Members are invited to nominate a colleague to stand for the role of President-Elect. The nominee will take over from current President-Elect, Susan Cooper, when she begins her term as WCO President in April 2013.
Who can nominate?
Associate members of WCO are eligible to nominate someone for the post of President-Elect.
If you are not sure if you are eligible, please check our list of associate members.
Who is not eligible to nominate?
We will not be able to accept nominations from members in the same region as the current President-Elect.
As the current President-Elect is a member of a North American organisation (the Canadian Association of Optometrists), we are unable to accept nominations for people from this region.
However, members from North America are invited to nominate someone from one of our other world regions:
- Africa
- Asia Pacific
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Europe
- Latin America
How to nominate
WCO member organisations should complete the application form on our website. It should be signed by two member organisations in your region, or two officers from your regional organisation.
Deadline for nominations: 21 January 2013.
Election
All nominations received by the deadline will be circulated to WCO members in advance of the election, which will take place at the General Delegates’ Meeting in Malaga, Spain, on 21 April 2013.
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New representatives join the Governing Board
We have welcomed three new representatives to our Governing Board.
Nigel St Rose and Hugo A Farhat have joined as Latin America representatives, while Anguyo Dralego will represent Africa.
Nigel was also voted onto the ALDOO (Latin American Association of Optometry and Optics) Governing Boards as the Caribbean representative.
Congratulations Nigel, Hugo and Anguyo. We look forward to working with you.
WCO Governing Board
Date for your diary:
General Delegates' Meeting 2013
Our next General Delegates' Meeting (GDM) will take place in Malaga, Spain, from 18-21 April 2013.
The GDM will take place alongside the following events:
European Academy of Optometry and Optics’
Annual Conference
19-21 April
European Council of Optometry and Optics’
General Assembly and Meetings
18-20 April
Spanish General Council of Optometry’s
National Conference, OPTOM 2013 Malaga
18-20 April
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World Sight Day and World Sight Day Challenge
Thank you to everyone who supported World Sight Day (WSD) and Optometry Giving Sight's World Sight Day Challenge during October.
We have received updates and photos from members letting us know how they celebrated; keep an eye out for next month's update for stories on how the day was marked around the world!
There is still time to let us know what you did for WSD by emailing us or by completing this short online form.
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