Dear AURIL Member,

We will shortly be electing a new Council for the period 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2013. The Council is the governing body of AURIL and meets approximately 5 times a year. AURIL is a company limited by guarantee and its Council serves formally as the Board with Council Members as the Directors. According to our Articles of Association, elected Council Members serve for two years. At the end of their period of office, members wishing to remain on the Council must stand for re-election.

 

If one of the retiring members of council is elected to the position of Vice-Chair (thereby to serve as Chair in 2012-2013) there will be 4 seats to be filled by election.  If one of the current retiring members is not elected as Vice-Chair, there will be 5 seats to be filled.

 

If you have the energy and enthusiasm to support AURIL’s continued development, please complete the attached Nomination Form and, along with your Personal Statement (to illustrate your knowledge of the KT sector and views on AURIL’s future position), return it by email to me, p.graham@qub.ac.uk, at the AURIL Office in Queen’s University Belfast to arrive by 12 noon on Monday  27 June 2011. 

 

Ballot papers will be distributed to Nominated Representatives on Tuesday 28 June 2011.

 

Deadline for receipt of ballot papers will be 12 noon, Tuesday 26 July 2011.  The results will be announced, firstly to the candidates, and then to the membership on Wednesday 27 July 2011.

 

Nominees must be from an HEI, PSRE, NHS IP Hub in the UK or Ireland which is a full member of AURIL, and may be either the Nominated Representative or one of the Additional Named Representatives, who has been authorised to stand by their Nominated Representative.

 

Nominated Representatives from an institution wishing to stand must be nominated by a fellow Nominated Representative from a member institution. 

 

The Institution must have paid its membership fee to be able to nominate or vote.

 

This information is also on the AURIL website www.auril.org.uk.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Philip Graham
Executive Director