{"id":38128,"date":"2025-03-19T10:08:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=38128"},"modified":"2025-04-12T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T11:34:04","slug":"voting-guidance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/archive\/events-archive\/agm-2025\/voting-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voting is being conducted by Civica Election Services (CES) on behalf of the Society.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You can vote electronically or by post prior to the AGM.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Your proxy vote will be cast by the Chair of the meeting, or failing them the Company Secretary, in accordance with your wishes indicated on the voting form (whether electronic or paper).<\/p>\n

On the voting screen\/proxy form you will find three boxes alongside each Resolution. Against each Resolution you should mark an X indicating your choice.<\/p>\n

If you leave the instruction on how to vote blank, the proxy holder may vote as they wish. Although provision for a withheld vote (Abstain) does not appear in the Society\u2019s Articles, it is now common. So, if you are assigning your proxy and do not vote \u201cfor\u201d or \u201cagainst\u201d, you can elect to abstain, which is also binding on your proxy holder.<\/p>\n

How to cast your vote<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Electronic voting<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To vote, go to our\u00a0Cast your Vote<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>web page.<\/p>\n

You will be asked for your Membership number without the leading zeros as part 1 of your security code, and the first four characters of your call sign as part 2 of your security code (e.g. G4SHF enters G4SH or GW4SHF enters GW4S). If you don\u2019t have a call sign, use your RS number instead, see below.<\/p>\n

What is an RS number?
\n<\/strong>An RS number is what we use to identify a Member\u2019s account if they do not have a call sign \u2013 it is simply your membership number prefixed by the letters RS \u2013 i.e. if the membership number was 123456, the RS number would be RS123456 and you\u2019d enter RS12 as part two of your voting security code<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CES voting is available 24 hours a day commencing at noon on 19 March 2025. Voting will close at 9am on 10 April 2025.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Postal voting is expensive so please use the internet\u00a0<\/span>option<\/span>\u00a0if possible.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Postal voting<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You can vote by post by requesting a proxy form and envelope from RSGB HQ.<\/p>\n

You can do this by writing to the General Manager by email to\u00a0gm.dept@rsgb.org.uk,<\/strong>\u00a0or by telephone on\u00a001234 832 702<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The proxy form and return envelope will be sent to you.<\/p>\n

The details required on the proxy form are your name, address, call sign or RS number and your Membership number.<\/p>\n

This can be found on your\u00a0RadCom<\/em>\u00a0mailing wrapper, by logging into your RSGB Membership portal at\u00a0rsgb.org\/members<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or by enquiry from RSGB HQ.<\/p>\n

This is a security measure required by CES.<\/p>\n

Once you have voted, place the completed proxy form in the pre-paid envelope and post it to CES to arrive on or before\u00a09am on 10 April 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voting is being conducted by Civica Election Services (CES) on behalf of the Society. You can vote electronically or by post prior to the AGM. Your proxy vote will be cast by the Chair of the meeting, or failing them the Company Secretary, in accordance with your wishes indicated on the voting form (whether electronic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"parent":37258,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38128"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46300,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38128\/revisions\/46300"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}