{"id":3190,"date":"2026-06-02T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:49:52","slug":"notice-of-agm-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=3190","title":{"rendered":"Notice of SCOLMA AGM 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2567 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SCOLMA-Logo.png\" alt=\"SCOLMA Logo\" width=\"365\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SCOLMA-Logo.png 365w, https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SCOLMA-Logo-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Registered Charity no. 325086<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>64th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AGENDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 AGM will be held in person at The National Archives on Tuesday, 30<sup>th<\/sup> June 2026 at <strong>13:30, as well as online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to attend, please notify Sarah Rhodes, SCOLMA Secretary (<a href=\"mailto:sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk\">sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk<\/a>) by\u00a0<strong>26th June 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AGENDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Approval of the Minutes of the 63rd AGM (<a href=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=3179\">posted on our website<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Report of the Chair 2025\/26 (Jenni Skinner)<\/li>\n<li>Financial Statement and approval of the audited accounts (Lucy McCann)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Appointment of auditor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Appointment of Officers and Committee<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The following nominations have been received:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Officers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair \u2013 Jenni Skinner (Centre of African Studies Library, University of Cambridge)<\/li>\n<li>Secretary \u2013 Sarah Rhodes (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer \u2013 Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)<\/li>\n<li>Editor \u2013 Terry Barringer (Individual member)<\/li>\n<li>Web Manager \u2013 Charles Fonge (Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York)<\/li>\n<li>Programme Secretary \u2013 Liz Haines (The National Archives)<\/li>\n<li>Development Officer \u2013 Marion Wallace (Individual member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Elected:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenneth Atuma (University of Manchester) \u2013 proposed for election<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Berry (Bristol Archives) \u2013 proposed for election<\/li>\n<li>Ben Carson \u2013 (Individual member) \u2013 elected 2024<\/li>\n<li>Mariam de Haan (British Library) &#8211; proposed for election<\/li>\n<li>Katie Sambrook (Kings College London) -proposed for election<\/li>\n<li>Dawn Wright \u2013 (SOAS Library, University of London) \u2013 elected 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Co-opted:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patricia Hewitt (Robert Sainsbury Library, University of East Anglia)<\/li>\n<li>Alison Metcalfe (The National Library of Scotland)<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Spina \u2013 (Individual member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Representatives<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ASAUK representative: tbc<\/li>\n<li>International African Institute representative: Stephanie Kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Any Other Business\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increasing SCOLMA membership fees by \u00a35<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registered Charity no. 325086 SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) 64th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026 AGENDA &nbsp; The 2026 AGM will be held in person at The National Archives on Tuesday, 30th June 2026 at 13:30, as well as online. If you wish to attend, please notify Sarah Rhodes, SCOLMA Secretary (sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk) by\u00a026th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[49,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3192,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions\/3192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}