Invitation for Nominations for Executive Committee

The MeCCSA AGM will be held during the Annual Conference at Cardiff, which 
takes place from Wednesday,  9th to Friday, 11th January  2008.  The 
purpose of this notice is to invite nominations for election to the 
Executive Committee. The ballot papers will be sent out 28 days ahead of 
the AGM.  To meet that deadline could nominations please be sent by 30th 
November 2007 at the latest.
Please note:
1. There is no pro-forma.  Nominations should simply state clearly who is 
nominated.  The constitution makes no stipulation as to seconding for 
nominations.
2. Self-nomination is permissible.
3. Nominations must be accompanied by a simple, brief, and factual c.v. of 
no more than 150 words. Please also provide full contact information.
4.Written nominations must be typed, signed and sent by post (with the 
envelope marked 'MeCCSA Election') to our colleagues at the BSA who will 
administer the election: 

Debbie Brown, Membership Secretary, The British Sociological Association, 
Bailey Suite, Palatine House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, DH1 1TW. 
A copy sent by e-mail to [log in to unmask] would be extremely 
helpful in order to collate material into a ballot paper.

5. Nominees must be members in good standing of MeCCSA either through 
insitutional membership or as individual members.   
6. The Constitution stipulates that 

            “Between Annual General Meetings of the Association, its 
powers shall be exercised on its behalf by an Executive Committee which 
shall consist of nineteen Committee Members and the elected chairs of 
sections…. The elected Committee shall itself elect from among its members 
four Officers: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. …At 
least half of the Executive Committee Members shall submit themselves for 
annual election by the members of the Association through a 
postal/electronic ballot. The Executive Committee shall determine how the 
seats for election are selected, provided that no member of the Executive 
Committee shall sit for more than two years without standing for re-
election”

To meet the latter requirement and ensure that not fewer than half the 
current Executive stood for election, this being the first year of the new 
Committee, lots were drawn at the most recent meeting of the Executive 
Committee to determine which members would continue for another year 
without standing for election and which would need to stand for election 
if they wished to serve on the Executive.  The latter will appear on the 
ballot paper should they choose to stand. 
7.	The Committee members in 2007 are as follows:
Co-Chair: Christine Geraghty
Co-Chair: John Ellis
Honorary Secretary: Peter Golding (*)
Treasurer: Gillian Doyle
Other members 
Jane Arthurs
Helen Baehr
Anita Biressi (*)
Gill Branston (*)
Haim Bresheeth
Charlotte Crofts
Natalie Fenton
Mark Jancovich (*)
Ian Macdonald  (*)
Máire Messenger-Davies (*)
Heather Nunn
Tim O’Sullivan (*)
Ashwani Sharma
John Storey  (*)
Sue Thornham  (*)

N.B. It was agreed by the Executive that Charlotte Crofts as Chair of the 
Practice Section would continue in office and not stand for election this 
year.  Other members as indicated (*) would continue in office, while the 
remainder would stand for election if they so chose. 

 

Peter Golding (Hon. Sec.)