National representatives

What is a national representative of the ITRA ?

The main role of the national runner's or organiser's representative, as defined by the ITRA's regulations, is to represent all the sporting or organiser members of their country at the ITRA's Annual General Meeting.

The national representative has the right to vote during the AGM, notably to approve the previous year's accounts and to vote on the annual budget, and to elect, every four years, the members of the ITRA's executive committee.

The weight of vote of every national Representative during the annual general assembly depends upon the number of ITRA member runners or organisers from the country which they represent (more details on the AGM page).

The participation of the national representative, physical or via video conference, is therefore essential for the good running of the annual general meeting.

This role during the annual general meeting has to be accompanied by active participation throughout the year.

In close collaboration with each other, each country's national runners' or organisers' representatives relay the ITRA's information to the sporting and organiser members of that country. So, they actively participate in spreading information about the ITRA and its missions to all players within the trail-running world (runners, organisers, national athletics federations, brands, media...) in their country.

Always in strict collaboration with each other, the national runners' and organisers' representatives carry the voice of their national community to the ITRA's executive committee.

In strict liaison with the committee and with the help of the ITRA's permanent team, the national representative may also be asked to represent ITRA at different meetings or national events, so as to favour exchange and dialogue between the different players of the trail-running world and actively participate with them in the development of the discipline.

The national runners' and organisers' representatives will be the strength of a proposal put to the committee to strengthen relations with all the players of the trail-running world in their country, in particular by actively favouring any form of collaborative or partnership actions with their country's National Federation of Athletics or media.

To accomplish this mission, the national representative must understand and approve the ethical charter and the ITRA's objectives. They must also have a thorough knowledge of the ITRA's policy and all its missions. This knowledge is gained from the ITRA's management team, and permanent staff, through the ITRA website informative letters, exchange of emails or phone calls or through video conferences.

When are the national representatives elected?

Every four years, no earlier than 6 months and at least 2 months before the date of the General Meeting.

According to the statutes of the ITRA, for an election to be held in a given country there must be a minimum number of members up to date of contribution 60 days before the election (3 for the organizers, 10 for the runners).

For the 2019 election of the national representatives of the runners here is the list of countries concerned by the elections:

France, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Hong Kong, United States, Brazil, Poland, Australia, Russia, Canada, Belgium, Argentina, Germany, China, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Singapore,  Thailand, Colombia, Netherlands, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Mexico, Hungary, Malaysia, Denmark, Taiwan, Austria, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Ukraine, New Zealand, Norway, Israel, Latvia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Iceland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Uruguay, Luxembourg, Ecuador, Indonesia, India, Slovakia, Costa Rica, South Korea, Philippines, Lithuania, Qatar, Bolivia

For the 2019 election of the national representatives of the organizers here is the list of countries concerned by the elections:

France, Spain, Italy, China, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, Russia, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, Austria, Chile, Germany, Ecuador, Romania, South Africa, Turkey, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, India, Norway, Taiwan, Thailand, Colombia, Malaysia, Philippines, Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Peru, Israel, Slovenia, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Coratia, Indonesia, Ireland, Slovakia, Bolivia, Estonia, Lativia, Bolivia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithunania, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Uruguay

Who votes ?

All individual or organiser members whose membership payments are up to date.

Who can be a candidate?

• For the runners' national representative : any individual ITRA member, whose membership is up to date, who is a national or resident of the country which they wish to represent, who participated at least once in a Trail-Running event in the last twenty-four months before the first day of his membership.
• For the national organisers' representative : any person who occupies a leading role, elected or salaried, at the heart of an ITRA member organisation. This person will be a candidate for the country in which the organiser member is based.

How to candidate ?

You have to send your candidacy by e-mail to contact@itra.run and if join a profession of faith (free format in pdf with 1 page maximum) including :

• your identity (first name, surname, date of birth...)
• a photo of you (optional)
• your résumé : job position, sporting achievements, associative experiences...
• your motivation
• Any involvement in other associations and federations.

How does the vote take place ?

It is a vote for a single member in a single round, by a simple majority of the votes cast, if the quorum is reached, the candidate who obtains the most is therefore appointed, and the second becomes a deputy. In the case of equality at the end of the vote, the oldest candidate will be deemed winner the vote is electronic via the on-line platform balotilo.org

Agenda for the 2019 elections

• Friday, February 15th 2019: information to all ITRA members and a call for candidates
• Saturday March 2nd 2019 at 11:59 pm (Swiss time): deadline for the submission of candidates and constitution of voter's lists by country.
  NB : this means that only members, individuals or organisers, who are up to date with their membership at midnight on March 2nd (Swiss time) may vote
• Tuesday March 5th 2019 : the list of candidates sent to all electors
• From Saturday March 30th to Tuesday April 2nd 2019: election (each voter will receive an email with a link to the platform balotilo.org)
• Friday April 5th 2019: counting of the votes and publication of the results

The national representatives elected for 2017-2019

You can join them by email for those who have their first name and family name clickable.

Africa

North America

South America

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Overall results here