This circular constitutes formal notice of the date and place of the General Assembly (Statute 5.3). The sessions of the General Assembly have been scheduled provisionally for the evenings of Thursday 5 August, Friday 6 August, Monday 9 August and Wednesday 11 August. The deadlines for proposals for amendments to Statutes, proposals for the agenda, receipt of reports and budgets from Commissions, etc., which are laid down in the Statutes and By-Laws of the IUCr, are as follows:
Timetable in preparation for Eighteenth General Assembly
5 February 1999 | Proposals for amendments to Statutes to General Secretary (Statute 13.1) |
5 March 1999 | Estimated budgets from Commissions to Executive Committee (Statute 9.2) |
5 April 1999 | Proposals for agenda of General Assembly to General Secretary (By-Law 1.2) |
5 April 1999 | Proposals for amendments to Statutes to National Committees and Commissions (Statute 13.1) |
5 April 1999 | Reports of Commissions to General Secretary (Statute 8.4) |
27 May 1999 | Report of Executive Committee to National Committees and Commissions (Statute 6.8) |
27 May 1999 | Reports of Commissions to National Committees and Commissions (Statute 8.4) |
27 May 1999 | Budget to National Committees and Commissions (Statute 9.3) |
27 May 1999 | Agenda to National Committees and Commissions (By-Law 1.1) |
Timetable during General Assembly
'before' | Notice by National Committees to General Secretary of names of delegates, alternates and chairs of delegations, and of distribution of votes if not one per delegate (Statutes 5.6, 5.7). |
96 hours | Nominations by Executive Committee for Officers of IUCr (By-Law 8.1) |
72 hours | Recommendations by Commissions to General Secretary for Chairs and members of Commissions (By-Law 8.3) |
48 hours | Nominations by Executive Committee for Chairs and members of Commissions (By-Law 8.3) |
48 hours | Notification of motion to amend or suspend By-Laws (By-Law 9.1) |
36 hours | Notice to General Secretary of nominations by delegates for Officers of IUCr (By-Law 8.2) |
24 hours | Posting of nominations by delegates for Officers of IUCr (By-Law 8.2) |
24 hours | Notice to General Secretary of nominations by delegates for Chairs and members of Commissions (By-Law 8.4) |
12 hours | Posting of nominations by delegates for Chairs and members of Commissions (By-Law 8.4) |
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