Council

U3AC is managed by its Trustees, who form Council.

Members of Council are elected by the Annual General Meeting for a period of three years, after which time they are eligible for election for a further period of three years. The maximum number of Council members is 15.

The Chair is elected by the Annual General Meeting for one term of three years. In the event of a vacancy, Council may co-opt a Trustee until the next Annual General Meeting.

Council meets about four times each year to discuss the business of running the organisation. A member of the Office staff (usually the Office Manager) attends these meetings.

As it is not practical for Council to discuss and agree every item of business with which U3AC has to deal, there are a number of sub-committees (Committees) which report back to Council on the business discussed at their meetings. Council is made aware of any issues within their remit which need particular attention or require a decision to be made by the whole Council.

The Committee Chairs and other Council members with designated roles (e.g. Administrator, Secretary) are designated as Officers and regularly meet as a group to share issues that have arisen and to prepare for the next Council meeting. A member of the Office staff usually attends these meetings.

Officers

Susan Honeyford Chair
Tim Ewbank* Vice-Chair
Penny Carter Secretary
Margaret Kerry Treasurer
In September 2020 Debbie Ganz stood down as Administrator. Her duties have been re-assigned to to other Council members for the tome being
Maggie Balshaw* Director of Studies (Courses)
Alastair Breward* Director of Studies (Lectures)

Other Members of Council

Michael Atkinson*
Sheila Bennett
David Burgess
Susan Cox
Jane Stephens
Geoffrey Tamoulinis
Stella Weeds

*Following the postponement of the AGM scheduled for 18 March 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Council co-opted these four nominees to fill the Trustee vacancies that had arisen.