Talk:Management Committee MitoEAGLE

e-VOTES

2016-10-10 e-VOTE 01

We would like to ask you for your e-VOTE by return email (send to the Chair; Email: [email protected]) on the following two topics:

• • • • Topic (1) Verona meeting - adjustment of the flat rate The Work & Budget Plan for Grant Period 1 (2016-11-01 to 2017-04-30) has now been approved by our Management Committee. For the final calculation, the flat rate for accommodation was revised to an amount of EUR 95.00 per night for the November meeting in Verona (“A roadmap for MITOEAGLE and first steps”). Approval by the Management Committee is now required for this revised flat rate.

• Topic (1) Please vote YES (agreed) or NO (not agreed).

2016-10-18 Outcome e-VOTE 01, Topic 1:

1. Email votes received: 34
2. Votes YES (including absences of casting a vote): 53
3. Votes NO: 0
4. Country ('Party') votes APPROVED: 29
5. Country ('Party') votes REJECTED: 0
6. Country ('Party') votes: VOID: 0
7. Country not yet represented by an MC member: Slovakia

• • • • Topic (2) Implementation of specific plans to increase the involvement of Early Career Investigators and for maintaining and monitoring gender balance

Comment of the Scientific Committee (MITOEAGLE COST-Evaluation 2016-02-12): „The proposed Action must develop and implement specific plans to increase the involvement of Early Career Investigators and for maintaining and monitoring gender balance.“

We suggest to implement the following strategies as part of the specific plans to increase the involvement of Early Career Investigators and for maintaining and monitoring gender balance:

(a) Encourage the Cost National Coordinators of any new party (COST country) joining during the Action to consider Early Career Investigators and gender balance in their nominations as new Management Committee Members.

(b) Encourage the COST National Coordinators of COST countries represented in the Action to support initiatives of established MC members to rotate in exchange of Early Career Investigators and to consider gender balance in replacement nominations.

• Topic (2) Please vote YES (agreed) or NO (not agreed).

2016-10-18 Outcome e-VOTE 01, Topic 2:

1. Email votes received: 34
2. Votes YES (including absences of casting a vote): 50
3. Votes NO: 3
4. Country ('Party') votes APPROVED: 27
5. Country ('Party') votes REJECTED: 1
6. Country ('Party') votes: VOID: 1 (country with conflicting votes of the two MC members)
7. Country not yet represented by an MC member: Slovakia

In accordance with the COST rules:

• Absence of casting a vote will be considered as a vote „YES“.

• The vote starts now and will remain open for 7 days (until 2016-10-17, 16:30 CET).

• Conflicting votes cast by MC Members representing the same country will constitute an invalid vote unless the conflict is resolved before the end of the voting period.

After the end of the voting period, the outcome of the vote will be communicated to you by email.

Best regards, Erich

Core Group

The Core Group is typically composed of the Action Chair, Vice Chair, Grant Holder Scientific Representative, WG Leaders, STSM and TS coordinators and any other horizontal role (i.e. about 10-12 persons). The CG meets to take decisions on behalf of the MC (if the CG has the formal mandate to do so by the MC), and otherwise to steer the Action and submits a list of decisions for the MC to approve. It is not compulsory to have a CG, especially in smaller Actions.

A CG meeting is therefore useful during a GP in addition to the compulsory MC, to (re)define the Action’s activities, in particular when there is budget under- or over-spending. - Dr. Federica Ortelli (COST Science Officer) (2016)