CONSTITUTION

(approved at the general meeting in Prague, 10 July 2025)

This document is an unofficial English translation of a document prepared in Dutch. In preparing this document, an attempt has been made to translate as literally as possible without jeopardizing the overall continuity of the text. Inevitably, however, differences may occur in translation and if they do, the Dutch text will govern by law. In this translation, Dutch legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original Dutch terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to concepts described by the English terms as such terms may be understood under the laws of other jurisdictions.

DEED AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ASSYRIOLOGY

On this day, the twelfth of January two thousand and twenty-six, appeared before me, deputy civil-law notary, Halbert Taede Huitema (hereinafter referred to as: ‘civil-law notary’) acting as substitute for Paul Martin Eversdijk, civil-law notary in The Hague, the Netherlands, appeared before me:
mrs. Caroline An Henriette WAERZEGGERS, residing at 2311BT Leiden (the Netherlands), Groenhovenstraat 8, born in Hasselt, Belgium, on the sixth of December nineteen hundred and seventy-five with Belgium nationality.
The person appearing, acting as board member of the association as hereinafter referred to, giving effect to a resolution passed on the tenth of July two thousand and twenty-five by the general meeting of International Association for Assyriology, an association (“vereniging”) organized under Dutch law, having its official seat in municipality of Leiden, the Netherlands (the Netherlands) and its office at 2311BG Leiden (the Netherlands) at the address Witte Singel 27 A, registered with the Commercial Register under number 28098850 – in which meeting the person appearing was also authorized to execute this deed -, declared to amend the association’s articles of association in such a way that they shall read as follows:

Article 1.
Definitions of concepts
The concepts used in these articles of association are defined below:

Articles: the articles of the Association;

Association: the legal entity to which the Articles relate;

General Meeting: the body of the Association that is formed by the members of the Association who are entitled to vote or else the meeting of the members of the Association;

In Writing: by letter, by fax, by e-mail or by message which is transmitted via any other current means of communication and which can be received electronically or in the written form, provided that the identity of the sender can be sufficiently established;

Management Board: the management board of the Association.

Article 2.
Name.
The name of the Association is: International Association for Assyriology.

Article 3.

Official seat.

The Association has its official seat in the municipality of Leiden, the Netherlands.

Article 4.
Objects.

The objects of the Association are:
1. serving as an international platform for scholarly workers in the fields of cuneiform studies and the archaeology of the Near and the Middle East;
2. serving as a discussion center and forum for all matters related to the areas mentioned in a. above;
3. to promote the study of the areas referred to in above and to promote these areas in all their aspects on an international basis.
The Association aims to achieve its objects by, inter alia:
1. promoting and support the organization of international congresses for Assyriology and archaeology of the Near and the Middle East under the name: “Rencontre Assyriologique lnternationale”;
2. encouraging cooperation between the Association’s own members and members of other fields and associations;
3. the Association acting as a representative body in the field of Assyriology and Archaeology of the Near and the Middle East towards the state, private institutions and the general public and to disseminate information of interest to the members of the Association;
4. encouraging publications, as well as maintaining websites, and doing all that is related to the foregoing or may be beneficial for that purpose.

The Association is a non-profit organisation and a non-political institution.

Article 5.
Members.

Members of the Association can be any person of legal age or any legal entity.
The Management Board must keep a register containing the names and (email) addresses of all the members.

Article 6.
Admission.

The Management Board decides about the admission of members.
If a person is not admitted as a member, the General Meeting may as yet resolve to admit this person.

Article 7.
Termination of membership.

