The 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held at 1pm on Tuesday 7 October via Teams. All members are invited to attend.
Election of accredited members to the Board of Directors and Advisory Council members
Following the call for candidates to the Board of Directors and Advisory Council in July 2025 we are now writing to announce the following
Board of Directors
There are three vacancies on the Board of Directors for the position of Honorary Chair, Honorary Treasurer and Ordinary Board member.
- Four nominations were received for the Board of Directors Ordinary committee vacancies. These were from Tom Brindle, Caroline Budd, Jim Williams and Rob Wiseman. As the number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies, accredited members are invited to vote for candidates in a ballot.
- Four nominations were received for the position of Honorary Chair from Otis Gilbert, Daniel Phillips, Jim Williams and Rob Wiseman. As the number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies, accredited members are invited to vote for candidates in a ballot.
Details of the ballot are set out below.
No nominations were received for the position of Honorary Treasurer. The Board may fill this vacancy by co-option after the AGM.
Advisory Council
There are vacancies for eleven elected members of the Advisory Council. Ten nominations were received from Steve Allen, Issica Baron, Jim Brightman, Gregg Griffin, Joe Groarke, Kirsten Holland, Richard Hughes, Matt Parker Wooding, Finnegan Pope-Carter and Daniel Young.
As the number of nominations for the Advisory Council did not exceed the number of vacancies the above will be declared elected at the AGM. Advisory Council may fill the remaining vacancies by cooption.
Ballot for Honorary Chair and Board position
The ballot will take place in accordance with the provisions set out in the Royal Charter and by-law.
Accredited members can vote for one candidate for election to Honorary Chair and one candidate for Ordinary Board.
Candidate statements are included in the AGM Notice (page 11 onwards) and on the ballot pages. The ballot will run from 11 September to 25 September 2025 inclusive.
AGM Notice and Annual review
Online voting for AGM resolutions
The AGM will be recorded (sound and visual) and this will be added to the CIfA YouTube channel after the meeting has finished.
All voting for resolutions in the AGM notice will take place after the meeting has finished and over a 24-hour period so that members who have been unable to attend the meeting can view the recording and discussion before casting a vote. Votes will be cast through the website portal which requires members to log in and information about how to access the recording and cast a vote will be circulated to members. If you need guidance on how to log in to the website, please contact admin@archaeologists.net for help.
Please note that a member of CIfA staff will have access to the results of the voting to ensure that those who have cast a vote are eligible to do so in terms of having paid their subscription fees; voting is treated in the strictest confidence.
The results of the vote will be announced by email to the membership as soon as possible after voting closes.