WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR PERSON-CENTERED AND

EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING 

The General Assembly of the World Association

General Assembly 2008

Voting and Elections

Board Elections 2008

 

These pages will give access to information about the General Assembly and Board Elections of the World Association for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling.  The next General Assembly will be on 10th July, 2008, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.  The latest information on this event can be found by following the link to General Assembly 2008

General Assembly

  1. The General Assembly meets every two years, usually in connection with the PCE Conference.

  2. On demand of at least ten percent of the Individual Members or at least ten percent of the Organizational Members an Extraordinary General Assembly has to be convened by the Board within a period of six months. The Members have to be informed about the date at least four months in advance.

  3.  If an important matter arises in the period between General Assembly meetings, an e-mail ballot may be held. 10% of Individual or Organizational Members may instigate such a vote or the Board may instigate such a vote.

  4. Items for the agenda, which can be proposed by any Member, must be sent to the Board not later than four months before the meeting in order to be put on the first provisional list of agenda items. The Members will be informed about this first provisional agenda not later than three months prior to the General Assembly along with all necessary supporting information, including the invitation to the next General Assembly. Later suggestions, which can be proposed right up until the beginning of the meeting, are put on a second provisional list. The final list of items for the agenda is decided by the General Assembly.

  5. If an item was part of the first provisional agenda the Delegates of the Organizational Members are expected to have their organisations' mandate on the subject by the time of the General Assembly. If an item was not part of the first provisional list the Delegates are free (a) to decide or (b) to decide provided that the association ratifies the provisional decision. In the latter case the vote becomes definite if the Board is not notified otherwise in writing or by fax or email within three months of the General Assembly. If the definite votes change the decision, all Members are informed.

  6. The Board is responsible for the organization of the meeting of the General Assembly

  7. The General Assembly decides on the subjects and in the ways as stated below.

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Voting at the General Assembly

  1. Prior to any voting there will be an opportunity for dialogue.

  2. Elections for the Board are done by vote of all eligible members through the means of a ballot

  3. Board elections will be coordinated by an Election Committee appointed by the Board. The election will be conducted according to the procedure accepted by the GA

  4. Votes on the Statutes, the Bylaws and basic policies are taken at the General Assembly. The decision of the General Assembly on these matters has to be communicated to all members within a period of two months after the General Assembly. Within a period of two additional months a third of the total number of eligible members can suspend the General Assembly's decision pending another process of decision which has to be introduced by the Board.

  5. All other decisions are made by vote at the General Assembly.

  6. Decisions at the General Assembly are made unanimously by consensus whenever possible. If a consensus (a result without a vote against) cannot be realised a further dialogue and vote will be necessary. In the second vote on the same subject a majority decision of the eligible members voting is accepted.

  7. The Delegate of an Organizational Member has one vote, if the organization has up to 50 members, two votes, if the organization has 51 to 100 members and three votes if the organization has more than 100 members.

  8. As stated in the Statutes (V.3.), decisions only become effective if a majority of both the Individual Members and the Organizational Members, is achieved. This applies to all decisions and elections including votes concerning the formal processing of the meeting.

  9. Votes concerning the formal processing of the meeting including the agenda are done by simple majority vote.

If a consensus cannot be reached when changing the Statutes, the Bylaws or on basic policies a two thirds majority is required.

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