Committee of the Alumnus Association
The Alumnus Association was founded in 1926 at the instance of the General Council to further the interests of former students and to work for the good of the University. Members of the General Council are ipso facto members of the Association.
The Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University is the Honorary President of the Alumnus Association.
The Committee appoints the Editor(s) of the Alumnus Chronicle. The Alumni Relations Officer acts as Secretary to the Committee. Both Editor and Alumni Relations Officer are in attendance at meetings of the Committee. The Committee has power to co-opt additional members for specific purposes and to invite University officials to address its meetings.
The Committee comprises:
- a Convener
- four members elected by the General Council from its members
- three ex officio members namely the President of the Students Association, and the Convener and Vice Convener of the Business Committee of the General Council.
Committee of the Alumnus Association members are currently:
- Miss K M Patrick Convener (Until 2015)
- Mr G R C Scott (until 2013)
- Mrs A Ashton-Redlin (2014)
- Mr M Johnson (until 2016)
- Rev Dr R E Hill (until 2017)
The Convener is elected by the General Council to serve for a term of five years and is then eligible to stand for immediate re-election. The other elected members are each elected for a period of five years and are not eligible for re-election until one year has elapsed from the date of demitting office. Retirements are on a rotational basis so that there is only one elected vacancy each year. Elections take place prior to the second statutory half-yearly meeting of the General Council by means of a process of electronic voting agreed by the General Council at its meeting on 28 June 2008. A vacancy occurring before a term has been completed will be filled at the next round of electronic voting. The person filling that vacancy will normally serve the remainder of that term and then be eligible to stand for election for a full term of five years.