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    The annual GAGB elections for Committee members and for Chairman will be held in November.

    The election for Chairman will begin at midnight on Sunday 4th November and end at midnight on Sunday 11th November.

    The election for Committee members will begin at midnight on Tuesday 13th November and end at midnight on Tuesday 20th November.

    Nominations are now open for the post of Chairman and for the posts of Committee members. Nominations will close at midnight exactly seven days before the start of the relevant election.

    Nominations can be made in this thread, by sending them directly to me through my GAGB profile, or by emailing me at billd @ gagb.org.uk (without the spaces). Please remember to state whether your nomination is for Chairman or Committee member. You are entitled to nominate the same person for Chairman and for the Committee. Each nomination needs to be seconded.

    Only full members of GAGB are eligible to vote.

    You'll need to be a "Member", "Founding Member", or "Committee Member" to vote.

    There is a page on GAGB's website where you can check for yourself, and if you're showing as a "Member (Lapsed)" or a "Member (non-voting)" you can make yourself a full voting member. You can also choose to make yourself a non-voting member or end your membership of GAGB on the page. The options you'll see on the page will vary depending on which category you're in.

    The page is here.

    Members joining after the time and date of this post are not entitled to vote under GAGB's constitution.

    IMPORTANT: Voting will be by email to an independent non-UK returning officer (more details in a separate thread). You will need to vote using the email address you've registered with GAGB (for validation purposes). Please check that you have an up-to-date address registered, and if you haven't then amend it. You can do that on the same page where you can check your membership (link above).

    If you want to discuss anything related to the nominations or elections please start a separate thread in this forum. This thread is for nominations and seconding only. Thanks.

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    https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/register.php

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    Originally posted by rutson@Sep 30 2007, 08:42 PM
    https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/register.php

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    Same here

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    Hmm, it's working for me - I'll get our webmasters to look at it. In the meantime any non-voting or lapsed members can contact me and I'll correct things for them. You can see what sort of membership you have by looking below your name in your posts in the forums. You can check what your registered email address is by clicking on "My Controls" near the top right of forum pages.
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    The link is working fine for me too.
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    Maple Leaf wrote:
    The link is working fine for me too.
    Thanks for that - it's evidently working for at least some ordinary members. As the page is dynamic, and different depending on your membership, I'd wondered if it might only have been working for some groups and not for others, e.g. working for committee members and not for anyone else or somesuch.
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    I only get the error page if if I click on

    I wish to be a full voting member of GAGB.
    link on the page. As I'm shown as being a Member I presume I'm a voting Member so this link would not be valid.
    My post is my personal opinion and as such you do not have my permission to quote me outside of these forums!

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    As Bill asked for Nominations, I thought that I'd start the ball rolling so here are my nominations


    Chairman
    Bill Daly - Bill D (wwh)

    Committee Members

    Dave Edwards- The Wombles
    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk
    Matt Pringle - nobby.nobbs
    Fiona Robertson - The Nutters
    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger)

    Hopefully someone will second these.
    My post is my personal opinion and as such you do not have my permission to quote me outside of these forums!

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    Am Happy to second Bill for Chairman if he will accept.

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    Originally posted by matrix+Sep 30 2007, 09:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (matrix @ Sep 30 2007, 09:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-rutson@Sep 30 2007, 08:42 PM
    https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/register.php

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    Same here [/b][/quote]
    Works fine now

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    I will second Matt Pringle - nobby.nobbs if he will accept.
    "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."

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    I accept my nomination for the post of Chairman.
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    I second Dave Edwards fro The Wombles, does a cracking job of chasing agreements

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    thanks i&#39;ll happily accept the nomination.

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    I&#39;d like to second the nominations for:

    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk
    Fiona Robertson - The Nutters
    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger)
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    Thanks, I accept the nomination to stand for election.


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    Originally posted by Bill D (wwh)@Oct 2 2007, 11:27 AM
    I&#39;d like to second the nominations for:

    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk
    Fiona Robertson - The Nutters
    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger)
    Thanks, I accept the nomination

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    Thanks, I accept the nomination.

    Cheers

    Tony

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    So far we have the following nominations:

    Chairman

    Bill Daly - Bill D (wwh) - seconded, accepted

    Committee Members

    Dave Edwards- The Wombles - seconded, accepted

    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk - seconded, accepted

    Matt Pringle - nobby.nobbs - seconded, accepted

    Fiona Robertson - The Nutters - seconded, accepted

    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger) - seconded
    ​​Do not go gentle into that good night.
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    I agree that all the proposed people be allowed to control the GAGB.

    Vivien

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    Originally posted by Bill D (wwh)@Oct 13 2007, 04:05 PM
    So far we have the following nominations:

    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger) - seconded
    I accept the nomination.

    Matt

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    Update on nominations:

    Chairman

    Bill Daly - Bill D (wwh) - seconded, accepted

    Committee Members

    Dave Edwards- The Wombles - seconded, accepted

    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk - seconded, accepted

    Matt Pringle - nobby.nobbs - seconded, accepted

    Fiona Robertson - The Nutters - seconded, accepted

    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger) - seconded, accepted
    ​​Do not go gentle into that good night.
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    Just a reminder that nominations for the position of Chairman of GAGB end at midnight next Sunday, a week today.
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    Update on nominations, just to avoid any confusion, as Fiona (formerly The Nutters) has changed her caching user name to Tiger-Eyes.

    Chairman

    Bill Daly - Bill D (wwh) - seconded, accepted

    Committee Members

    Dave Edwards- The Wombles - seconded, accepted

    Tony Pinnington - mongoose39uk - seconded, accepted

    Matt Pringle - nobby.nobbs - seconded, accepted

    Fiona Robertson - Tiger-Eyes (formerly The Nutters) - seconded, accepted

    Matt Wagster - Mattwaggie (Badger) - seconded, accepted
    ​​Do not go gentle into that good night.
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    It appears that there are no further nominations. I stayed up past midnight just to be sure. Congratulations&#33; :socool: :cheers:

    ~erik~

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    Well, what can I say but thanks to all of you for allowing me to be returned unopposed&#33; Hopefully that means I&#39;m doing something right, lol...&#33;

    And many thanks to Erik for acting as Returning Officer again, even though so far we&#39;ve given him nothing to do but make a few posts&#33;
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    Just a reminder that nominations for the Committee of GAGB end at midnight next Tuesday, a week today.
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    Congratulations Bill

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    Originally posted by Bill D (wwh)@Oct 29 2007, 04:25 PM
    Hopefully that means I&#39;m doing something right, lol...&#33;

    or that not of us are mad enough to get nominated :lol:
    seriously, well done we all apprietiate all the hard work and time you put into this

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    It is with great sadness that I must report that there have been no new nominations for committee members for the GAGB and the old members must serve yet another term. So sorry. :P

    Congratulations, folks, on your reelection. :socool:

    ~erik~

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    Erik, many thanks for once again acting as our Returning Officer, and I&#39;m sorry we must seem such a boring lot to you...&#33; I think you&#39;ve done this for us three times now and we haven&#39;t given you a single vote to count, just a few forum announcements to make&#33;

    To the new (and old) committee, I&#39;m delighted to have you all back on board, and I&#39;ll look forward to serving another year with you&#33; Thank you all for staying&#33;

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    Unpinned to avoid clutter at the top.
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