{"id":3916,"date":"2014-05-08T10:52:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T10:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2014-05-08T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T10:52:28","slug":"call-for-nominations-for-a-new-vice-chair-and-two-new-trustees-for-alt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/call-for-nominations-for-a-new-vice-chair-and-two-new-trustees-for-alt\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for nominations for a new Vice-Chair and two new Trustees for ALT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a member of ALT and would like to take a more active role in the governance of the Association, then you should consider standing for election either as Vice-Chair or Trustee. Trustees work together on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/about-alt\/how-we-are-governed\/central-executive-committee\">Central Executive Committee\u00a0<\/a>to ensure that the vision and aims set out in ALT&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/repository.alt.ac.uk\/2330\/\">strategy\u00a0<\/a>are being met and that the Association serves and represents its members.<\/p>\n<p>This year we are running a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=105\">webinar<\/a>\u00a0with current Trustees who will share their experiences of what serving on ALT&#8217;s Central Executive Committee is like and why they chose to become involved.<\/p>\n<p>The webinar will take place on 22 May 2014 (12:30 &#8211; 1:30) and is open to all. Doug Gowan, Vice-Chair, Shirley Evans, Trustee and Chair of the Membership Development Committee and other Trustees will lead the session and answer your questions.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about being a Trustee of ALT, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.alt.ac.uk\/1jiG6eC\">http:\/\/go.alt.ac.uk\/1jiG6eC<\/a>. More information and the 2014 nomination form can be accessed from:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.alt.ac.uk\/1o9OSOF\">http:\/\/go.alt.ac.uk\/1o9OSOF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All nominations should arrive by 5pm on Friday 6 June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The result of the election will be announced at the AGM on 2 September and newly elected Trustees will begin their term on this date.<\/p>\n<p>For an informal conversation or if you have any questions, please contact Maren Deepwell, Chief Executive (email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:maren.deepwell@alt.ac.uk\">maren.deepwell@alt.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are a member of ALT and would like to take a more active role in the governance of the Association, then you should consider standing for election either as Vice-Chair or Trustee. Trustees work together on the\u00a0Central Executive Committee\u00a0to ensure that the vision and aims set out in ALT&#8217;s\u00a0strategy\u00a0are being met and that [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3989,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/becoming-an-alt-trustee-doug-gowan\/","url_meta":{"origin":3916,"position":0},"title":"Becoming an ALT Trustee \u2013 Doug Gowan","author":"ALT","date":"20 May 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Doug Gowan is a trustee and current vice chair of ALT The procedure for filling vacancies on ALT\u2019s board of trustees is getting underway so now is the time to think about whether you should stand. 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