|
|
|
|
|
IUVSTA Structure and Organization
|
|
|
|
The IUVSTA is structured and organized as follows.The member nation National Vacuum Societies or Committees on Vacuum send delegates to a General Meeting which assembles every third year. As the highest authority of the Union, it is responsible for all basic decisions, especially changes in statutes, questions of membership, and the financial budget. It elects a Vice President, who shall be the next president (i.e., President Elect) and, on the proposal of the President, four officers consisting of a Secretary General, a Treasurer, a Scientific and Technical Director, and a Scientific Secretary (see organizational chart). The General Meeting then elects, on proposal by each country's National Vacuum Society or Committee on Vacuum, the national councillors. The President, along with the two Vice Presidents (the second being the President of the past triennium), the four officers and the national representatives then make up the Executive Council. Elections are held every three years at a General Meeting and the business of the IUVSTA is conducted at Executive Council meetings typically held twice a year at different locations usually associated with a technical meeting or vacuum symposium.
|
The Scientific and Technical Directorate (STD) coordinates the work of the divisions, working groups and steering committees. The divisions focus on the following multidisciplinary areas :
|
|
|
|
The President appoints the chairs of standing committees that perform various IUVSTA activities. The longer serving of these include the Congress Planning Committee; the Education Committee; the Finance Committee; and the Publications Committee.
Each triennium sees a reappraisal of the committee structure with the formation of new committees and the termination of other committees to provide IUVSTA with the best administration to deal with its increasing international scientific and technical activity. Committee chairs then appoint members to their committees from the Executive Council or National Vacuum Societies or Committees on Vacuum. Chairs and members of standing committees who are not EC members participate at Executive Council sessions as observers with the right to speak but not to vote. |
|
|
