Annual General Meetings

13th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of the Association for Nutrition:

This will be a hybrid event at 1pm on
Thursday 9th December 2021

The AfN Honorary Secretary invites AfN UKVRN Registered Nutritionists and Registered Associate Nutritionists to attend and participate in the AGM, during which the Honorary Officers will present highlights from the last financial year.

The AGM will be followed by the AfN Annual Discourse. The discourse will highlight how Registered Nutritionists and Registered Associate Nutritionists from across the field of nutrition are supporting everyone to have a healthier, sustainable future #NutritionIsAScience: Creating A Healthier & Fairer Future

About

Attendance of AGMs

UKVRN Registrants (RNutrs and ANutrs) with a fully paid up registration account on the day of the AGM may attend (due to venue and webinar capacities pre-registration is required for both of these attendance options – details will be emailed to registrants on how to sign up).

This means attendance is open to all new Registrants who have joined within the year and those who have renewed their registration by their respective renewal date of 1st April or 1st October.

Individuals with lapsed or voluntary suspended registration are not eligible to attend the AGM until their registration has been reinstated. If you are in one of these two categories, you are welcome to sign up to join us at our Annual Discourse which is usually held after our AGM.

Council/Trustee Elections

There are two positions available for election to AfN Council as Trustees for a term of office of three years, usually served from 1st Jan 2022 to 31st December 2024. When more than two nominations are received, a ballot is held of all AfN Registrants with a fully paid up registration account. AfN Elections are held using the single transferable vote system as stated within the AfN Governance Rules. The successful candidates will be duly elected at the 2021 AGM on 9th December 2021.

There are also three Honorary Officer positions available for election to AfN Council for a term of office of one year, usually served from 1st Jan 2022 to 31st December 2022. The positions are: Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary and Chair of Council. A ballot of Council Members is held for all eligible nominations for these position using the single transferable vote system, as stated within the AfN Governance Rules. The successful candidates are duly elected at the 2021 AGM on 9th December 2021.

Nomination forms for Trustees and Honorary Officers are accepted until 1st October 2021 from RNutrs / ANutrs with a fully paid up registration account, no current practice sanctions nor subject to any ongoing FtP investigations.

Minutes and Recordings of AGMs

Where available, recordings of the AGM are located within the Registrants’ Area of the website. Minutes are uploaded shortly after they are ratified.