Membership of the Association ends:
1. on a member’s death;
2. on termination by the member;
3. on termination by the Association.
  This may occur if a member ceases to meet the requirements of membership as laid down in the Articles, if the member fails to fulfil the obligations of the member towards the Association and also if it cannot in all reasonableness be required of the Association that it continues the membership;
4. on disqualification;
  Disqualification from membership may only be pronounced if a member acts contrary to the Articles, standing orders or resolutions, or treats the Association unreasonably.
Termination by the Association is effected by the Management Board.
The membership may only be terminated by the member or the Association taking effect from the end of a financial year and subject to four weeks’ notice.
The membership may, however, be terminated in all cases taking effect from the end of the financial year following the financial year in which the termination took place. Furthermore the membership may be terminated with immediate effect if the Association or the member can not be required in reason to allow the membership to continue.
Termination contrary to the provisions of the preceding paragraph will end the membership on the earliest permitted date following the date with effect from which the membership was terminated.
A member may terminate the membership with immediate effect within one month of having been informed of a resolution to convert the Association into another legal form or to merge or divide the Association within the meaning of Title 7 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).
A member may also terminate the membership with immediate effect within one month of having become aware or having been informed of a resolution limiting the member’s rights or increasing the member’s obligations towards the In that case the resolution will not apply to the member involved. A member is not authorized to exclude a resolution applicable to the relevant member, which entails a change to the member’s financial rights and obligations, by terminating the membership.
Disqualification from membership is effected by the Management Board.
In the event of a resolution that the membership be terminated by the Association 01, the grounds that a member has failed to fulfil the member’s obligations towards the Association and also that it cannot in all reasonableness be required of the Association that it continues the membership and in the event of a resolution to disqualify the member, the person involved will be entitled to appeal to the General Meeting within one month of having been informed of the resolution.
To that end the member involved must be informed of the resolution as soon as possible In Writing, stating reasons.
During the appeal period and pending the appeal, the member will be suspended, with the proviso, however, that the suspended member will have the right to account for the member’s actions at the General Meeting at which the appeal referred to in this paragraph is heard.
If the membership ends in the course of a financial year, the annual contribution will nevertheless still be payable in full.

Article 8.
Annual contributions. Obligations. Assets.

The members will be obliged to pay an annual contribution, to be determined by the General Meeting.
They may be placed in categories for this purpose, with each category paying a different contribution.
In special cases, the Management Board will be authorized to grant full or partial discharge from the obligation to pay a contribution.
Subject to the General Meeting’s permission, the Management Board will be authorized to attach obligations to the membership.
In addition to the annual contributions as mentioned in paragraph 1, the Association’s assets are also formed and created from:
subsidies and other contributions;
donations and gifts, bequest and legacies;
all other acquisitions and gains.
The Association may only accept bequest with the benefit of inventory.

Article 9.
Management Board.

The Management Board consists of a number to be determined by the General Meeting of three (3) persons who must be appointed by the General Meeting.
Members of the Management Board are appointed from among the members of the Association.

Article 10.

Termination of membership of the Management Board. Retirement by rotation. Suspension.

Any member of the Management Board, also if the member of the Management Board has been appointed for a definite period of time, may be dismissed or suspended by the General Meeting at any time.
A suspension that is not followed by a resolution to dismissal within three months will end by the expiry of this period.
Every member of the Management Board must retire, no later than four (4) years after having been appointed, by rotation in accordance with a schedule to be prepared by the Management Board.
A retiring member of the Management Board is eligible for reappointment; a person appointed to fill an interim vacancy will take the place of the predecessor of the new appointed member of the Management Board in the schedule.
A retiring member of the Management Board shall remain in office until the vacancy has been filled.
Membership of the Management Board will also end:
1. on termination of the Association’s membership of a member of the Management Board appointed from among the members;
2. on retirement from the Management

Article 11.

Positions on the Management Board. Resolutions by the Management Board.

The Management Board (with the exception of the first Management Board, whose members are appointed to an office) will appoint a president, a secretary and a treasurer from their number.
The Management Board may appoint a replacement for each of them from their number.
A member of the Management Board may hold more than one position.
The Management Board shall meet whenever one of the members of the Management Board considers this to be necessary.
Notice of its meetings shall be given by the member of the Management Board initiating the meeting, stating the matters to be dealt with; the period of notice of the meeting being at least eight days.
At the meetings every member of the Management Board shall have the right to cast one vote.
The members of the Management Board shall be entitled to have themselves represented by any other member of the Management Board by means of an authorization In Writing.
Meetings of the Management Board can be held through a telephone or video conference, or through any other communication medium, provided each member of the Management Board attending can be heard by all the others simultaneously, provided these meetings are chaired from a place in The Netherlands.
Minutes must be taken of the proceedings at each meeting of the Management Board by the secretary and adopted and signed by the president and the secretary. The minutes can also be signed electronically provided that the identity of the signatories can be sufficiently established.
The Management Board shall pass resolutions by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast by all the members of the Management Board present or represented at the meeting, who are entitled to take part in the decision-making.
The Management Board may also pass resolutions without holding a meeting, provided the resolution is passed In Writing, all the members of the Management Board are informed of the resolution to be passed, none of them objects to this manner of passing resolutions and the resolution is passed by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast by members of the Management Board who are entitled to take part in the decision-making process.
In the event of an equality of votes, the General Meeting shall decide.
A member of the Management Board that has a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with that of the Association and the organization with it, immediately gives notice thereof to the other Management Board members and provides all relevant information thereto.
The other members of the Management Board decide without the presence of the member of the Management Board involved whether there is an interest which conflicts with that of the Association and organization with it.
A member of the Management Board does not participate in the discussions and the decision-making if the relevant member of the Management Board has a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with that of the Association and the organization with it.
If, as a consequence thereof no resolution of the Management Board can be adopted, the resolution will be adopted by the General Meeting.
Further rules concerning the meetings of and passing of resolutions by the Management Board may be laid down in standing orders.

