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Online voting for BSAC Election 2014 now live
BSAC members will be able to vote with ease in this year’s Council elections, which will see a new BSAC Chairman plus two Council positions up for election.
Starting this week, BSAC members with a valid email will be sent full details on how to vote online. Where BSAC does not have up-to-date email addresses for members, a hard copy of the voting papers will be sent.
Members will also be able to vote on a resolution that has been submitted and will be proposed at the BSAC AGM 2014, namely: Current BSAC articles 76 and 77 and 78 are to be removed and subsequent articles to be renumbered accordingly. Read the resolution, the candidates’ CV’s and the details of the AGM in the notice of meeting.
As in past years, the whole BSAC Election process will be managed by Electoral Reform Services (ERS).
Standing for a BSAC Council Officer position this year:
- Chairman: Mark Allen, Eugene Farrell
- Vice-Chairman: Alexander Warzynski (unopposed)
- Council: Trevor Brown, Wendy Cooke, Edward Haynes, Geoff Hide, Ben Panter, Rachel Sharp, Janos Suto
Closing date for votes is 3pm 6th May 2014.
If you have any queries with regard to the 2014 election and voting process, you can contact BSAC Chief Executive at maryt@bsac.com.
Date for diary: The 60th BSAC AGM will be held at the Conservative Club, Ellesmere Port on Saturday, 10th May 2014.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
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MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
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MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
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More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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