Governing Board Election Process

ILRS Associate Members together with the GB, may nominate and vote for the elected members of the GB. The Call for Nominations and GB Elections will be conducted by the Central Bureau via official email lists and will be held approximately every two years prior to the International Workshop on Laser Ranging. Newly elected GB members will be installed at the next semiannual meeting. With the exception of At-Large members, GB nominees must be associated with the relevant ILRS component (e.g. Analysis, Data Centers, Lunar, etc.), and only ILRS Associate Members officially associated with that component as determined by the official email lists maintained by the CB can participate in the election of their representative. The full ILRS membership can vote for At-Large members. The GB will be final arbiter on an individual's qualifications for a particular elected post on the Board. Election is by a simple majority of votes received. In the unlikely event of a tie vote, the GB will make the final selection in Executive Session.

The GB Chairperson is elected by the Board from among its members for a term of two years, renewable for three terms (i.e. GB chairperson can serve for a total of 4 consecutive terms). Nomination and selection of the Chairperson is carried out in GB Executive Session during the biannual Workshop Meeting. The Chairperson does not vote, except in case of a tie. He/she is the official representative of the ILRS to external organizations.