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Chamber prepares for up-coming elections
by St.Maarten IslandTime
Posted: Nov 3, 2009 15:26 UTC
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PHILIPSBURG - The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on Monday that four positions on the Board will become vacant as of January 1st 2010 and that these positions will be filled by four (4) candidates chosen in the upcoming Election.
The nomination period for the filling of these positions is between November 4th to November 17th 2009. As a result the Chamber stated that nomination forms are available from November 4th for the business community on St. Maarten, Saba, and Statia.
However there are some limitations such as a deadline to submit the completed forms. According to the Chamber, the forms should be submitted to the Chamber no later than Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:00p.m.
The Electorate
Voters for Large Businesses are those entitled to vote and whose names appear in the Commercial Register as involved in an established company whose minimum capital investment is one hundred thousand guilders (Fls.100,000.00). Voters with less than one hundred thousand guilders capital investment are classified as Small Businesses.
Entitled To Vote Are:
* Residents (those registered with the Registry Office);
* Of Dutch citizenship/nationality;
* Who for one year, immediately preceding the making up of the Register of Voters, appear in the Commercial Register of the Chamber as: Owner, partner, manager, deputy manager, managing director, supervisory director, general attorney or proxy holders (with no limitations).
Excluded From Voting Are:
* Prisoners, persons put in a ward because of insanity, persons adjudged bankrupt, etc.
Eligibility
Eligible are those who meet the following requirements:
* Residents for the last two years;
* Dutch citizenship;
* Minimum of 25 years of age per 15 August 2009;
* No incompatibilities (more persons in the same business);
* Not excluded from eligibility (see entitled to vote).
Duration of Membership
A term of office lasts three years. Each year, one third of the membership steps down by rotation. Temporary vacancies: also stepping down by rotation.
* Voluntary resignation.
* Dismissal by law.
The Chamber is also advising all businesses who want to take part in the Election to first settle their outstanding bills at The Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
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