Article 12.

Duties of the Management Board. Representation. Remuneration.

Subject to the restrictions of the Articles, the Management Board will be responsible for the management of the Association.
In performing their duties the members of the Management Board shall regard the interests of the Association and the organization connected with it.
If the number of members of the Management Board falls below three, the Management Board will still be competent.
The Management Board will, however, be obliged to convene a General Meeting as soon as possible at which the filling of the vacancy or vacancies must be discussed.
In the event of the prevention or permanent absence of one or more members of the Management Board the remaining member(s) of the Management Board shall be in charge of the entire management of the Association.
The General Meeting shall ensure that a person is appointed to temporarily manage the Association in the event of the prevention or permanent absence of all the members of the Management Board or of the sole member of the Management Board.
Prevention in this paragraph means in any case the circumstances that
1. the member of the Management Board during a period in excess of seven days cannot be reached due to illness or any other cause; or
2. the member of the Management Board has been suspended.
The Management Board will be authorized to have certain parts of its duties performed under its responsibility by committees appointed by the Management Board.
Provided it has the approval of the General Meeting, the Management Board will be authorized to decide to conclude agreements to acquire, dispose of and encumber property subject to registration and to conclude agreements in which the Association binds itself as surety or joint and several debtor, warrants performance by a third party or provides security for a debt of a third party and it will be authorized to represent the Association in these acts.
The absence of this approval of the General Meeting can be invoked against third parties.
The General Meeting will be authorized to subject resolutions of the Management Board to its approval.
The Management Board must be informed of these resolutions In Writing, with a clear description.
Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this article, the Association is represented by the Management Board.
Two members of the Management Board acting jointly are also authorized to represent the Association.
A remuneration can be granted to the Management Board members.
Expenses will be reimbursed to the Management Board members on production of the necessary proof.

Article 13.

Report of the Management Board. Accountability.

The financial year of the Association shall be the same as the calendar
The Management Board will be obliged to keep records of the financial position of the Association and of everything concerning the activities of the Association, in accordance with the requirements arising from these activities, and to keep the books, documents and other data carriers in such a way that the rights and obligations of the Association can be known from them at any
Within six (6) months of the end of the financial year, except where this period has been extended to a maximum of four months by the General Meeting, the Management Board must present a report of the Management Board at a General Meeting on the course of events within the Association and the policy.
The Management Board must submit a hard copy of the balance sheet and the statement of income and expenditure, with explanatory notes, to the General Meeting for approval.
These documents must be signed by all the members of the Management Board; if any of their signatures is lacking, the reasons for this omission must be stated.
After expiry of the period, any of the members may claim fulfilment of these obligations by the Management Board at law.
Each year the General Meeting will appoint a financial committee from among the members, consisting of at least two persons who may not be on the Management Board.
The financial committee must audit the documents referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 3 of this article and must report its findings to the General Meeting.
The Management Board will be obliged to provide the financial committee, for the purposes of its audit, with all the information it requests, to show it the Association’s cash funds and assets if required, and to make the Association’s books, documents and other data carriers available to it for reference.
If the audit of the report requires specific accounting knowledge, the financial committee may be assisted by an expert.
The financial committee’s mandate may be withdrawn at any time by the General Meeting, but only by appointing another financial committee.
The Management Board will be obliged to keep the books, documents and other data carriers referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article for a period of seven years, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 8 of this article.
The data placed on a data carrier, with the exception of the balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure recorded on paper, may be transferred to and stored on another data carrier, provided that this transfer involves a correct and full recording of the data and these data are available during the entire time they are stored and can be made legible within a reasonable period of time.

Article 14.
General Meetings.

In the Association, all powers which are not vested in the Management Board pursuant to the law or the Articles are vested in the General Meeting.
A General Meeting – the annual meeting – must be held annually within no more than six (6) months of the end of the financial year, unless the General Meeting has resolved to extend the aforementioned term.

