Annual General Meeting of the BSCA Tuesday 1st July at Glasgow SEC

Notice is given of the Annual General Meeting of the BSCA on the morning of Tuesday 1^st July at Glasgow SEC

Agenda

• President’s update
•  Officers’ updates
•  Committee change

The officers and members of the Committee will be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting.

A nomination has been received from Dr Sarah Wakelin and seconded by Dr David Orton to the Committee Secretary Dr P Cousen for Dr Natalie Stone to be elected as the new President of the BSCA commencing at the Summer AGM 2025

Proposals for alteration of the Constitution at the BSCA AGM July 2025

Alterations of the constitution can only occur at an Annual General Meeting.

Notice of the proposals below by Dr G A Johnston and duly seconded by Dr D Buckley have been sent to the Committee Secretary Dr P Cousen two months before the meeting and are now circulated with the notice of that meeting one month before the meeting.

For adoption, a two-thirds majority of those voting will be necessary.

Proposal one

4. The officers and members of the Committee will be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations may be made by the Committee or by any two members and should be sent, together with the written consent of the Nominee, to the Committee Secretary not less than two months before the Annual General Meeting. Such nominations will be circulated with a notice of that Meeting. If other nominations are not received for the filling of vacancies, the Committee’s nominees will be deemed elected.

Is changed to

4. The officers and members of the Committee will be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations may be made by the Committee or by any two members and should be sent, together with the written consent of the Nominee, to the Committee Secretary not less than two months before the Annual General Meeting.

Nominees are required to already be members of the BSCA.

Nominees for President are required to be already sitting on the BSCA committee.

Such nominations will be circulated with a notice of that Meeting. If other nominations are not received for the filling of vacancies, the Committee’s nominees will be deemed elected.

Current Committee:

President: Graham Johnston

Secretary: Philippa Cousen

Membership Secretary: Catherine Holden

Treasurer: Sarah Wakelin

Meetings Secretary: Donna Thompson

British representative on the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD) committee: Deirdre Buckley

New Consultant Representative: Siobhan MacCarthy

Specialty and Associate Specialist Representative: Catherine Holden

Research and Audit Representative: Livia Soriano

Digital Representative: Ying Teo

NASG Representative: Aparna Sinha

Trainee Representative: Yasmin Khan

Regional representation:

London and South East: David Orton, Sarah Wakelin

East Midlands and East: Graham Johnston

North East, Yorkshire and Humber: Philippa Cousen, Mark Wilkinson

North West: Jason Williams

West Midlands: Donna Thompson

South West and South Central: Aparna Sinha, Deirdre Buckley

Wales: Natalie Stone, Mabs Chowdhury

Ireland: Johnny Bourke

Scotland: Chandra Bertram, Sharizan Abdul-Gaffar