After the 14th RDA Plenary in Helsinki, in October 2019, 5 new Technical Advisory Board (TAB) members will be elected to replace the 4 TAB members whose terms have expired. There are 10 continuing TAB members, so TAB will increase in size from 14 to 15 members. Information on the current TAB members and when their terms expire is on the TAB page.
The list of candidates for the 5 places on TAB is at https://rd-alliance.org/tab-elections-2019-candidate-details.
The TAB election process is described in more detail in the TAB Election Process document
There are two balancing criteria:
- Region - between 3-6 TAB members for each region (Europe / Africa, Americas, Asia / Oceania). Please note that the minimum has changed from 2 to 3 due to the number of TAB members increasing to 15.
- Discipline - between 0-5 TAB members for each discipline (Natural sciences, Engineering and technology, Medical and health sciences, Agricultural sciences, Social sciences, Humanities).
For a full description of the election process and balancing criteria, please see the TAB Election Process document.
The potential impact of the balancing criteria on the TAB elections 2019 is explained in the tables below. Areas highlighted in yellow are where balancing criteria may have an impact.
Table 1 shows the impact of balancing for region on the TAB election.
Please note:
- As there are 3 candidates from Europe / Africa and only 2 available slots for candidates from Europe / Africa on TAB, a maximum of 2 (out of 3) candidates from Europe / Africa can be elected.
- As there are 3 candidates from the Americas and only 2 available slots for candidates from the Americas on TAB, a maximum of 2 (out of 3) candidates from the Americas can be elected.
- As there are only 2 continuing TAB members from Asia / Ocenia, and the minimum number of members from Asia / Ocania is 3, at least 1 (out of 2) candidates from Asia / Oceania will be elected to TAB.
|
Regions |
Europe and Africa |
Americas |
Asia and Oceania |
Min per region |
Max per region |
|
Continuing TAB members |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
Maximum number of new TAB members |
2 |
2 |
4 |
||
| Minimum number of new TAB members | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
|
Number of candidates up for election |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Table 1: Impact of balancing for region
Table 2 shows that there are enough slots for all candidates’ disciplines, so there will be no need to balance for discipline.
|
Discipline |
Natural sciences |
Engineering and technology |
Medical and health sciences |
Agricultural sciences |
Social sciences |
Humanities |
Min per discipline |
Max per discipline |
|
Continuing TAB members |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Maximum number of new TAB members |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
||
|
Number of candidates up for election |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Table 2: Impact of balancing for discipline