The following matters must be included on the agenda of the annual meeting:
1. the report of the Management Board and the report referred to in Article 13, with the findings of the committee referred to in that article;
2. the discharge of the members of the Management Board from their liability for their management during the previous financial year;
3. the appointment of the committee referred to in Article 13 for the following financial year;
4. the filling of any vacancies;
5. any motions of the Management Board or the members, made known in the notice convening the meeting;
Other General Meetings are convened as often as considered desirable by the Management Board or when it is obliged to do so pursuant to the law or the Articles.
The Management Board will also be obliged to convene a General Meeting within no more than four weeks of a request having been made to this effect In Writing by at least such a number of members as is authorized to cast at least one tenth of the votes.
If the request is not acceded to within fourteen days, those requesting the meeting may convene it themselves by means of a notice in accordance with article 18 or by placing an advertisement in at least one well-read newspaper in the location where the Association has its business address, with due observance of the period for convening the meeting referred to in Article 18.
Those requesting the meeting may then place persons other than members of the Management Board in charge of the meeting and charge them with taking the minutes.

Article 15.
Access and right to vote.

All the members of the Association and the members of the Management Board have access to the General Meeting.
Suspended members will not have access, subject to the provisions of paragraph 8 of Article 7, nor will suspended members of the Management Board.
The General Meeting decides on the admission of persons other than those referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.
Every member of the Association who has not been suspended will have the right to cast one vote.
As such, the members of the Management Board have an advisory vote.
A member may vote by proxy, given to another member In Writing.
If the Management Board has opened the option in the notice to a General Meeting, the members will be authorized to exercise their voting rights by means of an electronic means of communication, provided (i) the conditions for the use of that means of communication like the connection, the security and the like have been made public in the notice to the meeting, (ii) the member is able to be identified, (iii) the member is able to acquaint himself of the discussions at the meeting and (iv) if this option has been opened, the member is able to participate in the discussions.
If the Management Board has opened the option In Writing, votes can be cast electronically in a period not earlier than thirty days prior to the General Meeting, at an e-mail address designated for that purpose.
These votes shall have equal effect as votes cast in a General Meeting.

Article 16.
Chairmanship. Minutes.

General Meetings are chaired by the president of the Association or the president’s deputy.
If the president and the president’s deputy are absent, one of the other members of the Management Board, to be appointed by the Management Board, will act as chairman.
If it is also not possible to appoint a chairman in this manner, the meeting will appoint its own chairman.
Until that time the temporary chairman will be the oldest person present at the meeting.
Minutes must be taken of the proceedings at each meeting by the secretary or another person to be appointed for this purpose by the chairman and the minutes must be adopted and signed by the chairman and the secretary.
The minutes can also be signed electronically provided that the identity of the signatories can be sufficiently established.
Those convening the meeting may have a record drawn up of the proceedings.
The contents of the minutes or of the record must be made known to the members.

Article 17.
Passing resolutions at the General Meeting

The decision pronounced by the chairman at the General Meeting on the outcome of a vote will be decisive.
The same applies to the contents of a resolution which has been passed, in so far as voting was on a motion which had not been set out In Writing.
If, however, the correctness of the chairman’s opinion is challenged immediately after it has been pronounced, a new vote must be taken if the majority of the meeting or, if the original vote was not taken by roll-call or ballot, a person present and entitled to vote so desires.
This new vote will nullify the original vote.
Votes that in accordance with article 15 paragraph 6 have been cast electronically prior to the General Meeting will also be deemed to be cast in the new vote.
In so far as not provided otherwise in the Articles or by law, all resolutions of the General Meeting must be passed by an absolute majority of the votes cast.
Blank votes and invalid votes are considered as not having been cast.
If an absolute majority is not obtained in a vote on persons, a second vote will be taken or, in the event of a binding nomination, a second vote between the nominated candidates.
If an absolute majority is again not obtained, repeated votes will be taken until either one person has obtained an absolute majority or a vote is taken between two persons and there is a tie.
With regard to the aforementioned repeated voting (which does not include the second vote), the vote will be between all the persons voted for in the preceding vote, except for the person obtaining the fewest votes.
If in the preceding vote the fewest votes were obtained by more than one person, lots must be drawn to decide which of them can no longer be voted for.
In the event that a vote between two persons is tied, lots will be drawn to decide which of them has been elected.
In the event of a tie, the motion will have been rejected, subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article.
All voting must be by voice.
However, the chairman may determine that the votes must be cast by ballot.
With regard to a vote on persons, a person who is present and entitled to vote may also require that the votes be cast by ballot.
In the case of votes cast by ballot, the ballots must be sealed and unsigned.
Resolutions may be passed by acclamation, unless a person entitled to vote requires a vote by roll call.
A unanimous resolution of all the members, even if not together at a meeting, will have the same force as a resolution of the General Meeting, provided that it is passed with the prior knowledge of the Management Board.
This applies also for resolutions to amend the Articles or to dissolve the Association.
As long as all the members are present or represented at a General Meeting, resolutions may be passed on all matters coming up for discussion – therefore also a motion to amend the Articles or to dissolve the Association – provided they are passed unanimously, even if the meeting has not been convened in the prescribed manner or any other provisions for convening and holding meetings or related formalities have not been observed.

