The FIG member associations have made following nominations for chairs-elect of the ten commissions for the period 2004-2006. These chairs-elect will then automatically be appointed as commission chairs for 2006-2010.

• Commission 1: Yaacoub Saade (Lebanon)
• Commission 2: Bela Markus (Hungary)
• Commission 3: Chryssy Potsiou (Greece) and Robert Mahoney (RICS, UK)
• Commission 4: Nil
• Commission 5: Rudolf Staiger (Germany)
• Commission 6: Nil
• Commission 7: András Osskó (Hungary) and Winfried Hawerk (Germany)
• Commission 8: Diane Dumashie (RICS, UK) proposed chair for 2004-2006 and Spike Boydell (RICS, UK/Fiji) proposed chair elect and August Røsnes (Norway)
• Commission 9: Simon Adcock (Australia) and Kauko Viitanen (MIL, Finland)
• Commission 10: Andrew Morley (ICES, UK)

The proposal of the election to the General Assembly will be prepared by the Commission Review Group. In making its recommendations to the General Assembly the CRG will take into consideration the following criteria and guidelines:

Criteria:

Candidates should

• Be suitably qualified (IR 11.4 calls for demonstrated possession of the personal and professional capabilities needed to lead the work of the commission
• Have the support (financial and professional) of the member association (IR 11.4)
• Be active in the commission (IR 11.4)
• Have the support of the commission. The current commission chair is to be consulted in every nomination and will seek further comments from the commission members
• Represent a geographical, cultural and linguistic spread in order to present a balanced portfolio of candidates as required by IR 11.9. (Where candidates have equal qualifications then preference will be given to those nominations promoting geographical, cultural and linguistic distribution across the Commissions.)
• Be a member of and have the formal support of their member association according to IR 11.12
• Be well known and recognized in the profession.

Additional guidelines:

• All nominees – both those approved and not approved by the CRG - are to be announced publicly and listed to the General Assembly.
• If possible there should be more than one candidate per commission, per IR 11.9.
• The final appointment of chairs-elect lies with the General Assembly per IRs 11.4 and 11.8
• IRs 9.5 and 9.6, relating to the NRG are to be applied to the CRG process for election of chairs-elect.

Voting by the General Assembly will follow the procedure of paragraph 9.6 of the Internal Rules.

The member associations are reminded that a formal nomination letter is also needed for the current vice chairpersons of commissions so that they will be considered as candidates. In the nomination letter a curriculum vitae of the candidate shall be included and a statement from the member association that it will support the candidate in his work.

At the General Assembly each candidate will be asked to make a short speech in which he/she explains his/her goals and special competences for chairing the commission.

For the commissions in which there is no candidate at the moment it is the responsibility of the Council to identify candidates and make its proposal to the General Assembly.