EMS Handbook: Council

(Tailored to every Council meeting)

Council announcement is published on the web in November / December of the year preceding the event; it is also published in the last issue of that year of the EMS Magazine / EMS Digest.
In January of the Council year a call is sent to the EMS members to nominate candidates for the EC open positions (deadline: 11 days before the spring EC meeting, usually March).
Institutional, associate and individual member delegates nominations (deadline: 11 days before the spring EC meeting, usually March).
Full member delegates nominations (deadline: April).
Registration of Council delegates and guests (starts immediately after the full member delegates nominations deadline and lasts until one week before the Council).
EC candidates send their candidacy documents one month before the Council (so that they are included in the Council papers).
Council papers are sent to the delegates and guests one month before the meeting.
Council presentations are sent to the EMS Office one week before the meeting.