Council and Board of Trustee Elections 2013

Nomination Form for Corporate Members

Eligibility for Honorary Officer roles is limited to members with specific experience. Please refer to the Terms of Reference for the Board of Trustees to see whether you are eligible to stand for election.

I am seeking nomination as a candidate for (please tick all which apply):

Board of Trustee Roles:

?President- elect (to take office as President on 1 July 2014)

?Vice President

?Honorary Secretary

?Honorary Treasurer

Council roles:

?Member of Council

Name of Nominee (Must be a paid-up corporate member):

Address

Telephone and Email

Current membership of any other organisations:

Date of Birth:

Declaration and signature:

I hereby declare that I am a paid-up member of the Landscape Institute; that I have read and understood the terms of reference for Council; that if I am standing for election as an Honorary Officer I have read and understood the terms of reference for the Board of Trustees and job description for that position; and that I agree, if elected, to act in full accordance with the terms of the relevant terms of reference and job descriptions; and that I am not disqualified from acting as a trustee under the Charities Act 1993 or any other legislation

Name of member seeking nomination______

Signature of Member seeking nomination______

Nominated By:

1. Name (Must be a paid-up corporate member):

Address

Telephone/Email

Signature (electronic acceptable)

2. Name (Must be a paid-up corporate member):

Address

Telephone/Email

Signature (electronic acceptable)

3. Name (Must be a paid-up corporate member):

Address

Telephone/Email

Signature (electronic acceptable)

(If standing for an Honorary Officer post by nomination of 25 members, please download the additional form from the website)

Additional material

In addition, all candidates are required to provide answers to the questions below in a Microsoft Word document. Your answers will be printed as an election manifesto and circulated to members with their ballot papers. Your answers should not exceed 250 words in total. If your answers exceed 250 words only the first 250 will be published.

  • What experience do you have as a charity trustee?(Applicants for Honorary Officer/Board positions only)
  • What experience do you have of financial planning?
  • What experience do you have of strategic planning?
  • What qualities and strengths you could bring to the Council or Board of Trustees?
  • How could you develop the Landscape Institute’s commitment to public benefit?

If applying for an Honorary Officer/Board position you are also required to submit a response to the Job Description and Person Specification. This should also be submitted in a Microsoft Word document and not exceed two A4 sides. This will be published alongside your manifesto.

Please return this nomination form, manifesto and if applicable the response to the Job Description and Person Specification by 5pm 18th March by email to the Chief Executive

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