Organization

(for details, see the by-laws)

The Vas-Cog society is registered as a non-profit association. An Executive Committee direct and conduct the general activities of the Society. The first Executive Committee was elected by the members of the Vas-Cog during 2003. The members of the Executive Committee have a mandate of 4 years, and can not be elected for more than 8 years in a row. For continuity reasons, it was decided that five of the members of the first executive committee should be subject of re-election already after 2 years. The executive committee chooses the tasks for its members.

The Vas-Cog Society is ruled according to by-laws approved by the members during the autumn of 2002. A by-law committee chaired by Julien Bogousslavsky oversees that the by-laws are followed and suggest addendums to the by-laws if necessary.

A Program Committee is responsible for the program format and content, and for the rules applied to delegates, sponsors and guests at the biannual Congress of the Society. The program committee comprises the Executive Committee and two members of local organizing Committee. Program Committee appoint a Scientific Committee, which serves as an advisory board and assesses the abstracts submissions upon directions of the program committee.

Nominating committee. The nominating committee comprises 5 members elected and suggested by the General Assembly among its active members. The duration of office shall be 4 years. The nominating committee nominates its own chair. The Nominating committee should suggest candidates for the election of the Executive Committee.