BABCP

All members be sure to vote in the election of a new President Elect and Elected Members of the Board. See also the Agenda and proposed resolutions for the AGM including new Standards of CBT and Subscriptions 

Notice is given to all members of BABCP of the  

BABCP Annual General Meeting 

University of Exeter, 16th July 2009 

AGENDA:

1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes of the 2008 Annual General Meeting - can be viewed here

3. Matters arising from the 2008 minutes

4. Annual reports 2008/2009

            i) President
            ii) Secretary
            iii) Treasurer

5. Guidelines for Good Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

The Board is proposing to update and amend the "Guidelines for Good Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies" replacing them with "Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies". A draft copy of the "Standards" has been circulated to all members for consultation and the final draft for confirmation by the AGM is available here.

6. Resolution to amend the Articles of Association of BABCP

6i       The Board is proposing to change the number of Trustees/Directors necessary for a quorum at meetings of the Board from six to five. This follows the reduction in number of Trustee/Directors from 11 to 10 which came into operation in 2006. This proposal will require a change to Article 22 (as numbered in the 2007 amended articles) The full resolution is available here

6ii      The Board is proposing to introduce a new class of membership, that of "Fellow". There will also be a slight modification to the existing procedure for electing "Honorary Fellows". These proposals will require changes to Articles 2 and 4 and an additional Article in respect of the section on "Members". The full resolution is available here.  

7. Membership subscriptions 2009/10

The Board of Directors (Trustees) will propose rates of membership subscriptions to apply from 1st October 2009 to 30th September 2010. The recommendations of the Board is available here.

8. Election of Board Members for 2009/10 - follow this link for full details of ballot

         i) President Elect
         ii) Honorary Treasurer
         iii) 2 Elected Members (3 year term)
         iv) 2 Elected Members (1 year term)

9. Any other business