ISLIEE ADMINISTRATION

ISLIEE Administration

In year 2013, in order to prompt the worldwide development of lifeline earthquake engineering, scholars and engineers from China, Japan and the U.S. suggested building a society focus on lifeline earthquake engineering in the U.S. The Society is an international non-governmental and non-profit professional organization formulated by individual lifeline and infrastructure earthquake engineering professionals worldwide. The purpose of the Society is to promote education and international collaboration on reduction and mitigation of seismic risks and hazards to lifeline and infrastructure systems. The authority of the Association shall be exercised through:

1. The General Assembly of Delegates;

2. The Executive Committee of the Association;

3. The Officers of the Association;

4. The Secretary General of the Association.

Officer and Their Duties

Officers of the Association are:

1. President;

2. Vice President;

3. Secretary General and Vice Secretary General.

PRESIDENT

The functions of the President shall be:

1. to preside at meetings of the Executive Committee and at sessions of the General Assembly of Delegates;

2. to act on behalf of the Association in the conduct of affairs of the Association in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the General Assembly of Delegates;

3. in collaboration with the Secretary General to respond to matters.

VICE-PRESIDENT

The function of the vice-president is to provide the liaison between the Executive Committee and the Organizing Committee of the ISLIEE Conference.

SECRETARY GENERAL

The Secretary General shall be nominated by the National Organization of the country where the Central Office of the Association is located, and shall be confirmed by the Executive Committee. The term of service of the Secretary General shall be at the pleasure of the Executive Committee, subject to reconfirmation at intervals not greater than six years. The functions of the Secretary General shall be:

1. to administer the Central Office of the Association;

2. to maintain the records of the Association;

3. to print and distribute publications of the Association;

4. to keep in trust the money contributed to the Association and to provide an annual accounting of the Association funds;

5. to receive the report of the nominating committee;

6. to receive the invitation(s) for world conference venue;

7. to arrange for minutes of the session of the General Assembly of Delegates at the world conference to be taken and distributed, including records of business transacted, movers and secondary of all motions, including nominations;

8. in collaboration with the President to approve the support of the Association of international and regional conferences related to earthquake engineering, when such support is requested.

Honorary Members

Honorary Members shall be selected on the basis of their distinguished service to earthquake engineering.

Nominations of Honorary Members will be brought to Executive Committee by a sub-committee of the Executive Committee, appointed for this purpose by the President. The Executive Committee shall nominate Honorary Members, to be confirmed by the General Assembly of Delegates.

Location and Address of Central Office

ISLIEE Central Office

100 Pingleyuan,

Chaoyang District,

Beijing 100124,

China

Secretary General: Zilan Zhong

Tel.+86-152-0101-3176

E-mail: isliee@126.com