2023 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting will be held at 13:00pm on Tuesday 10 October via Zoom. All members are invited to attend. Please register here.
Election of accredited members to the Board of Directors and Advisory Council of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
Following the call for candidates to the Board of Directors and Advisory Council of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists issued in July 2023 we are now writing to announce the following:
Board of Directors
There are five vacancies for the Board of Directors including the position of Honorary Chair.
Three nominations were received for the Board of Directors Ordinary committee vacancies. These were from Joseph Abrams, Penelope Foreman and Rebecca Hunt. As the number of nominations did not exceed the number of vacancies the above will be declared elected at the AGM. The Board may fill the remaining vacancies by cooption.
Two nominations were received for the position of Honorary Chair from Joseph Abrams and Penelope Foreman. As the number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies, accredited members are invited to vote for candidates in a ballot. Details of the ballot is set out below.
Advisory Council
There are vacancies for nine elected members of the Advisory Council. Five nominations were received for the Advisory Council from the following
Mark Bell
Richard Bennett
Rebecca Dolan
Christina Hills
Richard Hughes
As the number of nominations for the Advisory Council did not exceed the number of vacancies the above will be declared elected at the AGM. Advisory Council may fill the remaining vacancies by cooption.
Ballot for Honorary Chair
The ballot for the Honorary Chair will take place in accordance with the provisions set out in the Royal Charter and by-law.
Accredited members can vote for one candidate for election to Honorary Chair via the voting form. This will require you to login in.
Please note that the Head of Governance and Finance will have access to the results of the voting to ensure that those who have cast a vote are eligible to do so in terms of having paid their subscription fees; voting is treated in the strictest confidence.
Candidate statements are included in the AGM Notice (page 8 onwards) and the ballot will run from 13 September to 29 September 2023 inclusive. If you require a hard copy ballot paper, please email admin [at] archaeologists.net. The results of the ballot will be announced at the AGM.
AGM Notice and Annual review
- CIfA AGM Notice 2023 - a hard copy is available on request.
- 2022 annual review and accounts are published on the website at www.archaeologists.net/annual-reviews-and-accounts
Online voting for AGM resolutions
The AGM will be recorded (sound and visual) and this will be added to the CIfA YouTube channel after the meeting has finished.
All voting for resolutions in the AGM notice will take place after the meeting has finished and over a 24-hour period so that members who have been unable to attend the meeting can view the recording and discussion before casting a vote. Votes will be cast through the website portal which requires members to log in and information about how to access the recording and cast a vote will be circulated to members. If you need guidance on how to log in to the website please contact admin [at] archaeologists.net for help.
Please note that the Head of Governance and Finance will have access to the results of the voting to ensure that those who have cast a vote are eligible to do so in terms of having paid their subscription fees; voting is treated in the strictest confidence.
The results of the vote will be announced by email to the membership as soon as possible after voting closes.
