Next week's Council meeting to address Society modernisation at request of Nicholas Wood
Nicholas Wood: six motions proposed |
Six motions at next week's meeting of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council will address modernisation of the Society and the proposed new Charter.
The motions have been put forward by Council member Nicholas Wood, who
was elected last year as a Save Our Society candidate. They are concerned
with an alternative model for modernisation to that currently being developed
by the Society.
The first is that the Secretary and Registrar is directed to inform the
Privy Council that the Council wishes to withdraw its petition for a
new Royal Charter, pending further consideration by the Council and Society
members.
The second motion is for a committee to be set up to establish the requirements
of the Government with regards to the regulatory functions of the Society.
The members of this committee should be confirmed by Council and should
provide an interim report as soon as possible and a final report by the
December Council meeting. The third is for the Secretary and Registrar
to seek expert legal advice in order to draft Byelaws to provide for
a regulatory board of the Society. Regulatory functions would be delegated
to this board under provisions of the Supplementary Charter 1953. This
board should have a lay membership of approximately 40 per cent. The
fourth motion is for arrangements to be made for a general meeting of
Society members to consider and approve the proposals for a regulatory
board.
The fifth motion is that the Council
resolves to open discussions with the Government and Privy Council to
ensure that the implementation of any Orders under Section 60 is co-ordinated
with the introduction of the new Byelaws (as described above).
The sixth motion addresses the legal
action taken by the SOS group. It states that, in view of the support
shown by members for the SOS group, that “the Council should, in
the best long-term interests of the Society and without seeking the recovery
of costs,
resolve all proceedings brought against it and individual members and
former members of Council in respect of the Council’s decision
to petition for a new Royal Charter”.
The Council meeting is scheduled to start two hours earlier than normal
to allow for a detailed debate of the issues. |
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