Regional Representatives

Regional representatives are ‘at-large’ Directors nominated and elected by members within a designated geographic area.

Contact Details:

Australasia and Singapore: dal_australasia@itaaworld.com

Asia Pacific: dal_apac@itaaworld.com

Central & South. America, Caribbean: dal_ca-sa-car@itaaworld.com

Europe and Central Asia: dal_eur-ca@itaaworld.com

Middle East and Africa: dal_me-af@itaaworld.com

North America and Mexico: dal_na-mex@itaaworld.com

Nomination and Election of Directors “At Large”

Elections of Directors ‘At Large’ on the Board of Directors will be geographically representative, according to the following procedure.

  • Directors will be resident in the region that they are to represent and will be elected by the voting membership from that region

  • The election will be a staggered process that will take account of the geographical distribution of the membership

  • Geographical distribution will be re-evaluated and corrected from time to time by the Board of Directors to assure equitable representation and geographical access to the Board of Directors

Currently, the BOD includes “At Large” Directors representing the following geographic regions:

  • Australasia – Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia

  • India/Asia – India, China, Japan, Korea

  • Europe – Central and Eastern Europe

  • North America

  • Latin America

  • Africa and the Middle-east countries

General Functions

  • Fulfil the dual responsibilities of representing the interests of all members as well as the interests of members residing in a geographic region

  • Serve the interests of regional members by maintaining contact with them and informing them of relevant projects

  • Contribute to the promotion of Transactional Analysis in the geographic region they represent

Specific Functions

  • Attend meetings of the Board of Trustees  and respond to matters arising in between board meetings

  • Attend to the requests, suggestions, and needs of regional members and present this information to the Board of Trustees

  • Contact expired members to encourage them to renew

  • Serve on committees that are appropriate to their skills, abilities and available times

  • Volunteer and actively take part in task teams as requested, have the skills and abilities and time availability

  • Actively participate in the Membership Committee to generate ideas and share best practices in service of their region

  • Attend in-person board meetings

  • Align with one of the Directors to explore possibilities of growing into the role for the following term. This still follows the nomination process and is finalised only depending on the several aspects considered like availability of the individual, level of competencies etc.

Selection Criteria

In addition to the general criteria, skills, and abilities mentioned in the ITAA Roles Menu, the Director of Development will:

  • Organise and plan effectively, set goals and objectives, develop action plans, and set and carry out meeting objectives
  • Ideally have served for one year or more on at least one ITAA committee or in an equivalent position in another TA organisation