The Nominating Committee is pleased to invite nominations (Nomination Form) for election of Officers from all members of the ISACA UAE Chapter. The election will be held, if required, on15th February 2012 during the Annual General Meeting as per the bylaws of the chapter.

The Officers of the Chapter to be elected are:

a) President, b) Vice President, c) Secretary, d)Treasurer, e) Director – Membership, f) Director – Certification (CISA/CISM/CGEIT/CRISC), g) Director – Communication, h) Director – Programmes, i) Director – Academic Relations, j) Director – Government Relations and 4 Additional Officers with specific responsibilities may be added as required by the Chapter Board to meet its administrative requirements.

RULES FOR NOMINATION:

1. An individual member shall not propose and or second oneself for any office

2. All nominations of candidates for election shall be made in the forms prescribed by the Chapter Board, as enclosed. Scanned copies of nomination forms must be submitted to the Nominating Committee by email to agm2012@isacauae.org  on or before 05th February 2012.

3. No member shall accord consent to be a candidate for more than one position in an election.

4. Only members in good standing shall be eligible to serve as an Officer of the Board.

5. To be eligible for nomination to the office of President, the nominee shall have served at least TWO years on the Chapter Board. To be eligible for nomination as Vice President the nominee shall have served at least one year on the Chapter Board. To be eligible for nomination as other Officers, the nominee shall have been in the Association’s membership rolls for at least one year.

6. The Nominating Committee shall scrutinize all the nominations and prepare the final list of eligible candidates. Incomplete and improper applications will be rejected.  Illustrative list (but not limited to) of grounds for rejection of application are:

a.  Application not signed by Candidate, proposer and seconder.

b.  Complete details not provided in the application.

c.  Membership numbers of the contestants / proposers /seconders not filled up.

d.  Incorrect Membership numbers.

e.  Membership not renewed before submitting the application

f.   Application received after closure period.

7. Nominations from the floor shall NOT be permitted prior to the election.

8. The absence of a candidate at the Annual General Meeting shall not prevent a candidate from being elected to the Board of Directors.

9. If there are more nominations compared to the number of positions, election shall be conducted for the respective positions by show of hands or by ballot at the Annual General Meeting. Nominating Committee will determine the mode of election.

10. The members nominated shall be elected by majority votes of the members present and voting at the meeting (AGM). If there is a tie vote for any office, the ballots shall be recast until there is a winner.

11. Election results shall be announced by the Nominating Committee at the Annual General Meeting.

12. Only active members (ISACA UAE chapter member on the AGM date) in good standing shall be eligible to vote in elections.

13. In case no nominations were received for any position, the same shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled by the Chapter Board as per Article V Section 4 of Chapter bylaws.

In all matters related to the Nominations/Elections, the decision of the Nominating Committee shall be FINAL. The Nominating Committee has no obligation to provide reasons for any decision.

Nomination Committee Members for 2012 :-

Saji P.Oommen,  V. Vatsaraman & Bharat Raigangar

We encourage members to come forward and serve on the Board of Directors – to take ISACA UAE Chapter to greater heights.

Thanks for your support in 2011 and am sure that will continue to the new board for 2012 and forward.

Best Regards

Bharat Raigangar – CRISC CGEIT CISM CISA CIA CFE CICA CFAP

President – ISACA UAE Chapter.