The President and seven Vice-Presidents will be elected at the 2012 General Assembly. In accordance with Article 64 at least two of the seven Vice-Presidents must be women. In order to be eligible as a candidate for President or Vice-President, a candidate must be nominated by five or more MNAs. MNAs may nominate as many or as few candidates as they wish. There is no requirement that the candidate is nominated by his own MNA.

An information letter regarding the procedure for the Election of Officers has been sent to all MNAs.
Candidates for President / Vice-President may obtain an application pack from Helen Fry.

Nomination Deadline

Nominations for candidates must be notified to the ISAF Secretary General by 12:00 UTC on Saturday 15 September 2012. The nomination letter must be signed by the MNA President or Secretary General (or equivalent in position).

The Election of ISAF Officers is covered in Articles 73-76 of the ISAF Constitution - www.sailing.org/constitution.

The voting system to elect the ISAF Officers is detailed in ISAF Regulation 4 - www.sailing.org/regulations.

Election Committee

The ISAF Council has appointed the following Election Committee: His Majesty King Constantine - Chair, Jan Dawson (NZL), Peter Siemsen (BRA) and John Tinker (CAN).

The Election Committee shall:

1. determine whether or not a nominated candidate is eligible for election
2. publish a list of eligible candidates nominated in accordance with Article 74 together with the names of their nominating Full Members for distribution with the agendas of Council
3. be responsible for the conduct of the election and the votes taken for the candidates during the meeting of the General Assembly

Eligible Candidates

The profiles of eligible candidates (nominated by five or more MNAs) for the Election of Officers will be published on this page at the appropriate time.