The 2018 AGM of the Social and Cultural Geography Research Group (SCGRG) will take place at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference in Cardiff on Wednesday 29th August at 13:10 (Beverton Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University). All are welcome to attend.
We have nine vacancies for Committee positions as current post-holders complete their terms of office:
Secretary
This post is a three-year term (in the first instance) and the role involves coordination of the group’s administration. Each January the secretary prepares the annual report with the chair and the treasurer; the secretary also prepares agenda and notices for the AGM in August/September and takes minutes of this (and any other) meeting(s). The secretary may attend the RGS-IBG Research Groups Committee at the RGS, normally in October and March. The secretary will usually be involved in SCGRG’s wider committee activities, i.e. part of the judging panel for our undergraduate dissertation prize.
Treasurer
This post is a three-year term (in the first instance) and the role involves managing the research group’s finances and related administration. Each January, the treasurer prepares an annual financial report and an interim report for the AGM in August/September. The treasurer may attend the RGS-IBG Research Groups Committee at the RGS, normally in October and March. The treasurer would usually be involved in SCGRG’s wider committee activities, i.e. part of the judging panel for our undergraduate dissertation prize.
Membership secretary
This post is a three-year term (in the first instance) and the role involves recording the SCGRG membership and welcoming new members. The membership secretary will liaise with the RHED officer of the RGS-IBG to update records on RGS-IBG affiliates who are group members, and keep the group’s records of non-affiliated members. The membership secretary would usually be involved in SCGRG’s wider committee activities i.e. part of the judging panel for our undergraduate dissertation prize.
Ordinary Committee Members (x 4)
This post is a three-year term (in the first instance). While without specific responsibilities, ordinary committee members would usually be involved in the SCGRG’s wider committee activities i.e. part of the judging panel for our undergraduate dissertation prize. Ordinary committee members may also be asked to provide support for named roles.
Postgraduate Representatives (x 2)
This post is a one-year term (in the first instance) and the role involves liaising with the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum, engaging with postgraduate issues through our SCGRG postgraduate blog and working with our other postgraduate representative(s) on related events and activities. The PG representative would usually be involved in SCGRG’s wider committee activities i.e. part of the judging panel for our undergraduate dissertation prize.
Nominations for successors (who must be a Fellow or Postgraduate Fellow of the RGS-IBG) are now open. Nominations must be in writing to the Chair (Prof. Harriet Hawkins – Harriet.Hawkins@rhul.ac.uk) and Secretary (Rhys Dafydd Jones – rhj@aber.ac.uk) with the name of two nominators (these need not be Fellows of the RGS-IBG or existing committee members). The deadline for nominations is Friday 24th August 2018. The elections will be conducted at the AGM itself.
Further opportunities to be elected to a named role or as an ordinary committee member may become available during the AGM itself. We’ll also be discussing different ways that our wider membership can get involved with SCGRG.
If you have any questions about any of the above posts or about SCGRG more broadly, please e-mail Harriet and Rhys.
Best wishes,
Rhys (SCGRG Secretary, on behalf of the SCGRG committee)