Roles in the Centre Council
The Council works with:
- 9 elected Centre Councillors (including the Chair and Vice-Chair)
- an Honorary Centre Secretary
- an Honorary Centre Treasurer
- an NGG chair and NGG officers
- co-opted members (normally up to 4) if required
- 2 General Councillors
- 2 centre auditors
- an RDO in the devolved nations
Elected members:
- Elected members have to be corporate members.
- Each member is elected for 3 years. After 3 years, he/she can stand for re-election or stand down.
- To be re-elected, the member needs to be nominated (within the given deadline) and elected by corporate members of the regional centre. He/she is then elected for another 3 years.
- If an elected member stands down after his/her 3 years, a new member that has been nominated will be elected (for 3 years).
- If an elected member resigns before his/her 3 years, it creates a vacancy. The member elected to replace him/her is elected for the remaining time.
Each year, 3 elected members should stand for re-election or stand down.
During council's meetings, there need to be at least 4 elected members in attendance to validate decisions.
Co-opted members:
The committee can co-opt members on the committee to "fill in the gaps" on council knowledge and sector representation. Co-opted members bring a particular skill and/or knowledge that may be required for a limited period of time. The committee has to inform the co-opted member of the time of service he/she will serve. The co-opted member is reappointed annually- if needs be.
Centre Councillor Nomination 2012/13
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Welsh Centre of the Institution will be held on Friday 20th April 2012. There are currently three Centre Councillors who will have completed their term of office at the AGM and who are eligible for re-election. They are: Malcolm Thorpe, Rebecca Colley-Jones and Roy Probert.
Nominations are now invited for the three vacancies on the Centre Council.
Nominees must be corporate members of the Institution, i.e. Fellows, Members or Licentiates, whose registered address is within the Welsh Centre.
Nominations must be in writing, proposed and seconded by two other corporate members also registered within the Centre. Please use this nomination form. The consent of the nominee must also be obtained in writing, and the Nomination must be accompanied by written statement of not more than 250 words, giving some biographical details of the Nominee, to enable these details to be circulated in the event of a ballot being required.
Nomination forms, together with a personal statement of between 300-500 words, must be received by the Honorary Centre Secretary:
Frances Machin MCIWM
c/o Environment Agency Wales,
Cambria House,
29 Newport Road,
Cardiff,
CF24 0TP
no later that noon on Thursday 15th March 2012.
Any nominations received after that time will be invalid.
