AIMS Steering Committee Membership Procedures

* Overview

  The AIMS Steering Committee consists of:

  a) Four (or less) members who have previously acted as AIMS organizer
  b) Three (or less) additional members
  c) A Steering Committee chair, who is member of the Steering Committee.

* AIMS Organizers

  For each of the last four AIMS conferences, one of the organizers
  (who may have been the general or TPC chair) becomes member of the
  Steering Committee. If there are multiple organizers, it is up to
  the organizers to decide who will become the Steering Committee
  member. In case of disagreement, it is the (old) steering committee
  who decides who will join. Four years after having organized an AIMS
  conferences, the Steering Committee member will be replaced by the
  organizer of the current AIMS conference.

* Additional Experts

  In addition to the AIMS organizers, three (or less) additional
  experts may be invited to join the Steering Committee. Invitation is
  by the chair of the existing Steering Committee, after agreement
  with the other Steering Committee members. This category of Steering
  Committee members is invited for a two year period, but this period
  may be extended twice at maximum (such expert may therefore serve
  for a maximum of six years). Experts will often come from the
  scientific sponsors of AIMS, such as the general / conference chair
  of a Network of Excellence and the IFIP WG6.6 chair. This is not a
  strict requirement, however.

* Steering Committee Chair

  The AIMS Steering Committee chair is the oldest organizer (in
  general, this will be the TPC chair who served four events
  before). If that organizer does not accept, the next takes over.

* End of Membership

  In general, organizers will stay four years in the Steering
  Committee, and experts stay two, four or six years. If an AIMS
  Steering Committee Member has not attended the AIMS conference for
  three (or more) consecutive years, he (or she) will no longer be
  part of the AIMS Steering Committee.

* Steering Committee Meeting

  The Steering Committee meeting generally takes place in conjunction
  with the AIMS conference.  If necessary, decisions (including
  selection of new experts and the election of the chair) can also be
  performed via email.