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At the Annual General Meeting to be held in Aberdeen on 10
September, the Executive Committee is going to propose one minor
change and minor addition to the Association's constitution. Any
proposed changes to the constitution have to be announced to the
membership at least 14 days in advance of the AGM, and this has
been done by e-mail and in the recent issue of the newsletter.
The BAAL Executive Committee proposes two amendments to the BAAL
constitution: one that will create a new post for a Seminars
Co-ordinator, and one that will change the current title of 'SIG
Officer' to 'SIG Co-ordinator'. These two changes will simply
involve rephrasing the first sentence of 4c,
which currently reads:
"The Annual General Meeting shall elect the
following officers: a Chairperson, a Secretary, a Meetings
Secretary, a Membership > Secretary, a Publications Secretary, a
Newsletter Editor, a Web Editor, a Treasurer, a Special Interest
Groups Officer and a Postgraduate Liaison and Development
Officer (who must be a student at the time of election)."
To read:
"The Annual General Meeting shall elect the
following officers: a Chairperson, a Secretary, a Meetings
Secretary, a Membership Secretary, a Publications Secretary, a
Newsletter Editor, a Web Editor, a Treasurer, a Special Interest
Groups Co-ordinator, a Seminars Co-ordinator and a Postgraduate
Liaison and Development Officer (who must be a student at the
time of election)."
The reason for creating the post of Seminars Co-ordinator is
to give due recognition to the work of the BAAL/CUP seminars
co-ordinator which is currently performed by an ordinary member
of the Executive Committee (at the time of writing, this is
Caroline Coffin, a co-opted ordinary member). In effect, the
change will consolidate the role of the seminars co-ordinator,
and make this a full three year post. There will continue to be
six ordinary member posts on the EC.
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The following officers will come to the end of
their term of office in September:
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Secretary
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Meetings Secretary
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Membership Secretary
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Newsletter Editor
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Web Editor
In addition, if the constitutional amendment
above is approved, there will be an election for Seminars
Co-ordinator. There will also be at least one ordinary member's
post coming up for election.
Nominations for candidates to stand for
election to these posts will be accepted until 5 pm on 9
September, the first day of the Annual Meeting in Aberdeen, and
the elections will take place at the AGM on Friday 10 September.
Sheets for nominations will be posted on the AGM noticeboard
from the beginning of the conference; candidates need both a
proposer and a seconder (both of whom must be BAAL members) and
nominations must be made with the agreement of the candidate.
If you are interested in putting yourself
forward for any of these posts, feel free to contact the present
officers (contact details can be found on the BAAL website) to
get more information about what the job involves.
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