Membership Affairs Committee

Initiatives

MAC undertakes a number of initiatives to ensure that all Members are able to feedback to the Society in an open and direct way. These initiatives include:

• The Annual Members' Forum - Members have the opportunity of giving feedback on the Society and its activities, service and strategy. More.
• The Membership Affairs Committee Open Meeting - This meeting is open to all SCI members who wish to find out more about MAC and to contribue to discussions on topical issues.
• The Membership Affairs Committee Online Forum - Electronic discussion groups are a very useful means of quickly developing interaction and feedback. The E-Forum has been created to enable SCI's membership to interact and bring to the fore any SCI related issues which they wish to share.
• The Committees' Workshop and Best Practice Sharing Day - supporting our most active volunteers. This is an annual event held in the autumn and aims to support our Committee members as well as to provide an opportunity for them to network with other Committees, exchange best practice methods and meet SCI staff. More (you will need to sign in to view)
• The Groups' Handbook for all Interest Group Committees - The Handbook is a useful guide, which outlines the activities that Groups may undertake and explains the roles/duties of Honorary Officers including those of elected and co-opted committee members. It is particularly useful for new members of Group Committees, in helping them to familiarise themselves with all aspects of SCI Committees. More (you will need to sign in to view)

In addition to this, there are dedicated representatives on MAC who represent the individual interests of SCI's Regional, Technical, International and Business Groups within SCI.

Who's Who and Contact Details

	Chairman:
	Dr Leonard Copping Representative for Technical Interest Groups Member: BoT, FIAC, BioResources Group
	Ordinary Members:
	Professor Alan Heaton Representative for Regional Interest Groups Member: BoT, Liverpool & North West Group
	Dr Alan Baylis Representative for Business Interest Groups Member: Science & Enterprise Group, Agri Food Hub, BioResources Group
	Dr David Evans Member: BioResources Group
	Sir Geoffrey Allen Past SCI President
	Dr Russell Binions Member: London Group, Materials Chemistry Group
	Dr John Farmer Member: FIAC, Environment Group, London Group
	Professor Em Michael Cox Member: Separation Science and Technology Group, Colloid and Surface Chemistry Group, Cambridge and Great Eastern Group
	Professor Jeffrey Moorby Member: Horticulture Group, BioResources Group, Cambridge and Great Eastern Group
	Dr Sharon Williams Member: Science and Enterprise Group, Separation Science and Technology Group, Cambridge and Great Eastern Group
	Co-opted
	Matthew Hudson
	Shelly Long

MAC Committee Meetings

MAC meets up to four times a year. MAC meetings are held at SCI HQ, Belgrave Square.

The minutes of these meetings are made available to all SCI Members via the Member Documents link on each Interest Group's web page. Please note that this link is only visible to Members who have signed in to the website.

News and Events

• Agri Food Hub launched