ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 15. Fourteenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee 15.1 Timing and Venue 15.2 Draft Agenda
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. Seventh Meeting of Parties 17.1 Timing and Venue 17.2 Draft Provisional Agenda 18. Thirteenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee 18.1 Timing and Venue 18.2 Draft Agenda
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 16.1 The AC Chair noted that the election of AC officials usually occurs at the Advisory Committee following the MoP but that some changes in circumstances had created a requirement for an election for the position of Co-convenor of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group and the Chair of the Advisory Committee. He called for nominations for those two positions.
16.2 New Zealand proposed Xx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Uruguay) for the position of Seabird Bycatch Working Group Co-convenor. Since there were no other nominations, and the AC endorsed the proposal, Xx Xxxxxxx was duly elected.
16.3 The Advisory Committee noted that the appointment of Xx Xxxxxxx as Co- convenor had created a vacancy for Co-vice convenor of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group.
16.4 Uruguay proposed Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (Brazil) for the position of Seabird Bycatch Working Group Co-vice convenor. Since there were no other nominations, and the AC endorsed the proposal, Xx Xxxxxxx was duly elected.
16.5 The UK proposed Xx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx (Australia) as the new Chair of the Advisory Committee. Since there were no other nominations, and the AC endorsed the proposal, Dr Xxxxxx was duly elected.
16.6 The Advisory Committee noted that the appointment of Dr Xxxxxx as Advisory Committee Chair created a vacancy for Vice-convenor of the Taxonomy Working Group.
16.7 There were no nominations for this position. The TWG Xxxxxxxx recalled the recommendation for Parties to nominate relevant experts to this working group and confirmed the post and call for nominations would remain open during the intersessional period.
16.8 AC12 congratulated Drs Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx on their appointments.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 17.1 The AC Chair advised the meeting that no AC posts are subject to election at this meeting. All the Committee officer positions will conclude at the end of AC15.
17.2 The Advisory Committee acknowledged the significant amount of work that all AC officials undertake for the Agreement and expressed thanks for their dedication.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 17.1 The Chair reminded the AC that all of the Committee officer positions concluded at the end of the current meeting. Elections would be required to elect officers for the next period, which will conclude at end of the AC meeting after the next session of the Meeting of the Parties (AC9). He asked in turn for nominations:
17.2 Vice-convenors, Seabird Bycatch Working Group: Spain proposed Xxxx Xxxxxx, Argentina proposed Xxxxxxx Xxxxx. There were no other nominations so Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx were duly elected.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 21.1 The AC Chair advised the meeting that none of the Advisory Committee Officials’ positions were currently vacant. However, he noted the possibility of creating an additional Seabird Bycatch Working Group convenor post to address the increasing workload in this Working Group.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee 22.1 Timing and Venue 22.2 Draft Agenda 23. Sixth Meeting of Parties 23.1 Timing and Venue 23.2 Draft Provisional Agenda Actions that have been completed or are no longer relevant are crossed out. New actions identified at SBWG8, PaCSWG4 and AC10 are highlighted in blue. Topic/ Task Responsible group Time frame Resources Action detail/ comments
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 16.1 The AC Chair advised the meeting that none of the Advisory Committee Officials’ position were currently vacant. As no requests were received to stand down from any of these positions, no action was taken under this agenda item.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 22.1 As a result of the Committee‟s decision to amalgamate the Breeding Sites and Status and Trends Working Groups into a single working group, the Chair asked Members for nominations for the positions of Convenor/s and Vice-convenor/s.
22.2 Nominations were received for Xx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Dr Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx to fill the positions of Co-convenors for the new Population and Conservation Status Working Group. Unanimous support was given for these appointments.
22.3 In relation to the position/s of Vice-convenor/s nominations were received for Xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx to fill these positions. Unanimous support was given for these appointments.
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF AC OFFICERS. 16.1 The AC Chair reminded the meeting that all of the Committee officer positions concluded at the end of the current meeting, but some were eligible to be considered for re-election. Elections would be required to elect officers for the next period, which will conclude at the end of the AC meeting after the Seventh Meeting of Parties (AC 13 in 2022). He asked in turn for nominations:
16.2 Convenor, Taxonomy Working Group: Argentina proposed Xxxx Xxxxxx (UK), who was elected unopposed.
