Elections at NHH, Spring 2013

During April and May elections will be held for the offices of Rector and Deputy Rector and members of the board at NHH. The Election Committee has prepared an announcement about regulations, deadlines for proposing candidates and dates for the elections.

07.03.2013 - Ed.

Announcement - Election to the Board, Spring 2013

Elections will be held this spring for the offices of Rector and Deputy Rector and members of the NHH Board.

The electoral roll of eligible voters was published in Paraplyen on Tuesday, 5 March. For the students, the electoral roll has been published on itslearning. All eligible voters should check that they are listed in the electoral roll.

Employees can check the electoral roll here

Election of the Rector and Deputy Rector

The deadline for submitting proposals for candidates for Rector and Deputy Rector is Tuesday, 19 March. Proposals should be sent to the Election Committee, attention of Secretary Andreas Hjortland. All proposals shall include both candidate for Rector and candidate for Deputy Rector. Everyone eligible to vote may submit proposals, and the proposals should be confirmed by two eligible voters. All candidates will be introduced to the voters after the deadline has expired.

A special committee has been appointed by the Board to find candidates for the offices of Rector and Deputy Rector. The committee was asked to submit its proposal by 1 March. It has been necessary for the committee to use some more time than stipulated. As the deadline 1 March is not regulated by the Regulations for Elections at NHH, this does not affect the execution of the election. The committee's proposal will be published in Paraplyen as soon as it is available.

Notice of the election of Rector and Deputy Rector will be sent on Tuesday, 9 April. The election of the Rector and Deputy Rector will be held on 24 and 25 April. This election will be carried out as a plurality election, and it will be held online. In counting the votes, the votes of the different groups will be weighted as follows: Permanent and temporary employees in teaching and research positions: 63 %, technical and administrative employees: 15 %, students: 22 %.

The election of board members

In the election of members to the Board, the eligible voters are divided into four groups which elect members to the Board separately.

Kjernestyret will give information about deadlines and the carrying through of the election of board members for the students. For the other three groups, the following apply:

• Permanent employees in teaching and research positions elect two members and five deputy members to the Board.
• Temporary employees in teaching and research positions elect one member and two deputy members to the Board.
• Technical and administrative employees elect one member and two deputy members to the Board.

The deadline for submitting proposals for candidates to these offices is 23 April for all three groups. Proposals are to be sent to the Election Committee, attention of Secretary Andreas Hjortland. In each election, all eligible voters may submit proposals, and the proposals should be confirmed by two eligible voters. All candidates will be introduced to the voters after the deadline has expired.

Notice of the election of members to the Board for these three groups will be sent on 8 May, and the election of members to the Board will be held on 22 and 23 May. This election will be carried out as a preferential election, and it will be held online.

The Election Committee
Per Manne (Chair)
Nils H. Netteland (Deputy Chair)
Einar Breivik
Monica Granli
Kristoffer Marø

Any questions may be addressed to Andreas Hjortland, who is the Secretary of the Election Committee.

Election regulations