2025-2026 Nominations for EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 8 vacancies - 1 year term

[cincol]

Hello GAGB Members:

Nominations for the GAGB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for 2025-2026 will be accepted from 00:00 Saturday 15 November 2025 - 23:59 Wednesday 19 November 2025

NOTE: there are 8 vacancies that are required to be filled. Term of office is 1 year.

All GAGB active members at the start of nominations are eligible to nominate another member, or members, 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 20th 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.

Candidates nominated and who have accepted same 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, Wednesday, 20th November 2025 at elections@gagb.org.uk

After the nomination period closes, nominee manifestos, photos, and avatars will be posted in a locked ‘Candidates for 2025-2027 Executive Committee' 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.

The Election for the Executive Committee will then be held during 00:00 Tuesday 25 November - 23:59 Friday 28 November, by electronic ballot (if necessary). More information about the annual elections can be found in the GAGB Constitution (Section Q)

Q&A opens: 00:00 Friday 20th November
Q&A closes: 23:59 Monday 24th November (4 full days)
Vote: 00:00 Tuesday 25th November - 23:59 Friday 28th November (4 full days)
Result announced: morning of Saturday 29th November

The newly elected Executive Committee Members will take office on 1st December 2025.

At your service,

Peter Little [cincol]
GAGB Returning Officer

[cincol]

IRO UPDATE

It seems as though the rugby has kept the cachers busy today! So far no nominations have been received.

[Ky Devas]

I would like to nominate Paul Bevan and Jayne Guppy. They both invest a lot of their time into running the GAGB shop, manning the stalls at events and promoting GAGB in discussions with others. In addition, Paul spends time dealing with the DoE people. They are both sociable, reliable and hard working and would/will be an asset to the committee,
Ky Devas/Oriana Rogers (Eastern rep)

[Geojaxx]

I would like to second Paul Bevan and Jayne Guppy. They are both always active at events and running stalls etc. and great representatives for GAGB
Jackie OHalloran (Geojaxx)

[Saza36]

Can I call a point of order. Jaynie15 was appointed to the committee in the December 2024 meeting - minutes attached. The full title of an appointed member is "Appointed Executive Committee Member" as detailed within section H (8/a) of the constitution. Executive Committee members cannot nominate or second members for committee posts. These nominations need to be excluded and deleted as leaving then may influence others. This is no fault of Jayne's - it should have been made clear prior to the election.

gagbminutes-2024-12-04.pdf

[Steph22A]

I would like to nominate Paul Bevan (Bigeddie) & Jayne Guppy (Jaynie15) for the committee of the GAGB.
They are both very helpful, knowledgeable & committed geocachers that would do great job on the committee.
From Steph Luscombe (Steph22A)

[Sharon - Sharant]

I would like to nominate Caz Turver (Border Caz) for the committee.She has been an excellent treasurer.

[Sharon - Sharant]

I would like to nominate Joshua McCune (LinguiJosh)

[Sharon - Sharant]

I would like to nominate Joanne Mitchell (joe222s)

[Caslu26]

I would like to second Caz Turver (Border Caz) as Treasurer.

[cincol]

Thanks for the comment Saza36.

In order to clarify this point, please see below:

Clause G5 of GAGB constitution

Appointed Members: In the event that none of the Executive Members have the availability, ability or inclination to carry out specific tasks or take on specific roles, the Executive Committee shall have the power to delegate such a task to a member - such members are Appointed Members.
Appointed Members may take part in relevant committee discussions, but shall have no voting powers.
Appointed Members are in addition to Executive Members, and as such may increase the attendance at meetings beyond nine.

In other words, "APPOINTED MEMBERS" are not elected to the Executive and as it clearly states - "shall have no voting powers". That said, they do not fall under the rules that they cannot participate in the election process. It will be up to the new Executive to decide if they wish to APPOINT members during the coming term of office.

I trust this clears the point.

Caching greetings from the IRO.

[cincol]

SUNDAY UPDATE

The following 2 nominations have been received - alphabetical order

Bigeddie [Paul Bevan] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx - no acceptance as yet.
Jayne15 [Jayne Guppy] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx - no acceptance as yet.

The following 3 members have been nominated, but not seconded:

Border Caz [Caz Turver]
joe222s [Joanne Mitchell]
LinguiJosh [Joshua McCune]

NOTE: Once nominated and duly seconded, the nominee needs to accept such nomination prior to the nomination being registered.

Peter Little [cincol]
GAGB Returning Officer

[NevilleDog]

With the above already taken into account:

I second the following:
joe222s [Joanne Mitchell] - nominated (Sharon - Sharant) - I second
LinguiJosh [Joshua McCune] - nominated (Sharon - Sharant) - I second

The following I would also nominate/second etc but they have already received the votes required:
Border Caz [Caz Turver] - nominated (Sharon - Sharant) and seconded by (Caslu26)
jaynie15 [Jayne Guppy] - nominated by (Oriana Rogers) and seconded by (Geojaxx)
big eddie [Paul Bevan] - nominated by (Oriana Rogers) and seconded by (Geojaxx)

I hope you all continue in your roles!

[big eddie]

I accepted the nomination.
Thank you to everyone that has nominated and seconded. I will send my manifesto later this evening to the IRO.

At the point, I would like to thank Peter Little (cincol) for his role as IRO.

[Jaynie15]

Thank you to the IRO.

I would like to nominate the following cachers to be on the committee for 2025/2026:

big eddie (Paul Bevan) - big eddie is doing a splendid job of running the GAGB shop, both online and at events, he also oversees GAGB's DofE candidates. He deserves to be re-elected for 2025/2026.

