Nominations for Election to Fill Vacancies for IEM Council Session 2020/2021
To all Corporate Members 1. The
Council of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia at its 419th meeting
held on 21 October 2019 had unanimously appointed me to be the Election Officer
responsible for the proper conduct of the election to fill Council vacancies
for Council Session 2020/2021, (Ref. Article 5.5 of the Constitution). An Election Programme had also been approved
by the Council for implementation. 2. The following Council vacancies will arise for the session 2020/2021
as a result of Council Members retiring at the end of Council session 2019/2020:
Office | No. of Vacancies | Term of Office | Vice President | Three (3) | 2 sessions (2020/2021
and 2021/2022) | Hon. Secretary | One (1) | 1 session (2020/2021) | Hon. Treasurer | One (1) | 1 session (2020/2021) | Council Members |
| | - Civil Representatives | One (1) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) | - Structural Representatives | One (1) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) | - Electrical Representatives | One (1) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) | - Mechanical Representatives | One (1) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) | - Multimedia Representatives | One (1) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) | - Ordinary Representative | Six (6) | 3 sessions (2020/2021,
2021/2022 and 2022/2023) |
3. Article V of the Constitution and
Section V of the Bylaws give details of the composition, office tenure,
nomination and election of the Council. Extracts of the relevant Articles and
Sections are reproduced for your easy reference (see Appendix A)
4. A list (Council vacancies) of
office bearers who are retiring at the end of session 2018/2019 is attached
(see Appendix B). Subject to the provisions in Article 5.2, some are
eligible for re-election and some are not. 5. A copy of the IEM Code of Conduct
for Committee Members is also attached. (See Appendix C) 6. In
accordance with Article 5.13 of the Constitution and Section 5.11 of the
Bylaws, nominations to fill the vacancies as stated above in Appendix B are
invited from amongst Corporate Members.
Any three Corporate Members may nominate or second any other Corporate
Member as a candidate by completing the attached Nomination Form which you could download from the IEM website or
collect from the IEM Secretariat. The nomination together with the written
consent and the Bio-data (see format attached) of the person so nominated, shall
be sent in a sealed envelope marked "Confidential Nomination Paper"
and addressed to The Hon. Secretary, The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia,
Lots 60 & 62, Jalan 52/4, P.O. Box 223, (Jalan Sultan), 46720 Petaling
Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan to reach him not later than 12.00 noon on Thursday, 12 December 2019. 7. Voting papers together with the
Bio-data of candidates for election are expected to be sent by post on or
before 20 February 2020 in accordance with Section 5.11 of the Bylaws.
Datuk Paduka Ir. (Dr) Hj Keizrul bin
Abdullah Election Officer
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