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GovernanceThe official name of the Balaton Group the International Network of Resource Information Centers (INRIC). It is a tax-exempt organization with the U.S. government under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is governed by a Steering Committee elected from its active membership, and a set of executive officers appointed by the Steering Committee. To contact the Balaton Group, please email or write to our administrative coordinator. You will be directed to the appropriate officer or Steering Committee member. INRIC ManagementINRIC is managed by three Officers (President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and an international Steering Committee. The work of the Steering Committee is organized into program chairs which may be headed by officers. Steering Committee officers and members are elected on a rotating basis to fill three-year terms. The Steering Committee meets twice a year to consider the business of the Group and decide the topic for the following year's meeting. It typically meets during the annual Balaton meeting and by tradition is hosted by Joan Davis each winter in Zurich. Steering Committee members are elected at each annual meeting at Lake Balaton. The qualification for nomination to be elected to the Steering Committee is attendance of two of the last three annual Group meetings and a willingness to serve the Group for a period of three years. |
Steering Committee & OfficersPresidentAlan AtKisson,The AtKisson Group, Sweden Secretary & Membership ChairGillian Martin Mehers, LEAD International, United Kingdom Treasurer & Finance ChairEike Messow, Breuninger Foundation, Germany Meeting Resources ChairElek Turda, EGI Contracting Engineering Co., Hungary Programs ChairAlan AtKisson,The AtKisson Group, Sweden Communications ChairDiana Wright, Sustainability Institute, USA Governance ChairAromar Revi, TARU, India Projects ChairValdis Bisters, Ministry of Environment, Latvia |