EMS Handbook: Council

2.1.3 Council deadlines

(Tailored to every Council meeting)

  • Announcement of the Council meeting with the call for delegates nomination and nomination of candidates for open EC positions is published on the web, in EMS Magazine and EMS Updates and sent to EMS members (deadline: December of the year preceding the Council meeting).
  • Nominations of institutional, associate and individual member delegates (deadline: 11 days before the spring EC meeting, usually March).
  • Nominations of full member delegates (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 Secretariat one week before the meeting.