Statutes – AILA

  1. AILA is governed by EBIC which consists of an Executive Board (EB) and an International Committee (IC). EBIC meets at least once a year either at the AILA World Congress or, in non-Congress years, at a venue selected by the EB at least nine months prior to the meeting itself. All EBIC members are expected to attend all EBIC meetings.
  2. Executive Board
    1. The EB administers the affairs of AILA and represents AILA in all judicial and extrajudicial proceedings.
    2. EBIC, on the basis of an election under § 2 of the Bylaws, elects from among individuals nominated by Regular Affiliate Members the Executive Board composed of:
      1. a President (P),
      2. a Vice President (VP),
      3. a Past President (PP),
      4. a Secretary General (SG),
      5. a Treasurer (T),
      6. a Research Network (ReN coordinator),
      7. Publications Coordinators (PC),
      8. a Congress and Events Coordinator (CEC),
      9. four Members at Large (ML) and
      10. a co-opted representative, proposed by the host affiliate of the next congress and approved by tha AILA EB.
    3. The duties of the officers are defined by Bylaws § 1.
    4. Elections take place at each World Congress for all positions except President and Past President. The term of office for Vice President is three years. The Vice President moves to the position of President following his/her three-year term as Vice President. The President moves to the position of Past President following his/her three-year term as President. The Secretary General, Treasurer, ReN Coordinator, Publications Coordinators, Congress and Events Coordinator, and Members at Large may be re-elected to the same position only once for a further period of three years. The maximum length of time on the EB for a member is restricted to 9 years. This does not include Vice President, President, and Past President positions. A person can only be Vice President, President, and Past President once.
    5. If there is a vacancy on the EB during the period between the triennial World Congresses, the President has the power to co-opt a temporary replacement until the next EBIC meeting when it is subject to ratification. The term of office of the duly appointed and ratified replacement is until the next World Congress.
    6. The President may co-opt a member of a regular affiliate member to serve on the Executive Board as the need arises.
  3. International Committee
    1. The IC is composed of a single representative from each regular affiliate member.
    2. When an IC representative is elected to the EB, the individual's regular affiliate member is required to elect or appoint a new official representative to the IC.
  4. Proxies
    1. If a regular affiliate member is not able to send a representative to a meeting of EBIC, that regular affiliate member may appoint in writing another EBIC member to serve as its proxy.
    2. A regular affiliate member may not hold more than two proxies.
    3. EB members may hold a proxy exclusively for their own regular affiliate member.
    4. A proxy is to be written and signed and brought to the EBIC meeting to be verified. With the authority of the members of a regular affiliate member, a proxy may be transmitted electronically but must be verified at the EBIC meetings to the SG.
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