What to know before you vote

At the General Assembly (the chapter's ordinary annual meeting) on Thursday 26 November 2026. Each member has one vote. The chapter's official notice will state the venue, the time and the ways to take part.

The General Assembly and the chapter's official documents are in Spanish. Write to us in English and we will translate the official notice and the delegation form for you, so you can follow the process.

The chapter's official notice will say. As soon as it is published, we will update this answer. If you would like us to let you know, write to us.

Any member who will attend the General Assembly: a colleague, someone from your company or anyone in the chapter you trust. If in doubt, write to us.

Yes. You can delegate your vote to any member you choose (Statutes, art. 36). Delegation is made in writing, stating the date and type of meeting and with proper identification of both the person delegating and the person receiving the vote; if you do not state the agenda items, it covers all of them. Use the official form the chapter publishes with the notice of the meeting and submit it as the notice indicates.

Because the winning slate forms the Board, and if the other one reaches a quarter of the valid votes it appoints one of the seven ordinary board members; we would welcome them with the same information and access as everyone else. Every vote decides which programme runs the chapter.

We propose moving from a chapter focused on organising activities to a community that delivers value all year round, and proves it: every commitment has an owner, a deadline and a way to measure it, and its status will be public.

A group of members who coordinate specific areas (training, relations with other chapters, innovation, universities, students, young professionals, events, marketing, institutional relations) and activities for members outside Madrid and international members, each with a public name and role. It is a new proposal from this slate and the team we are standing with: after the General Assembly, every volunteer role will be filled through an open call. It does not vote on the Board of Directors or commit spending.

A new body made up of respected figures from the chapter, with no Board members. It drafts a ten-point code of good governance, sets the rules on conflicts of interest, proposes to the Board a working group to ensure they are followed and reports every year to the General Assembly. The President waives the right to sit on it and to appoint its members.

In six steps: declare, disclose, abstain, record, oversee and publish. This applies to the whole Board, the Extended Board and the committees, with no exceptions and whichever list each person comes from.

Suppliers, on written criteria set before requesting offers and with stricter requirements the larger the amount; they are chosen and managed by the Secretary and the Treasurer, never the President. Sponsors, on published terms that are the same for everyone, handled by the board member for events. Anyone with any connection to a supplier or sponsor abstains.

In 2027, with the budget approved by the General Assembly on 26 November, reinvesting the chapter's accumulated funds in members while keeping a prudent reserve, and through sponsorship with genuine technical content. If needed we will propose amendments; our first full budget will be for 2028.

Because every commitment will be on a public tracker with its owner, its deadline and its status, updated every quarter, and at the end of the term we will publish a report commitment by commitment.

We will say so. The tracker also shows what is delayed, modified or not delivered, with an explanation of why. The credibility of the whole system depends precisely on that.

None of our proposals requires amending the Statutes. The Board can set them in motion from day one, because the Statutes allow it to create working committees (art. 32) and exercise any power not reserved to the General Assembly (art. 8).

By proposing ideas, applying to the calls for speakers, mentors or working groups, or simply telling us what you expect from the chapter. It all starts with an email.

No. This is the website of one of the slates standing for the ISACA Madrid Board of Directors. Official information about the chapter and the election is available through the chapter's own channels.