Please note that the call for nominations in the Annual Election to CILIP Council appears in the Library and Information Gazette to be published on 27 August 2004. The text of the Call for Nominations also follows this message. Following a decision by CILIP Council at their meeting on 13 July the election procedure will take place during the 2004 calendar year although members who are elected will not take up their seats on Council until April 2005.
Guy Daines
Head of Policy & Governance
CILIP
Tel: 020 7255 0632
Mobile: 07746 796387
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Annual Election of CILIP Council - Call for Nominations
Election of Honorary Officers to serve from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
Ħ The President Elect, 2005-6 (subsequently to serve as President for a one year term in 2006-7 and as Past President for a one year term in 2007-8)
Ħ The Honorary Treasurer for a one year term, 2005-6
Election of Councillors to serve from 1 April 2005, for a three year term until 31 March 2008 (unless otherwise stated)
Ħ FOUR National Councillors elected by Corporate Members of CILIP.
Ħ ONE Councillor elected by members of each of the following Groups of the Institute:Cataloguing and Indexing
Community Services
International Library and Information
Library and Information History
Publicity and Public Relations
Rare Books
UKOLUG
University, College and Research
Youth Libraries
Ħ ONE Councillor elected by members of each of the following Branches of the Institute:
CILIP in Scotland
North West
South East
Yorkshire and Humberside
Ħ Bye-Election of one Councillor elected by members of the following Group of the Institute:
Patent and Trademark Group - to serve upon election until 31 March 2006
Conditions for nomination
Nominations for all of the above are now invited. Candidates for any of the above posts must be corporate members of CILIP. Corporate members are: Chartered Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Chartered Members and Associates of the Institute. Affiliates may not stand as candidates for these positions. However, for Branches or Groups of which they are a member, Affiliates may nominate a candidate and vote in elections. Supporting members are not entitled to hold office, nominate candidates or vote in elections. Only Members, whose subscriptions were not in arrears on 1 May 2004, are eligible to be elected, to make a nomination or to vote in the election.
In accordance with Byelaw (52) and under Regulation (24) each candidate for the post of President Elect must be nominated by at least 10 members entitled to vote at the annual elections.
Candidates for the election to the post of Honorary Treasurer and posts for National Councillors must be nominated by at least two members entitled to vote at annual elections.
In the case of candidates to represent Branches and Groups, candidates must at the time of nomination and election be a member of the Branch or Group for which they are a candidate and be nominated by two members of the Branch or Group in question.
How to make your nomination
Nominations must be delivered to the Administrator, The Policy & Governance Department, CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE not later than 24 September 2004. We regret that e-mail nominations cannot be accepted unless supported by the appropriate signed paperwork. The Secretary (the Chief Executive of CILIP for this purpose) will obtain the candidatefs consent to serve and, if the candidate has been nominated for more than one category, they will be asked for a decision as to the category in which they wish to serve. In such cases the nominators will be informed accordingly.Voting papers will be posted to qualified voters in the mid-November and members will be notified of when to expect ballot papers in the Gazette and on the CILIP website
Any enquiries about this process should be addressed to the Policy and Governance Department at the Ridgmount Street offices at CILIP (Tel: 020 7255 0697; Email: [log in to unmask])