Election Status 51st ICCA Congress

Elections status for 51st ICCA General Assembly of ICCA San Juan, Puerto Rico, 21 October

PRESIDENCY:

Candidate - Mr. Arnaldo Nardone standing for re-election.

Nominated by:        Mr. Patrick Chen, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration, China-P.R.

Seconded by:         Mr. Medhat Nassar, Meetings Mind, U.A.E.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS SECTOR REPRESENTATION:

Destination Marketing – one vacancy

Candidate -  Mr. Steen Jakobsen, Wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark,  standing for re-election.

Nominated by:       Mr. Eduardo Chaillo, CMP, CMM, Mexico Tourism Board, Mexico. 

Seconded by:        Ms Heike Mahmoud, Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH, Germany.    

Meetings Management – two vacancies

Candidate - Ms Miranda Ioannou, SCS, Cyprus, standing for re-election.

Nominated by:        Mrs. Nina Freysen-Pretorius, The Conference Company, South Africa.

Seconded by:         Ms Alicia Yao Hong, CITS International Co. Ltd., China-P.R.

Candidate – Mrs. Francesca Manzani, AIM Group International, standing for re-election

Nominated by:        Mr. Bruno Lichtinger, Interplan Congress, Meeting & Event Man., Germany.

Seconded by:         Mrs. Nina Freysen-Pretorius, The Conference Company, South Africa.

                               Mr. Mathias Posch, International Conference Services Ltd. Canada.

Candidate -  Mr. Jurriaen Sleijster - MCI (INCON Group), Switzerland, standing for election.

Nominated by:        Mrs. Roslyn McLeod, arinex pty limited, Australia           

Seconded by:         Ms Nicola McGrane, Conference Partners Ltd., Ireland.

Transport – one vacancy

Candidate – Mr. Thierry Jacques-Eduard, SkyTeam Global Meetings, standing for election.

Nominated by:        Ms Sus Nygaard, Scandinavian Airlines, Denmark.

Seconded by:         Ms Zenab Mohamed, Emirates Airlines, U.A.E.; Ms Nesrin Guley, Turkish

                              Airlines, Turkey; Ms Raquel Morcillo, Global Passenger Network, Spain.

Venues – two vacancies

Candidate – Mr. André Kaldenhoff, Congress Center Leipzig, Germany, standing for election.

Nominated by:        Mr. Jackson Zhou, Shanghai International Conv. Cen.  Co., Ltd., China-P.R.

Seconded by:         Mr. Jonas Scharf, Congress Centre Basel, Switzerland.

Candidate – Mr. James Rees, ExCeL London, U.K., standing for election.

Nominated by:       Mr. Alec Gilbert, Adelaide Convention Centre, Australia

Seconded by:         Mr. Ben Goedegebuure, Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, U.K.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION:

Africa/Middle East – one vacancy

Candidate –  Mrs. Nina Freysen-Pretorius, The Conference Company, South Africa, standing for re-election.

Nominated by:        Mr. Godfrey King, Southern Africa Conference, Exhibition and Events

                               Guide, South Africa.

Seconded by:         Mr. Rashid Toefy, Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa.

                               Ms. Amanda Kotze-Nhlapho, South Africa Convention Bureau.

Asia Pacific – one vacancy

Candidate – Mr. Martin Winter, Gold Coast Tourism Corporation, Australia.

Nominated by:        Ms. Adrienne Readings, Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia.

Seconded by:         Mr. Mike Cannon, Sarawak Convention Bureau, Malaysia

Europe – one vacancy

Candidate – Mr. Juan Jose Garcia, Vibo Congresos, Spain, standing for re-election

Nominated by:        Mrs. Anne Wallin Rødven, VisitOslo, Norway.

Seconded by:         Mrs. Ulrike von Arnold, Vienna Convention Bureau, Austria.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS

PRESIDENCY

As there is one candidate standing for the Presidency, no absentee ballot is necessary.

Sector Elections

For the Sector: Destination Marketing as there is only one candidate standing for election the President of ICCA by executive decision has determined that an absentee ballot is not necessary. 

For the Sector: Transport as there is only one candidate standing for election the President of ICCA by executive decision has determined that an absentee ballot is not necessary

For the Sector: Meetings Management there are three candidates standing for two vacancies, for members in this Sector there will be an absentee ballot included with this letter.

For the Sector:  Venues  originally there were three candidates standing for election however one candidate has withdrawn and as there are now two candidates standing for two vacancies the President of ICCA by executive decision has determined that an absentee ballot is not necessary

GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIVES

For the Geographical Representation for the following regions:  Africa/Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe as the candidates do not outnumber the vacancies the President of ICCA by executive decision has determined that absentee ballots are not necessary. 

Please note: That Proxies carried by other members from those members not attending the General Assembly cannot be accepted. Therefore if your company will not be attending the 51st General Assembly of ICCA, and your organisation is a member of ICCA in the Sector Meetings Management and  wish to exercise your voting right.  Your absentee ballot must be received by ICCA Head Office before 7 October 2012.

Also members of the Sector Meetings Management were given the opportunity to vote electronically. This was sent to the members of this Sector on 21 September 2012.