The SIFF Executive Committee, in accordance with Article 30: paragraph 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the SIFF Statutes, resolved to convene the SIFF Elective Congress on:
Date: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Time: 10.00am
Place: TBC, Honiara.
Members are further advised that a one-day pre-congress will be held on Wednesday 21st June 2023 at the SIFF Conference room starting at 10 am prior to the Elective Congress scheduled for 22nd June, 2023
1. CALL FOR REGISTRATION
The Secretariat hereby requests Members nominate two delegates to represent them at the upcoming Elective Congress. The delegates must also indicate clearly in their registration forms which are Delegate 1 and Delegate 2. Delegate 1 has the voting right on behalf of his/her PFA while Delegate 2 can only vote in the event that Delegate 1 is absent from the meeting during voting time.
To allow the General Secretariat sufficient time to facilitate all logistics arrangements for your attendance at the Elective Congress, all registration forms must be completed and submitted to the General Secretary latest by 1st June 2023, no later than 6.00 pm.
To avoid any disappointments, please submit before or on the due date.
No Registrations shall be accepted after 6.00 pm on 1st June 2023, and will not be allowed to attend the ordinary/elective congress
2. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2.1: The member associations are hereby informed that the nominations for members of the SIFF Executive Committee for the upcoming Ordinary/elective congress opens from 9th May and closes on 22nd May, 2023.
2.2: Members are further advised that the following positions are currently open for nominations as stipulated under article 35(1) of the SIFF Statutes:
2.3: As per article 35(2) – Every candidate in the election of Executive Committee members must be proposed by at least one Member.
2.4: The members of the Executive Committee shall be Solomon Islanders and be domiciled in the Solomon Islands. They must not have been previously found guilty of a criminal offense apart from a traffic-related offense. No person shall be eligible to be elected into the Executive Committee if he/she has been found guilty of breaching the FIFA and/or OFC and/or SIFF Code of Ethics and if he has been suspended for a period longer than 6 months or more in the previous five years immediately following the call for nomination for such position. as per Article 35(4) & (5) of the SIFF statutes.
2.5: Candidates for the Office of the President:
Only Members of SIFF may propose candidates for the office of President. Members shall notify the general secretariat in writing of the name of a candidate for the presidency of SIFF at least thirty (30) days before the date of the Congress. The candidate for President shall have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in FIFA, OFC or SIFF sanctioned football organisations and activities as per article 41(2) & (3) of SIFF statutes.
3. Due Date for Nominations
As per article 41 (2), the nomination of president candidates must reach the Secretariat 30 days before the elective congress date. The members are hereby advised that the nominations of candidates for both President candidates and members will open on 9th May 2023 and closes on 22nd May 2023. All nomination of candidates must be submitted to the Secretariat by hard copy or electronic copy latest by 22nd May 2023 no later than 6.00pm.
No nominations will be accepted after 6.00pm on 22nd May 2023. Furthermore, nominations received from PFAs that do not pay their annual affiliation fees of $1,000 will not be accepted.
