Notice of Annual General Meeting, call for nominations and call for resolution items

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychologywill be held on Monday 11 December 2017, 5.00pm at Radisson Blu Glasgow, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL.

We are therefore asking for:

1. Nominations

Nominations are invited for:

Role / Tenure
Honorary Secretary / 3 years

Nominations for the above vacancies should be sent to the Honorary Secretary on the enclosed nomination form, at the Society’s offices to reach us no later than 12 noon on Monday 30 October 2017, at the address on the nomination form.

All nominees must be Full Members of the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychologywith voting rights unless otherwise specified. The nominations require a proposer and seconder who must be Full Members of the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychologywith voting rights and the consent of the nominee to accept office, if elected, must be obtained in writing.

Nominees are asked to complete brief biographical details of not more than 300 words, using the reverse of the nomination form. This information will be used should a ballot be necessary.

2. Resolution items

In addition to any resolutions that may be put forward by the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Committee, members can submit their own resolutions proposals for the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The request for a resolution item to be considered for inclusion in the AGM agenda is the formal mechanism for members to bring matters to the attention of the Division of Sport and Exercise PsychologyCommittee and the membership. This process is called raising a resolution item.

The resolution item submitted is then considered by the Society or the Division of Sport and Exercise PsychologyCommittee. If the resolution item has been acted on by the Society or Division of Sport and Exercise PsychologyCommittee before the AGM, then it may be agreed with the member that the item will be removed from the AGM agenda.

If a resolution item is included on the AGM agenda, the member may be requested to talk on the matter at the AGM. The following discussion will be minuted and if necessary, a postal ballot will be arrange after the AGM to enable the voting Division of Sport and Exercise Psychologymembership to vote on the resolution item, if a postal ballot has not been undertaken prior to the meeting.

Please note that only members with voting rights are able to raise resolution items.

Please note that only items that are included on the AGM agenda may be discussed; there is no ‘any other business’ at this type of General Meeting.

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Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Request for a resolution item to be Included on the forthcoming AGM agenda

Member name
Membership number
Membership grade

Details of resolution

Please note that any resolution items must be received at the Society offices in Leicester by 12 noon on Monday 30 October 2017

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Return details for nominations and resolution items

Return address for nominations and resolution items can be located on the nomination form.

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