hungary (MFTTT), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 4	Dr. Michael Sutherland, Canada (CIG), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 5	Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden (SLF), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 6	Dr. Gethin Wyn Roberts, UK (ICES), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 7	Mr. Daniel Roberge, Canada (CIG), nomination template as a .pdf-file Dr. Daniel Steudler, Switzerland (geosuisse), nomination template as a .pdf-file
Commission 9	Mr. Steven L. Nystrom, USA (AI), nomination template as a .pdf-file Dr. Frances Plimmer, United Kingdom (RICS), nomination template as a .pdf-file

The Council has taken action to find candidate also for Chair Elect for Commission 8 and for Commission 10 and will inform member associations as soon as there will be further information. The Council is also taken action to find a a new Chair for Commission 8 for 2008-2010 after resignation of Mr. Simon Adcock in January 2008. The new Chair for Commission 8 will be brought for decision of the General Assembly in Stockholm.

At the General Assembly in Stockholm each candidate will be given time for a short presentation at the first session of the General Assembly on Sunday 15th June 2008. The elections will take place at the second session of the General Assembly on Thursday 19th June 2008.