Elections
Responsibilities of the President-Elect
The President-Elect starts the process of identifying the location for holding the International Conference of Precision Agriculture that will occur when he or she is president and once rotated into President position lead the organization effort of the conference. The President-Elect will also be responsible for collecting Board member nominations for any elections and working with the Executive Secretary on creating and distributing any e-mail or online ballots. The President-Elect will chair all ISPA awards committees with results announced during ICPA or similar precision agriculture conference. Subject to the general control of the Board of Directors, if the President is not present, the President-Elect shall discharge all the usual functions of the President and shall have such other powers and duties as these Regulations, the Board of Directors or an officer authorized by the Board may prescribe.
Responsibilities of the Secretary
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors, and prepare, keep, or cause to be kept, a true and complete record and minutes of the proceedings of such meetings, and shall perform a like duty, when required, for all committees appointed by the Board of Directors. If the secretary is unable to attend a regular Board meeting, the meeting recording will be used to create the minutes or the secretary can identify another officer or the Executive Secretary to record the minutes during the Board meeting.
Responsibilities of the Regional Representative
The Regional Representatives and officers shall attend Board meetings regularly, if not all, and vote on motions. They will also represent the interest of the membership of the region they represent and contribute to the newsletter and other society programs and communications along with helping to identify Country Representatives. The Regional Representatives and officers serve as liaisons between the ISPA board and the members of the region they represent.
The five regions are based on the countries associated with the regional precision agriculture conferences: AAPA, AfCPA, CLAP and ECPA:
- Africa
- Asia/Oceania
- Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- North America