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	Panel Member Election

The Panels Terms of Reference state the following:

Election and Appointment of Chair and members to the Taiwan Panel

Chair

The Chair will normally be an elected member of the Panel and should, if possible, be a person with experience as a Panel member. The Chair will be elected by members of the Panel for a period of 3 years with the possibility of re-appointment for further terms.

Deputy Chair

The Deputy Chair will normally be an elected member of the Panel and will also be elected by members of the Panel. The Deputy Chair and will serve for an initial period of 3 years in this role with the possibility of re-appointment for further terms.

The Elections

Nominations for the election of Panel Members will be requested and received in writing or email by Director Programmes British Council Taipei or a staff member in UK or Taiwan nominated by the Director Programmes. Each subscribing institution is entitled to nominate one panel member who may be from their own or another member institution. Each nomination must be supported by one other subscribing institution from the same sector and the nominee must have agreed to stand for election.

The election will be conducted by Director Programmes British Council Taipei or a staff member in UK or Taiwan nominated by the Director Programmes through a postal or electronic ballot. Subscribing institutions will vote only within their own sectors. Subscribers in the higher education sector may vote for up to three candidates. Subscribers in other sectors may vote for one candidate. In the case of Higher Education, the three candidates securing the greatest numbers of votes within that sector will be elected. In other sectors the candidate securing the greatest number of votes within each sector will be elected.

Tenure of Office

Elected Panel members are expected to serve for 3 years in the first instance after which they may stand for re-election. The Chair and Deputy Chair will also serve for an initial period of 3 years. Appointed Panel members are expected to ensure continuity in the operations of the Panel and to attend Panel meetings as far as possible (please see above on the nomination by Panel members of a substitute to attend panel meetings). Continuity will be further ensured by the terms of office of the Chair.