The RPS Annual General meeting took place at RPS House in Bristol on Saturday 28th September.
The meeting dealt with normal AGM business, a number of resolutions, and the announcement of the results of the 2019 Council elections.
View the agenda by clicking here
The new Council
(Please note that Dr Barrett subsequently resigned as President and trustee on 5th November 2019 and Dr Hodgson became President.)
Dr Del Barrett ARPS took up the position of President.
The following Members were elected and took up their positions as Council Members and Trustees of the RPS at the end of the meeting:
Dr Alan Hodgson ASIS FRPS was elected as President Elect. He will serve in this role for two years and then become President in 2021 for two years.
John Miskelly was elected as Treasurer and will serve until 2023.
Janet Haines ARPS, Carol McNiven Young FRPS, Andy Golding ASICI FRPS, and Simon Hill FRPS were elected as Ordinary members of Council. Janet and Carol will serve until 2023 and Andy and Simon will serve until 2021. All may stand for election again.
Click here for full results of the member ballot
Resolutions
Ten resolutions were passed at the AGM.
All the resolutions passed except Resolution 4a, the result of this means the maximum number of Honorary Fellowships that may be awarded in a year will be 11, and 12 in an election year.
Details of all resolutions may be found here
Summary of voting upon resolutions
Elections review
It was announced at the AGM that in response to complaints and comments received during the elections, Council had decided to commission an independent external review of the elections process. Council's summary of the report may be read here. The key points are as follows.
- The election result is valid. The currently elected Council and therefore has a clear mandate to continue with its present composition. We will do this.
- There are recommendations around governance, candidate selection, behaviour and diversity, which Council fully acknowledge. Council will be considering these in detail and communicate the results to the membership in due course.
E-voting
This year, for the first time, the process for the Council elections, and for appointing a proxy to vote on resolutions at the AGM was carried out online, enabling a quicker, cost-effective and more secure process.
Although paper-based voting was also offered, less than 30 of over 11,000 members requested paper-based voting. Over 800 people took part online and of these only 7 people raised support tickets.
We are very pleased with the way the online platform worked and would like to thank the team at Mi-Voice for their support.
If you have any questions or comments about the AGM and elections, please email agm@rps.org.