The Members' Council of SURF
The Member Council represents the members (owners of the cooperative) and is the highest body of the cooperative. The Member Council meets at least twice a year.
Tasks of the Members' Council
- Adoption of statutes
- Approve the annual accounts
- Approve the SURF Cooperative's Multi-Annual Agenda (the strategy) and annual plans
- Appointing the members of the Supervisory Board, the Executive Board and the WTR
- Approve admission of new members
Division of members
The Members' Council consists of 34 members divided over 6 departments. Each department has a fixed number of seats available. Members are assigned to one of the sections of the Council of Members, which takes decisions on behalf of the members. In this way, the voice of all members is heard. The members have a maximum of four years' membership of the Council of Members and may be reappointed twice by their sections.
| Department | Maximum number of members | To be appointed by |
|---|---|---|
| Research-oriented higher education | 14 | Research universities |
| Higher professional education | 10 | Universities of applied sciences, via the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences |
| Secondary vocational education | 3 | MBOs via he Netherlands Association of VET Colleges |
| Non-commercial and non-university research | 3 |
- 1 by NWO |
| University medical centres | 2 | UMCs via NFU |
| Other | 2 | TNO and the KB National Library of the Netherlands |
Decision-making process
Resolutions are passed on the basis of an absolute majority (more than half) of the votes validly cast, unless the articles of association or the law prescribe a larger majority.
The Chairperson of the Scientific Technical Council or a deputy appointed by him/her is authorised to attend the meetings of the Members' Council and has an advisory vote.
Members of the Members' Council
Chair
- dhr. drs. J.W. Lintsen MBA - Universiteit van Amsterdam
(Vertegenwoordiger namens het wetenschappelijk onderwijs)
Vice-chairman
- mw. drs. I.T.J. Grimm MBA - Hogeschool Windesheim
(Vertegenwoordiger namens het hoger beroepsonderwijs)
Representatives of research-oriented higher education
- dhr. drs. J.A.W.M. Biemans - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- dhr. dr. N.J.P.M. Bos - Universiteit Maastricht
- dhr. R.L.A.C. Buchwaldt MBA - Wageningen University
- dhr. prof. dr. F. A. van der Duijn Schouten - Open Universiteit
- mw. drs. M. van der Meer - Technische Universiteit Delft
- mw. drs. A. Muskens - Radboud Universiteit
- dhr. dr. M.J.W.T. Nollen - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- dhr. drs. M. Ridderbos RC - Universiteit Leiden
- mw. drs. M. Roos - University of Twente
- mw. dr. E.M.A. van Schoten RA - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- mw. P.F.I.M. Snijders MSc CPC - Tilburg University
- mw. drs. M. van der Starre – Universiteit Utrecht
- mw. dr. M.M.N. Ummelen - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Representatives of higher professional education
- mw. prof. dr. S. Brand-Gruwel - Zuyd Hogeschool
- dhr. W.E. van den Brink MA - Hogeschool Rotterdam
- dhr. mr. drs. H.G.L.M. Camps - De Haagse Hogeschool
- mw. A.H. Hannink MHA - Hanzehogeschool Groningen
- dhr. drs. T. Kos - Saxion
- mw. dr. J.G.M. Reuling - Hogeschool van Amsterdam
- dhr. drs. R.J.G.M. Verbruggen - Hogeschool de Kempel
- dhr. drs. R.W. Zoutendijk - Driestar educatief
- mw. T. Zweed - Hogeschool Utrecht
Representatives of secondary vocational education
- dhr. F.C. Gronsveld - voorzitter CvB STC Group
- mw. M.H. Koster-Wentink MA - Graafschap College
- < vacature >
Representatives of non-commercial and non-university research
- dhr. mr. J.E. van der Boon - NWO-institutenorganisatie
- dhr. R. de Haan – RIVM
- mw. drs. W.L.M. de Koning-Martens - KNAW
Representatives of university medical centres
- mw. drs. J.C.E. Kursten – UMC Utrecht
- dhr. prof. dr. C.H. Polman - VUmc
Others
- dhr. drs. J.W. van Wessel - Koninklijke Bibliotheek
- dhr. dr. S. van der Gijp - TNO