cincol
31st October 2025, 06:11 PM
Hello GAGB Members:
Nominations for the GAGB Chair for 2025-2027 will be accepted from 00:00 Saturday 1st November to 23:59 Wednesday 5 November.
All GAGB active members at the start of nominations are eligible to nominate another member or second a nomination. Members who have been nominated and seconded are asked to accept or decline their nomination in this thread. Please note that the GAGB Constitution states that "6c. Current Executive Members and the Chair shall not take part in nominations, however they may be nominated and may accept the nominations."
This means none of the current Committee members may make a nomination or second a nomination. However, non-Committee members may nominate an existing Committee member or second that Committee member's nomination. The GAGB Constitution also states that any inactive member (a member that has not logged on to the forums for the past three years) may be nominated, but they will not be put forward to election unless they accept their nomination before the acceptance deadline of midnight Wednesday 5th November 2025.
This thread will be closed at the end of the nominations period and anyone who has not been seconded and accepted during this period will not be considered as a candidate for election.
If no more than one candidate has been accepted, that candidate will be duly elected as Chair. If two or more candidates accept, the next stage of the process will commence…
Candidates for the position of Chair are requested to send their manifesto, photo (passport style, I can crop the photo for you if you need help) and geocaching avatar (if you have one) to me, as the GAGB Independent Returning Office, by midnight, Thursday 6th November 2025.
After the nomination period closes, nominee manifestos, photos, and avatars will be posted in a locked ‘Candidates for 2025-2027 Chair Election' thread as well as on the ballot so you may read about why each candidate is standing for election and the skills they will bring to the Committee if elected.
A ‘Chair Candidates (2025-2027) - Q&A’ thread will be open between Friday 21st – Monday 24th November 2025, leading up to the election where Members may ask the Candidates about their GAGB goals.
The Election for Chair will then be held during 00:00 Tuesday 11 November - 23:59 Friday 14 November, by electronic ballot. More information about the annual elections can be found in the GAGB Constitution (Section Q)
In the meantime, it is important that you work with your internet service provider (ISP) and set your e-mail filters to white list e-mails coming from gagb.org.uk domains so you receive election news and the link to your ballot.
If no one accepts a nomination for Chair, the GAGB Chair will be chosen and elected from within by the new committee in December 2025, in line with the GAGB constitution.
At your service,
Peter Little [cincol]
GAGB Returning Officer
Nominations for the GAGB Chair for 2025-2027 will be accepted from 00:00 Saturday 1st November to 23:59 Wednesday 5 November.
All GAGB active members at the start of nominations are eligible to nominate another member or second a nomination. Members who have been nominated and seconded are asked to accept or decline their nomination in this thread. Please note that the GAGB Constitution states that "6c. Current Executive Members and the Chair shall not take part in nominations, however they may be nominated and may accept the nominations."
This means none of the current Committee members may make a nomination or second a nomination. However, non-Committee members may nominate an existing Committee member or second that Committee member's nomination. The GAGB Constitution also states that any inactive member (a member that has not logged on to the forums for the past three years) may be nominated, but they will not be put forward to election unless they accept their nomination before the acceptance deadline of midnight Wednesday 5th November 2025.
This thread will be closed at the end of the nominations period and anyone who has not been seconded and accepted during this period will not be considered as a candidate for election.
If no more than one candidate has been accepted, that candidate will be duly elected as Chair. If two or more candidates accept, the next stage of the process will commence…
Candidates for the position of Chair are requested to send their manifesto, photo (passport style, I can crop the photo for you if you need help) and geocaching avatar (if you have one) to me, as the GAGB Independent Returning Office, by midnight, Thursday 6th November 2025.
After the nomination period closes, nominee manifestos, photos, and avatars will be posted in a locked ‘Candidates for 2025-2027 Chair Election' thread as well as on the ballot so you may read about why each candidate is standing for election and the skills they will bring to the Committee if elected.
A ‘Chair Candidates (2025-2027) - Q&A’ thread will be open between Friday 21st – Monday 24th November 2025, leading up to the election where Members may ask the Candidates about their GAGB goals.
The Election for Chair will then be held during 00:00 Tuesday 11 November - 23:59 Friday 14 November, by electronic ballot. More information about the annual elections can be found in the GAGB Constitution (Section Q)
In the meantime, it is important that you work with your internet service provider (ISP) and set your e-mail filters to white list e-mails coming from gagb.org.uk domains so you receive election news and the link to your ballot.
If no one accepts a nomination for Chair, the GAGB Chair will be chosen and elected from within by the new committee in December 2025, in line with the GAGB constitution.
At your service,
Peter Little [cincol]
GAGB Returning Officer