Nominations for the election of a Treasurer and two Councillors will take place at the Annual General Meeting in March. Nomination Forms are available from the Secretary and nominations should be sent on these or in the format required to the Secretary by 24 January 2003. Please submit the names and signatures of the nominee, with a proposer and seconder, who should all be paid up members of the Branch. The post of Treasurer is currently filled by the co-option of Dr Kelvin McCracken, who is offering himself for election. In the event of the Secretary receiving more nominations than vacancies there will be a postal ballot.

The constitution states that ballot papers must be sent to all paid-up members, including a short biography (less than 200 words) of each nominee, by 26 February 2003. Ballot papers must be delivered to the Secretary/Treasurer not less than 10 days prior to the AGM. The result of the postal ballot will be determined by the method of Single Transferable Vote (as published by the Electoral Reform Society, 1976). The result of the election will be announced at the AGM to be held on Wednesday 26 March 2003 at 9 am. The current membership of the Council and existing committees is presented here: