The main theme at this year’s on-line AGM will be the incorporation of the BCA into a company limited by guarantee, as part of the process of becoming a member institution of the BPC, which members voted for in June. We will be explaining more about what this all means at the AGM so do please come and find out about the new format of your BCA. The current executive committee of the BCA will become the board of directors of the new BCA company so we will be electing the directors at this year’s AGM. Becoming a director of the BCA company involves no more time or effort than becoming a member of the old exec committee so please consider standing for election.

 

We invite full members to stand for various positions on the board, which are described below. If you would like to know more about what becoming a director means, or about any of the roles themselves, please do get in touch (admin@birkbeckcounsellingassociation.org or webmanager@bikbeckcounsellingassociation.org).

 

Nominations can be sent in advance or made at the AGM and on-line voting will take place at the AGM. If there are more nominations than vacancies, election will be by ballot (more on this in due course).

 

The AGM is for members of the BCA only and free to attend.

 

Members of the committee and sub-committees will be available beyond the 3.00pm end time to answer questions if required.

In accordance with articles 10.a and 10.b of the constitution, members are advised of the following:

Timing: 1.30pm to 3.00pm, agenda items to be announced.

The list of nominations is as follows:Chair: Hicham Jabrane

Vice – Chair: Rita Odumosu

Student Liaison Officer: Sarbjit Ruprai

Non specific role/Publicity: Floralba Hague, Tim Reynolds, Dorothy Tigg

Treasurer: Bernard Sharp

Vacant roles with no nominations (3 new committee members required to each take up one or more of these roles):

Secretary (membership)                                                                                           

Networking Secretary                                     

Events Co-ordinator

BCA/BPC liaison officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ethics/Professional standards

Please send your nominations to admin@birkbeckcounsellingassociation.org. The list above will be updated regularly. Nominations can take place at the AGM and should nominees exceed vacancies, election shall be by ballot.

More details about mapping existing roles to the constitution are contained in the elections grid below:

	Role	2019 -2020	Standing down from role	2020-2021 (re-election not required)	Candidates standing for election/ re-election for 2020/2021
	Chair	Kate Jeffs	Kate Jeffs		Hicham Jabrane	Additional responsibilities as required.
	Vice – Chair	Mark Davidson Hicham Jabrane	Mark Davidson Hicham Jabrane		Rita Odumosu Vacancy	Additional responsibilities from vacancy list
	Secretary (membership)	Vacancy	Vacancy		Vacancy	Could be part of paid admin or shared.
	Treasurer	Martin Connell	Martin Connell		Bernard Sharp	Not due for re-election but stepping down early.
	Networking Secretary	Vacancy			Vacancy
	Events Co-ordinator	Rita Odumosu	Rita Odumosu		Vacancy
	Student Liaison Officer	Dorothy Tigg	Dorothy Tigg		Sarbjit Ruprai	Website additional task.
	Social Media/Sustainability	Jacey Clark	Jacey Clark			Tasks incorporated into other roles in constitution
	BCA/BPC liaison officer				Vacancy	BPC membership
	Ethics/Professional standards				Vacancy	BPC membership
	Publicity/non specific	Floralba Hague			Florlba Hague	Non specific role as publicity is not on the constitution.
	Publicity/non specific			Tim Reynolds	Tim Reynolds	Not due for re-election but election required for Directorship of the new company
	Non specific				Dorothy Tigg
	Website manager	Hicham Jabrane		Hicham Jabrane		Not due for re-election but role incorporated into other constitutional roles as additional task.
3 new members needed to reach the limit of 10 as per constitution. There are 5 vacant roles to choose from. The remaining roles will be picked up by Vice chair or other Directors as additional responsibilities. Secretary/membership, Networking, Events Co-ordinator, BCA/BPC Liaison (BPC membership required). Ethics/Professional standards (BPC membership required)