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Board Members
The board of the Working Time Society (WTS) and the ICOH members are listed here (or as ICOH Membership Oct. 2001.doc)
Registered members can send emails to all other members of the SINET (Shiftwork international Newsletter – Net).
Constitution & Rules: Working Time Society (WTS)
(As agreed at the inaugural meeting at the XIV International Symposium an Night and Shiftwork, Wiesensteig, Germany, September 13.-17. 1999 and amended at the XV International Symposium on Night and Shiftwork, Hayama, Japan, September 10.-13. 2001) (Former name: International Society for Working Time and Health Research (ISWTHR))
Constitution and Rules History: 2004 from The Scientific Committee on "Shiftwork".
History of WTS Symposia
A history of earlier Symposia of WTS is available here as PPS-File: Slide Show Symposia
Working Commitees
Finance Committee
WTS Membership is not intended to place a financial burden as a condition of membership. At the same time, WTS does need some modest funds to support current and future activities. There are many ways WTS might obtain these funds. Some possibilities are: "membership dues", "sustaining members", "sustaining organizations", "assessments", SIN advertisers, and "public workshops for a fee", and other possibilities. The Finance Committee is charged with considering all possible funding methods, and developing a Proposal to the Board aimed at solving the WTS financial problem in an appropriate and practical manner. Once the WTS Board approves a financial methodology, this Committee will advise the Treasurer as needed, do an annual informal audit of WTS financial activities, establish a banking system, and recommend related financial change when needed in the future.
Membership Committee
WTS by-laws (see the web site) require that we have a Membership Subcommittee to consider new applications for membership. Currently, it is appropriate to note that WTS does not have a complete and valid Membership list. The first task the Membership Committee is the development of a current and valid listing of WTS voting members. Once WTS has a valid membership list, this committee will be responsible for maintaining the list, attracting new membership applications, and evaluation of these applications.. Membership is not to be limited to those who are able to attend the most recent Symposium. Making sure we retain old members is important. Recommending membership termination is difficult. A public access membership directory for the Society should be considered.
Honors Committee
The WTS Constitution and Rules (see the web site) include a special member honor, that of designation as a "Fellow" of the Society. It also allows for awarding "Honorary Member" status to non-members of the Society. WTS needs criteria for awarding "Fellow" and "Honorary Member" status, as well as a procedure for selecting persons for these honors. This committee will perform these functions, as well as consider the possibility that some additional special awards should be made (for example, awards for "Best Oral Paper", "Best Poster", etc.). The Honors Committee will recommend to the WTS Board criteria and procedures for selecting award winners. Once the Board approves these awards and methods, the Honors Committee will be responsible for the performance of these activities. Awards and honors are only a wonderful thing when they are done right.
Nomenclature Committee
Working time nomenclature is poorly defined in the literature, and significant international differences in definitions exist. This working group will develop operational definitions (when possible) for working time nomenclature, monitor the use of nomenclature, and recommend definitions changes in nomenclature when needed. In addition, they will encourage Editors and symposium authors to use the WTS nomenclature. This committee will work on the development of a standard working time notation system for use by editors and authors, and encourage the development of a working time database using WTS nomenclature and notation. The working area is here.
Publications Committee
Papers from shiftwork symposia have been published, over the years, as books or as dedicated journal issues. The advantages and disadvantages associated with each of these two approaches are not the same. The Publications Committee will examine this publication issue, and develop some guidelines for the WTS Board to consider with regard to future publications. In addition, the Publications Committee will become an active agent-for-quality-publication. This might include tracking and promoting the citation and sale of past symposia papers, the endorsement of new publications, and/or the promoting future meetings. The Committee will solicit and consider all proposals for publication and then make recommendations to the WTS Board. These proposals may or may not include a journal dedicated to working time papers; endorsement of existing journals or meetings; and, encouraging WTS Member to make presentations at non-WTS meetings.
Elections Committee
The first WTS election was a positive start towards a democratic organization, but our methods need improvement before we have another election. WTS might wish to use "nominations" made by a committee (in addition to open nominations). The WTS Board is working towards better geographical and gender representation, but it needs more guidance with regard to these issues. The Elections Committee will consider these issues in advance of election time, make practice recommendations to the Board, and carry out future elections to office. The Elections Committee will organize, hold and tabulate all future WTS elections.
Please send questions and suggestions to Elections Committee.
Regarding the proposed procedures for the next voting
Commitee members
If you are not a WTS committee member, you are encouraged to contact appropriate committee members to discuss any issues or problems you would like their committee to address.
If you wish to promote your ideas and/or committee recommendation usability, share your committee communications with all of us.
Finance Committee
Gaertner (Chair) (Johannes)
Akerstedt (Torbjorn)
Islra-Golec (Irena)
Jansen (Ben)
Monk (Tim)
L. Smith (Lawrence)
Membership Committee
Fischer (Chair) (Marina)
Bobko (Natalia)
Cruz (Crystal)
Kogi (Kazu)
Pokorski (Janusz)
Pisarski (Anne)
Honors Committee
Knauth (Chair) (Peter)
Costa (Giovanni)
Feyer (Anne-Marie)
Gadbois (Charles)
Kaliterna (Lili)
Mori (Kazuko)
Nomenclature Committee
Nachreiner (Chair) (Friedhelm)
Ahrendt (Josephine)
Kundi (Michael)
Popkin (Steve)
Tzischinski (Orna)
Vos (Peter)
Publications Committee
Harma (Chair) (Mikko)
Bohle (Phil)
DiMillia (Lee)
Fletcher (Adam)
Kecklund (Goran)
Wedderburm (Zander)
Elections Committee
Stephen Popkin
Cláudia Moreno
Foret (Jean)
Jeppesen (Hans)
Manuaba (Adnyawa)
