11. Head of Department and Deputy-Head of Department
11.1. Election process for Head of Department: Heads of Departments are internally elected by respective Department members yearly. To be a candidate for the Head of Department position, it is required to be an active member of the Department for at least 2 months. The election for the Head of Department is an internal process at the level of the Department. If the position of the Head of Department is not filled by a Department elected representative, the Board has the right to appoint a person for the position.
11.2. Election of Deputy-Head: Deputy-Heads of Departments are internally elected by respective Department members yearly. To be a candidate for Head of
Department position it is required to be an active member of the Department for at least 2 months. It is the responsibility of the respective Head of Department to ensure that the Deputy- Head is nominated fairly within the Department within 3 weeks from the appointment of the Head of Department. The election of the Deputy-Head of Department is an internal process at the level of the Department. If the position of Deputy-Head of Department is not filled by a Department elected representative, the Board has the right to appoint a person for this position.
11.3. Substitution for Inactivity or poor work: In case of uninformed absence or poor results of a Head of Department, 3 members of the Board or 3 members of the respective Department have the right to request initiating internal elections for the position. On such occasion, a written request must be sent to the Board on behalf of the Department members, or vice versa, in case the request is initiated by Board members. The document should also be made publicly accessible to the Core Network Group. The Board should investigate the matter and mediate. If no compromise is reached, a new election can be requested by the Board at the level of the Department. The election is to be made public to the Core Network Group. After a mediation period of two weeks, a new election must be held if the Board does not withdraw their request. The Department may elect the same person again.
