The results of the election of the members of the WIOMSA Board of Trustees were announced on Friday, 28 August 2009, during the Fourth General Assembly held at the L’Université de la Réunion in Saint Denis, Réunion Island.

The six elected members are:

Island states	Nirmal Shah	Pascale Chabanet
Mainland countries	Salomao Bandeira	Rudy van der Elst
Host country	Margareth Kyewalyanga
Associate membership	Nils Kautsky