Border Caz (Caz Turver) - Border Caz is a wonderful treasurer, not always an easy job, but she does it well.

Joe222s (Joe Mitchell) - Joe222s is the social media officer, and is responsible for keeping everyone up to date with what's going on and when. She should be re-elected for 2025/2026

stuarthowe11 (Stuart Howe) - stuarthowe11 is the technical man, and can fix most things on the website.

LinguiJosh (Josh McCune) - LinguiJosh does a brilliant job as secretary with the Seeker magazine, and is super helpful at events when we have visitors from overseas! He should be re-elected for 2025/2026.

DJMitch25 (Darren Mitchell) - I think DJMitch25 should be elected for 2025/2026 as he does a lot behind the scenes, is very helpful to me when manning the shop at events.

[border caz]

Thank you to the Independent Returning Officer for clarifying the issue of Appointed Members.

I would like to thank all those who have nominated and seconded myself and confirm that I accept my nomination.

[Jaynie15]

Thank you to everyone who has nominated me and seconded me.
I accept my nomination and will send my manifesto and photo to the GAGB Independent Returning Officer today.

Thank you to Peter Little (cincol) for his work in this role.

Jayne Guppy (Jaynie15)

[geocaching womble]

I would like to nominate Arthur Griffiths. (Grif grof)

I am aware he has no desire to be chairman anymore. However I would like to provide him with the option of potentially remaining on the committee should he want to do so.
As I feel his contributions to seeker have been invaluable.

[cincol]

MONDAY UPDATE

Please note that some members have been nominated multiple times by different people. In my update(s) I will only indicate the original nominator as 1 nomination is sufficient. The same applies to seconding a nominee.

We now have 8 nominees with 3 already accepted said nominations.

The following nominations have been received - placed in order of acceptance and manifest received.

Jayne15 [Jayne Guppy] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx. Nomination accepted and manifest submitted.

big eddie [Paul Bevan] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx. Nomination accepted and manifest submitted.

Border Caz [Caz Turver] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by Casula26 - Nomination accepted.

DJMitch25 [Darren Mitchell] by Jayne15 - no seconder

Grif grof [Arthur Griffiths] by geocachong womble - no seconder

joe222s [Joanne Mitchell] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by NevilleDog - no acceptance as yet.

LinguiJosh [Joshua McCune] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by NevilleDog - no acceptance as yet.

stuarthowe11 [Stuart Howe] by Jayne15 - no seconder

NOTE: Once nominated and duly seconded, the nominee needs to accept such nomination prior to the nomination being registered, or indicate rejection of nomination.

[joe222s]

Thank you to everyone who has kindly nominated me and seconded me.
I accept my nomination with thanks.

Thank you to cincol for stepping in to the officer role.

[LinguiJosh]

Thank you to those of you who have nominated and seconded me for the upcoming 2025/2026 Committee, and of course to our incumbent IRO, Peter, for his postings and clarifications here.

I indeed graciously accept your nominations with sincere thanks.

[Bear and Ragged]

Grif grof [Arthur Griffiths] by geocachong womble - no seconder

Happy to second this!

[Bear and Ragged]

stuarthowe11 [Stuart Howe] by Jayne15 - no seconder

And second!

[Bear and Ragged]

DJMitch25 [Darren Mitchell] by Jayne15 - no seconder

Second.

[cincol]

FINAL UPDATE – this thread will be closed at 23h59 TONIGHT Wednesday 19 November 2025.

We now have 8 nominees - 5 have already accepted their nominations. Should no more nominations be made [and accepted] by MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, then those nominated will automatically form the new Executive Committee for 2025/2026. No Q&A regarding manifests and no election process will be necessary.

The following 5 nominations [alphabetical order] have been received.


big eddie [Paul Bevan] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx. Nomination accepted and manifest submitted.

Border Caz [Caz Turver] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by Casula26 - Nomination accepted.

Jaynie15 [Jayne Guppy] by Ky Devas [Oriana Rogers] - seconded by Geojaxx. Nomination accepted and manifest submitted.

joe222s [Joanne Mitchell] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by NevilleDog. Nomination accepted.

LinguiJosh [Joshua McCune] by Sharon-Sharant - seconded by NevilleDog . Nomination accepted.


The following 3 nominees have been seconded but have yet to accept nomination.


DJMitch25 [Darren Mitchell] by Jaynie15 - seconded by Bear and Ragged.

Grif grof [Arthur Griffiths] by geocachong womble – seconded by Bear and Ragged.

stuarthowe11 [Stuart Howe] by Jaynie15 - seconded by Bear and Ragged.


NOTE: The nominees who have yet to accept nomination – you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to do so. Once accepted, please submit manifest and photograph to elections@gagb.org.uk

On a personal note – I will be “under the knife” later this afternoon for some minor surgery and I suspect that I will not in any condition to respond to any correspondence until tomorrow morning.

[stuarthowe11]

happy to accept the nomination :-) many thanks !

[Griff Grof]

Many thanks to geocaching womble for nominating me, and Bear & Ragged for seconding me.

Following ten years on the committee, including three as Chair, I’ve decided to step down, and those standing have been aware of this for a while. Therefore, I decline the nomination.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time on the committee and will miss it greatly.

The new committee will have my full support, and I look forward to seeing where the GAGB goes next.

[Stoke Bunnies]

The nominations are closed. The IRO is currently indisposed, but will be in communication shortly.