Article 18.
Convening General Meetings.

General Meetings are convened by the Management Board, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 14 paragraph 4.
Meetings are convened by notice sent In Writing to the addresses (including email addresses) of the members as listed in the register referred to in Article 5.
The period for convening the meeting must be at least seven days.
If a member consents thereto In Writing, a notice to a meeting may be sent electronically by means of a readable and reproducible message at the address which has been made known by the relevant person In Writing for that purpose to the Association.
The notice convening the meeting must state the subjects to be discussed, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 19 and 20.

Article 19.
Amendment to the Articles.

Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 8 and 9 of article 17 no amendments may be made to the Articles other than pursuant to a resolution of a General Meeting, which must be convened by means of a notice specifying that amendments to the Articles will be proposed at that meeting.
Those persons who have convened a General Meeting for the discussion of a motion to amend the Articles must make a copy of this motion, in which the proposed amendment is set out verbatim, available for inspection by the members in an appropriate place from at least five days before the meeting until the end of the day on which the meeting is held.
A resolution to amend the Articles requires at least two-thirds of the votes cast at a meeting at which at least two-thirds of the members are present or represented.
If less than two-thirds of the members are present or represented, a second meeting must be convened and held within four weeks of the first meeting, at which a resolution may be passed on the motion which was put forward at the first meeting irrespective of the number of members present or represented, provided the resolution is passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes cast.
An amendment to the Articles will not come into force until a notarial deed of it has been drawn up.
Any member of the Management Board is authorized to have such a deed executed.

Article 20.
Dissolution.

The Association may be dissolved pursuant to a resolution by the General The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of article 19 apply mutatis mutandis.
Following dissolution of the Association, its assets will be liquidated by the Management Board.
The Management Board may resolve to appoint other persons as liquidators.
A positive liquidation balance will be used for purposes to be determined by the General Meeting which shall, as far as possible, be consistent with the purpose of the Association.
Following the liquidation, the books, documents and other data carriers of the dissolved Association will remain in the custody of the person designated for this purpose by the liquidators for the period prescribed by law.
In all other respects, the provisions of Title 1 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code will apply to the liquidation.

Article 21.
Standing orders.

The General Meeting may draw up standing orders.
The standing orders may not be in conflict with the law, which also applies if there are no mandatory rules of law, or with the Articles.

Final statement.
Finally the person appearing declared that the proceedings of the above mentioned meeting appear from the minutes of that meeting of which minutes a copy is attached to this deed (Annex).

FINAL CLAUSES
These presents were executed in original in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the date mentioned in the preamble.
The person appearing is known to me, civil-law notary.
The substance of these presents has been read out and explained to the person appearing. The person appearing has declared that he does not require these presents to be read out in full, that the person appearing has taken cognizance of their contents timely before the execution of the deed and that the person appearing agrees with the contents.
Immediately following a limited reading, these presents have been signed by the person appearing and me, civil-law notary.

The present address of the Association is: Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden University, Witte Singel 25, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

BY-LAWS

(ex Article 17 of the Constitution)

(approved at the general meeting in Skukuza, South Africa, 5 August 2004)

Article 1. The Association
1.1 The fields of interest of the International Association for Assyriology (IAA) are broader than its name may suggest. “Assyriology” is conceived in its broadest sense as including the study of languages, history, and cultures of the Ancient Near East, wherever the cuneiform script was used, as well as the art and archaeology of these cultures.

Article 2. The Office
2.1 The Secretary of the IAA will have an official office address, where the administration is managed (hereinafter called “The Office”) and through which contact with members is achieved.

Article 3. The Members
3.1 The Board will formulate the procedure that candidates must follow for membership, will create application forms that need to be completed and signed by the applicants, and will determine how candidates receive notification about their candidacy.

