MiAK-MAK MEMBER ELECTION PRINCIPLES (2020) (Approved by 11.11.2020 MiAK Board of Directors) 

1. MiAK-MAK (Architecture Accreditation Board) Membership Requirements: The members of the Architecture Accreditation Board are determined from among the faculty members (actual or retired) of the Department of Architecture with at least 15 years of experience in the evaluation of architectural education. 

2. Nomination Requirements: Applicants should not hold any academic administrative positions. The task of academic administration includes the duties of rector and vice rector, dean and vice dean, department head, and department vice chairman. 

3. Nomination: The member(s) whose term of office will end in MiAK-MAK are announced by the Communication Group for Heads of Schools of Architecture (MOBBİG) Term Chairman at the MOBBİG meeting before the end of the term of office and the nomination process begins. The candidacy proposal is made by the department heads who are members of MOBBİG. The Heads of Departments that are members of MOBBİG submit their candidates in writing to the MOBBİG Term Chairman until the start of the election session of the relevant MOBBİG meeting. 

4. Election Method 
  • Formation of the Election Ballot Board  
          - The "Election Ballot Board" consists of three (3) MOBBİG participants determined by open ballot from among the candidates proposed by the Heads of Departments attending the MOBBİG                       meeting. 
          - The Election Ballot Board shall designate one of its three members as the "Chairman of the Election Ballot Board".

  • Those who will vote in the election are the Heads of Departments who are members of MOBBİG who attend the term meeting of MOBBİG to be held and the persons representing the relevant department in case the Head of the Department does not attend. Each department has only one vote. 
  • The Election Ballot Board shall prepare in writing the list of those who will vote (number, name, and institution).  
  • The Term Chairman of MOBBİG shall submit the list of candidates to the Chairman of the Election Ballot Board. 
  • The Chairman of the Election Ballot Board shall verbally transmit the candidates on the list of the Chairman of the MOBBİG within the scope of Article 3 to the members of the MOBBİG who will vote in the election.  
  • The Chairman of the Election Ballot Board shall ask the voters whether there are any objections to the candidates within the meaning of Articles 1 and 2. In the case of opinions against the candidacy of the candidates, the final decision is determined by the "voters". 
  • The election shall be held by secret ballot and open counting. Candidates are ranked according to the votes they receive. The ranking is determined by the Election Ballot Board in the minutes.
  • The ranking and the selected Candidate(s) shall be announced orally by the Chairman of the Election Ballot Board. 
5. Notification of the Election Result to the MiAK: The Term Chairman of the MOBBİG shall forward the names of the MiAK-MAK member(s) determined because of the election to the MiAK. 6. Term of Office of the Members: The term of office of MiAK-MAK members is two years by "MiAK-MAK Working Principles (2020) Article-4.2.c".

7. Election Time of the Members: For the member(s) whose two-year term of office in the Architecture Accreditation Board will end, elections are held within the framework of these election principles at the relevant session of the MOBBİG meeting at the end of the term of office. For the member(s) who leave their membership in the Architecture Accreditation Board before the end of their term of office or whose candidacy conditions (Article 1 and Article 2) change, an election is held in the relevant session of the next MOBBİG meeting in the context of the number of members who are missing within the framework of these election principles.