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The executive’s business includes (but is not restricted to):
- Ensures Cities on Volcanoes are organised every two years, on a non IAVCEI/IUGG year including:
- Announces the call for proposals for the next COV
- Administers the proposal process (as per separate procedure on vHub)
- Votes on and selects the next host and announces this
- Provides advice to conference organisers as needed, and prompts them to keep to a timeline as needed.
- Liaises with IAVCEI and the next conference organisers while a COV is in development
- Promotes improvements to COV meetings and their benefit over time, including
- More local and global inter-disciplinary participation.
- Long-term involvement and ongoing engagement with meeting alumni.
- Reports to IAVCEI for Volcanic Ashfall Impacts Working Group, and liaison with that group ad hoc
- Reports to IAVCEI for the SpringerOpen Journal of Applied Volcanology, and liaison with the Editor in Chief ad hoc
- Liaises with the other commissions in the Mitigation of Volcanic Disasters Liaison Committee (see below)
- Maintains online resource exchange/clearinghouse for public education and teaching resources at vHub
- Maintains a membership list as the commission members on vHub
- Sends a regular newsletter and ad-hoc emails to members as needed
- Holds an executive meeting at each IAVCEI and IUGG assembly.
- The immediate past Leader will be an ad hoc regular Executive member for the following term to facilitate transition of the business of the Commission.
- Organises four yearly elections as follows:
- Commence every four years at least a month before IAVCEI scientific assembly
- Elections are ratified at the IAVCEI scientific assembly because (a) an existing executive is needed throughout COV meetings to assist as needed and (b) a larger proportion of CaV members are likely to be present at IAVCEI than IUGG because of the applied (including non-scientist) collaboration of the commission.
- Email the membership to check addresses are up to date
- Email the volcano listserv to check members all received the ‘check’ email, and that they should update their details on vHub if they did not
- Call for nominations from members for the executive, with a deadline noting:
- Five members, including one leader, one past leader. A goal is to have at least one executive representative from Latin America if one or more is nominated.
- Call for votes from members with a deadline.
- Each member can vote for up to four executive member nominees, including indicating a preference for the leader
- Tally the votes
- Announce the results to new executive, and invite them and ratify at the scientific assembly.
- Announce results to all members.
- Commence every four years at least a month before IAVCEI scientific assembly
- The Executive Committee will appoint a Leader amongst themselves, taking into account the preferences from the members vote. The Executive Committee will also appoint a secretary to assist with business of the Commission (typically external).
Mitigation of Volcanic Disasters Liaison committee
Statistics in Volcanology |
Cities and Volcanoes |
World Volcano Observatories |
International Volcanic Health Hazard Network Also exists outside of IUGG |
Tephra Hazard Modelling |
Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere IAVCEI/IAMAS |
Volcanic Hazards |
Global Volcano Model (outside IUGG) |