Call for Extraordinary General Assembly

An online Extraordinary General Assembly will be held on Monday 9 February 2026 at 13:00 UTC (verify the time in your local area), in accordance with Article 5, Sections 5.7 and 5.8 of IAMCR’s Statutes.

The sole item on the agenda is the approval of three amendments to the IAMCR Statutes.

Additionally we will will provide a brief update on planning and preparations for our upcoming IAMCR 2026 conference in Galway.

The amendments made to the statutes in 2022 introduced a President-Elect position that has created governance and operational difficulties:

• it separates the presidential election from the election of the rest of the Executive Board,
• it creates ambiguities around the role and authority of a non-voting President-Elect,
• it complicates succession planning.

Returning to a single, synchronised election cycle, with all members of the Executive Board elected at the same time, would restore clarity and align with IAMCR's established practice.

The first two amendments would simply revert the relevant sections to what they were prior to the creation of the President-Elect position in 2022. The third would delete the "Transition Rules" in the Appendix to the Statutes, which referred specifically to the transition from the 2022 to the 2024 versions of the Statutes. As the 2024 Statutes would be superseded by this proposed amendment, they would no longer be relevant or applicable. 

Proposed Amendments

1. Strike Article 7, Section 7.1, Clause c

Current wording of Article 7, Section 7.1:
The Executive Board shall comprise:
a) the President, two Vice Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer.
b) the Past President of the Association as non-voting member for the first two years following the election of the new President who succeeds him.
c) if an incumbent President is not running again or has not been re-elected, the new President-Elect of the Association as non-voting member for two years after her/his election until she/he takes office as President.

Proposed amended version of Article 7, Section 7.1 :
The Executive Board shall comprise:
a) the President, two Vice Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer.
b) the Past President of the Association as non-voting member for the first two years following the election of the new President who succeeds him.

2. Amend Article 8, Section 8.2:

Current version:
The President shall be elected by electronic voting, according to the technicalities decided by IAMCR by-laws voted by the General Assembly. As President-Elect, she/he shall then be part of the Executive Board as a non-voting member for two years immediately, then take office for one four-year term and shall be eligible for re-election once only immediately.

Proposed amended version:
The President shall be elected by electronic voting, according to the technicalities decided by IAMCR by-laws voted by the General Assembly for one four-year term and shall be eligible for re-election once only immediately.

3. Strike the Appendix -- Transition Rules