Structure of Council

The Society is governed by a board of trustees known as the Council. The Council is advised by the Finance/Officers Committee and the Publications Committee and occasionally by other ad hoc committees. Each of the Special Interest Groups (SIG) is run by a Committee and each SIG is represented on Council. The membership of the Council comprises the following:

• Officers (7)
• Group Chairs (7)
• Ordinary Members (6)

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Vacancies for ordinary members of Council are filled by nomination and, if necessary, election.

• At the beginning of the year the forthcoming vacancies for the next calendar year are identified by the Executive Director

• The vacancies are advertised in the April issue of Elements

• The vacancies are reported at  the March Council meeting

• In April the vacancies are advertised with nomination forms on the Society website

• Nominations should be received at the Society Office by 1st June

• At the June Council meeting if there are the same number of nominations as vacancies or less then Council will approve and elect the nominees

• If there are more nominations than vacancies then Council will run a ballot of the members contacting them by 31 July at their last known address.

• Votes shall be returned to the Office no later than 1 September

• At the next meeting of the Officers Committee the Chairman of the meeting will appoint two officers to act as scrutineers to count the votes

• A list of persons elected will then be posted on the website and forwarded to the November Council meeting