Governance

Trustee Election 2011/2012 results
AGM 2011
Governance Review recommendations
Guidelines on Fellows' networks and activities
Trustee Board and Trustee Code of Conduct 

Trustee Election 2011/2012 results

Out of 26,926 eligible voters, 3540 Fellows (13%) voted and 6806 votes were cast.

Number of eligible voters: 26926
Votes cast by post:
 637   

Votes cast online:
 2903
Total number of votes cast:
 3540
Turnout:
 13.1%
Number of votes found to be invalid:
 4
Total number of valid votes to be counted:
 3536

The votes per candidate are as follows:

Name   
Votes   
As a % of the total
number of votes cast *
ELLIMAN, Jackie (Elected)
 1312
 19.3
READ, Keith  (Elected)
 1286   
18.9
ANDERSON, Barbara
 1093   
16.1
HARRIES, Clive
 996   
14.6
WYNARCZYK, Pooran
 843   
12.4
JUSS, Satvinder
 792   
11.6
CAIN, Matthew
 484   
7.1

*Please note that the highest % of total votes a candidate could achieve would be 50% as Fellows each had the opportunity to cast two votes. 

AGM 2011

The RSA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 5 October 2011 at 8 John Adam Street. Download AGM 2011 minutes.

Governance Review Recommendations

The Board's recommendations have emerged from research carried out by the RSA's Governance Advisory Group, which was formed in response to a motion put forward at the 2010 AGM. In summary, the recommendations are:

  1. A Board with a majority of elected Trustees (seven elected and five co-opted). The decision to have an elected majority was taken following consultation with the Fellowship;
  2. A Fellowship Council of thirty five elected and five co-opted Fellows instead of the current twenty elected and twenty co-opted FC;
  3. A threshold of 200 Fellows required to table a resolution (rather than the initial proposal of 250 in June) and 500 Fellows to call a Special General Meeting. The previous thresholds had been set when the RSA had a much smaller Fellowship. As a proportion of the overall Fellowship the new thresholds are low in comparison to other membership organisations. 
  4. A more integrated and flexible approach to Regional and National structures. 


Based on best practice guidance, research and consultation, these recommendations aim to strengthen the links between the Fellowship, the Board, the Fellowship Council and the RSA Regions and Nations. 

Download the AGM 2011 notice (PDF, 257KB)
Download the RSA Impact Report 2011 (PDF, 309KB)
Download the Governance Review
Download the Nominations Panel terms of reference (PDF, 322KB)

View more information on the Governance Advisory Group.

Policy and General Conditions for Handling RSA Fellows' Networks and Fellows' Activities

In order to help encourage Fellows to get together, collaborate and innovate, the RSA has revised its guidelines on Fellow-led special interest groups and local networks. These guidelines have been approved by the RSA Trustee Board. View further information about these guidelines.

RSA Trustee Board

Trustees are responsible under RSA bye-laws and charity law for ensuring that the charitable objectives of the society are carried out and that the organisation is run in an appropriate, legal way. View the Trustee Code of Conduct (PDF)

The Trustee Board meets approximately five times a year.

The Trustee Board

Luke Johnson, Chair
Suzy Walton, Deputy Chair
Lord Best OBE, Treasurer
Vanessa Harrison, Treasurer
David Archer
Jackie Elliman
Clive Grinyer
Zena Martin
Don Pinchbeck
Jonathan Rollason
Keith Read CBE
Hanif Virji

Members of the Trustee Board can be contacted by email.  All emails will be read by a member of the Board, who will reply as soon as possible.