Article 4. The Board of Management
4.1 The President, Secretary and Treasurer, and up to four more appointed board members form the Executive Committee that is responsible for the daily management of the IAA.
4.2 The four Presidents of the Organizing Committees of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (RAI) for the current year, the past year, and the succeeding two years, are qualitate qua candidate members of of IAA Board. The president of an organizing committee may decide, after consultation with his/her committee, to send another representative to the IAA Board meeting, in which case (s)he must send official notification (in writing) to the IAA Board.
4.3 The official delegates of up to four related scholarly associations will be invited by the Board as candidate members of the Board of the IAA. The president of a regional committee may decide, after consultation with his/her association, to send another representative to the IAA Board meeting, in which case (s)he must send official notification (in writing) to the IAA Board.
4.4 In its first (constitutive) meeting, the Board will decide on allocating diverse functions among its members, and will develop a four-year rotation schedule for the terms of office of its members The Board may convene a meeting of its members whenever it considers this useful or necessary. If at least three members of the Board make a written request for a Board meeting the secretary will organize such a meeting within two months after the request has been received. If the Board does not organize the Board meeting within two months then these members may organize a Board meeting. Meetings may be held by telephone, electronic mail, and/or other means of communication. In such cases, proceeding must follow all formalities, including advance submission of proposals, precise counting of vote, comprehensive taking of minutes, and unambiguous recording of decisions. Decisions are taken by simple majority; tie vote means failure of a proposal.

Article 5. Activities
5.1 The General Meeting of Members of the IAA will take place once a year, during the RAI, and will be organized by the Office of the IAA.
5.2 The RAI will take place annually and will be organized in the months July and August by the organizing committee of the host country. The Office of the IAA is prepared to give support as far as possible. The location for the future RAI will be decided at the General Meeting of the IAA.
5.3 The Office will communicate to the members at least three months prior to the RAI General Meeting. All other information will be posted on the website.
5.4 Initiatives for publications will be supported by the Office as far as possible.

Article 6. External Relations
6.1 The Board will keep good contacts with academic and scientific organizations, local, regional, and international, including governmental organizations, universities, international institutions (such as Unesco), museums and libraries.

Article 7. The Honorary Council
7.1 Members who have distinguished themselves in the field of Assyriology or for their efforts on behalf of the IAA or of the RAI, may, in recognition, be recommended by one or more members as a member of the Honorary Council. Upon the Board’s approval of such a recommendation, the Office will place their candidacy on the agenda for the upcoming General Meeting, where the election will take place. The Board may, from time to time, consult the Honorary Council or its members individually.

Election of an IAA President

Below is a schedule for a process through which members of the International Association for Assyriology will elect its President at the Warsaw Rencontre. This schedule has been approved by the IAA Board.

A. Nominating Committee (to be completed by January 1st)

A Nominating Committee [NC] will be formed. Initially, it will be composed of three members of the IAA board elected by the board.
These three members will select another three members of the IAA who are not—or have ever been—members of the Board, after making certain that those selected will be willing to serve.
The resulting NC should be representative of the IAA, by field (Assyriology and Archaeology), country, age, and sex.
The NC will select its own chair, preferably not a member of the Board.

B. Nomination by the membership (to be completed by April 1st)

By February 1st, a posting to the membership (via the IAA list) will solicit candidates for the vacant post, requesting a brief notice on the person that is nominated. An April 1st nomination deadline will be set.
Any IAA member in good standing may place before the NC chair a candidate for President, together with a supporting note.
Nominees need to be members in good standing of the IAA. (A list of members is posted at <http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/IAA/members.html>).
4. All candidates must have the support of 15 IAA members (constitution 7.3).

C. Setting a slate of candidates (to be completed by June 1st)

The NC will ascertain whether the selected candidates wish to be placed in nomination and request a CV from each.
If many candidates are nominated by the membership, the NC will select the three strongest candidates and draw up a list for presentation to the membership. If fewer, all those nominated will be included in that list.
No later than June 1st, the NC will inform the membership of the final list of candidates, together with their CVs.

D. Selection of President (to be completed at the General Meeting at the RAI).

The membership attending the RAI will vote to select the President at the General meeting from the list of candidates presented by the NC.
Proxies will be made available for IAA members who will not attend the RAI. There will be no email voting.

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Rules and Regulations

CONSTITUTION

Article 9. Management Board.

BY-LAWS

Election of an IAA President

Article 9.
Management Board.