The Society's Charter and Bye Laws set out our Royal Charter, objective, constitution and categories of membership.
The Bye Laws were last amended on 6 September 2021 after a vote of the Fellowship agreed to a series of changes proposed by Council. The main changes to the Bye Laws were:
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Inclusion of the ability to hold online AGMs and SGMs and enable digital voting.
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Introduction of a new sub-category of Fellowship called Associate Fellow for geographers studying at postgraduate level and for early career geographers.
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Renaming of Young Geographers as Student Members.
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Renaming of Ordinary Members as Members.
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Removal of administrative processes to a separate document that can be more easily updated as the processes develop.
The Society's Council has called a Special General Meeting (SGM) for Monday 3 October as it is proposing some further changes to our Bye Laws, and our Bye Laws stipulate that any changes to them must be agreed by a vote of the Fellowship at an SGM.
Full details of the proposed changes, how Fellows can vote, and how Fellows and Members can attend the SGM are in the Members' Area. (You will need to log in to the website, so if you haven’t logged in before, please set a password by using the ‘forgotten password’ link.)