Dear Member Federation
We are sharing with you the election document that was prepared for the Athletes Commission Election. We are sharing the nomnation form as well. Please review the files and send back completed form to email address mentioned below. The information that we are publishing here were sent directly to Federation.
The suitable IAU World Championships where we the election can take place will be in December during IAU 24H World Championships. This means we will start the process from June 1st 2023.
There are ten (10) positions available at the IAU Athletics Commission where six (6) will be elected, two (2) will be appointed by IAU Executive Council and remaining two (2) being IAU Executive Council representatives.
There are more details on Roles, Responsibilities, Composition, Term, Eligibility, Process, Timelines in the file provided in the link above.
The process will start from the Nomination period (1 June till 31 August 2023) where you can nominate Athletes that will take part of the election. As mentioned above all the details are provided in attached file where you will find how many athletes can be nominated, who is eligible for elections and more. If you will have questions please use the same email address as provided below.
We are asking you to review the file and send you nomination to below email box no later than August 31st.
athletes.election@iau-ultramarathon.org
The timelines for all steps are provided below.
- Nomination by Member Federations from June 1st till 31st August 2023
- Vetting from 1st September till 14th September 2023
- Candidates campaign starts from 15th September till 30th November 2023
- Elections on 1st December 2023 in Taipei during 2023 IAU 24H WC
- Council election approval from 2nd December till 14th December
- Publication of the final list of IAU Athletes Commission members on December 15th 2023
- Appointment period 2024 – 2028
- Next election 2028
On behalf of IAU Athletes Commission
Jacek Bedkowski
IAU Director of Communication
