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The Executive Council (EC) consists
of one Councillor from each of the
National Society members and the
President, President-Elect, immediate
Past-President, Secretary General,
Treasurer, and the Scientific Director
and Scientific Secretary of the STD.
All of the Union’s Officers and Councillors for
the period 1962-2016 are listed in Table II.
All members of the EC are entitled to speak
and vote. The Chairmen of the Divisions and
other members of the STD may also attend
EC meetings with the right to speak but
not to vote. Observers are also frequently
admitted to EC meetings by permission of
the President. The EC is responsible for the
management of the Union. Traditionally, the
EC meets twice per year, and three times
during the year of an International Vacuum
Congress. The meetings of the EC are
usually hosted by one of the Union’s national
society members just before or immediately
following a scientific meeting of interest to
the Union. The dates and locations of past
EC meetings are listed in Table III. This table
also gives the names of the Presidents for
the triennial periods between the General
Meetings although these are also shown in
full in Table II.
The President, with the concurrence of the
EC, may appoint Standing Committees,
see Fig. 1, to assist the EC in performing
its duties. The Chairs and members of the
Standing Committees are predominately
members of the EC but it is not uncommon
to have experts who are members of
the Union’s National Societies serve as
well. The Standing Committees usually
hold their meetings immediately prior
to the EC meetings. The Chairs then
present recommendations of the Standing
Committees to the EC for approval. The
Standing Committees may change from time
to time depending upon the business at hand.
There are currently standing committees on
statutes, finance, education, publications,
emerging societies and congress planning.
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