NOMINATIONS for election as members of Council to fill the seven vacancies should be received by the Secretary and Registrar of the Society on or before March 18, 2000. Each nomination must be signed by at least 10 members of the Society, of whom at least five must be from the branch of the member nominated. Those elected will serve for three years.
Nominees who are accepting nomination to the Council are asked to enclose with the nomination form their biographical details, photograph and financial declaration, as indicated on the back of the nomination form.
ANN LEWIS
Secretary and Registrar
Nomination forms are available from the Secretary and Registrar. Nominations can, however, be made by letter.
NOMINATIONS are invited from members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Hospital Pharmacists Group for candidates to stand for election to the committee. There are vacancies for two committee members to represent England and one to represent Wales.
A candidate in the election must be a group member resident in the country he or she wishes to represent and may be nominated only by a group member also resident in that country.
Nominations should be submitted to Ms Liz Griffiths in the practice division at the Society's headquarters by March 31. Nominations need not be made on a special form. The proposer should state his or her registered name, registered address and registration number.
If more candidates are nominated than there are places to fill, an election will be carried out by postal ballot during May. Only members of the group living in England will be eligible to vote for the candidates to represent England. Only members of the group living in Wales will be eligible to vote for the candidates to represent Wales. All three elected members will normally serve for a period of three years from June.
NB. Only members of the Hospital Pharmacists Group are eligible to nominate or seek nomination for election. Receipt of the Hospital Pharmacist does not confer membership of the group.
THE seven elected places on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Community Pharmacists Group committee fall vacant at the end of May, 2000. Nominations for election to the membership of the Community Pharmacists Group committee are invited from group members and should be received by the secretary to the group by March 18, 2000. Each nomination must be signed by at least five members of the group.
Those accepting nomination as a candidate are asked to enclose with the nomination form their biographical details and a statement of policy of not more than 200 words as indicated on the back of the form.
Nomination forms are available from the secretary to the Community Pharmacists Group at the Society's headquarters. The election will be conducted by Electoral Reform Balloting Services Ltd using the single transferable vote system. Voting papers will be sent to members of the group in April. The closing date for the receipt of voting papers will be noon on May 13, 2000. Those elected will serve for three years.
ANGELA ATTAH
Secretary to the Community Pharmacists Group
NOMINATIONS are invited from members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Veterinary Pharmacists Group (previously called the Agricultural and Veterinary Pharmacists Group) for candidates for election to the committee. There are five vacancies for committee members.
Nominations should be submitted to Ms Liz Griffiths in the practice division at the Society's headquarters and should be received by March 31. Nominations need not be made on a special form. The proposer should state his or her registered name, registered address and registration number. If more candidates are nominated than there are places to fill, an election will be carried out by postal ballot during May. All five elected members will normally serve for a period of three years from June.
NB. Only members of the Veterinary Pharmacists Group are eligible to nominate or seek nomination for election.
NOMINATIONS are invited from members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists for candidates to stand for election to the committee. There are nine vacancies.
Nominations from among members of the academy must be received by the Secretary of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists at the Society's headquarters not later than March 31. Each nominee is required to agree in writing to nomination by two members of the group and to provide short biographical details (half to one page of A4).
The committee meets four times a year. Its purpose is to promote the activities of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists and to organise scientific meetings and symposia, including the science content of the British Pharmaceutical Conference and the selection of abstracts for the conference by appointment of appropriate members of the group to an evaluation panel. The committee consists of nine elected members, together with the Conference Science Chairman for the current year, the chairman of the Science Committee of the Society's Council, one other member of Council, the editor of the academy's newsletter, the Society's chief scientist and the Society's science secretary.
Communications to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain should be addressed, except where otherwise stated, to the Secretary and Registrar, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN. Tel 020 7735 9141. Fax 020 7735 7629.