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Appointments announced for Vice Chair and Nationally Elected Council Members

The ballot forms for the candidates that stood for the position of Vice Chair 2017/18 and for the Nationally Elected Council Members for 2017-2020 have been received and counted. The results of both ballots are as follows:

Vice Chair

David Riley is appointed as Vice Chair of the Institute 2017/18.  Congratulations to David and we thank Tendy Lindsay for putting herself forward for the role.

Nationally Elected Council Members

Christine Heemskerk, Tim Keohane and Sue Powell are appointed for a three year term.  Thank you to Robert Pinchen and Brian Stone for also standing. This was one of the closest ballot counts we have had in many years.

All appointments will take effect from the AGM on 5 September.

CTSI Annual General Meeting 5 September 2017

The documentation relating to this year's AGM is being published on the CTSI website. The documents are now available to read and/or download at  https://www.tradingstandards.uk/my-account/institute-information/agm.  There are full instructions on how to attend the AGM and, for members with voting rights, how to complete a proxy form if you are unable to attend.  You will need your email address and password to log into the members' area of the website.

Further information about the East Midlands Conference Centre can be found at East Midlands Conference Centre.  For your information this will be the venue for the CTSI Symposium, 4-6 June 2018, CTSI's new annual flagship event.   

Deadline for ballot returns

Further to the announcement below, Voting members still have one week left to return their ballot papers to CTSI.

The deadline is the noon on the 4th August.

Papers were issued in the latest edition of TS Review. If you do not have your papers please contact membership@tsi.org.uk

We would like to thank all those who have already taken the time to return their ballot.