Dear ALT-Announce,

As you will be aware, this year's elections are now underway. The election is being carried out by the Electoral Reform Services. See full details including the election statements from the candidates at https://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/trustee-elections-open-1-august.

Eligible members will have received voting instructions via email. Any members eligible to vote twice, as individual members and representatives of member organisations, will have received two emails. Voting closes at 12 noon on Wednesday 30 August 2017. Members who hold Individual, Certified or Honorary Life Membership, or who represent organisational members, are eligible to vote. 

The ballot process will ratify the unopposed election of Nicola Whitton as the next Vice-Chair of ALT, and will determine the election of two new Trustees, with Peter Bryant, Elizabeth Charles and John Couperthwaite standing for election. Each candidate's full election statement is available from the voting site. 

The Annual General Meeting will take place on 6 September 2017 at the University of Liverpool, UK. Members who are not attending the Annual Conference are encouraged to participate in the AGM either remotely or face to face. 

More information about being a Trustee of ALT and about how ALT is governed is available at https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed.