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Governance Changes agreed

Constitutional changes ASpecial General Meeting of the Fellowship met on 18 June and approved a raft of constitutional changes to bring it into line with CMF's Memorandum and Articles. The key change is the inclusion of the CMF mission and values statements and changes to how committee members are chosen.

Board ins and outs

We welcome Sam Leinster, Phoebe Owen, Johnson Samuel, John Scriven, Maggy Spence, Sam Strain and Kevin Vaughan as new Board members. We bid a fond farewell and thanks to Helen Barratt, Clare Bird, Chris Borges da Silva, Mark Houghton, Bernard Palmer, Peter Phillips, Mark Pickering and Philip Ross-Smith who have stepped down on completion of their terms of appointment. We thank them for their contributions. Phoebe Owen is the new chair of the Junior Doctors' Committee and Sam Strain is the new chair of the National Student Committee. We welcome new members of the CMF Council of Reference: Andrew Fergusson, Glynn Harrison, Margaret Hodson, Trevor Stammers, Andrew Tomkins and John Wyatt.

Obituaries

Marion Sanders, wife of Keith, the second CMF General Secretary (1974-1989), went to be with the Lord on 23 May after a long battle with Alzheimer's dementia. A service of thanksgiving was held at Tewkesbury Abbey on 17 June, where CMF was represented. Please uphold Keith and the family in your prayers.

John Berkeley (q 1949) was a GP in Fort William for 13 years; he worked in India & Bhutan with the Leprosy Mission, and was involved with mountain rescue. He was the first president of the Scottish Mountain Rescue Society. Died 6 March 2016.

Joy Paterson (q Cambridge, 1953; MRCP, 1963) was involved in geriatric medicine in Scotland for most of her career. Died 1 April 2016. Joanna Peacock (q 1956) was a Scottish GP; she worked at the Duncan Hospital in India for over ten years. Died 4 March 2016.

Movements

Andrew McArdle (Cambridge) to Sierra Leone
Rachel Greer (Manchester) to Thailand
Nicholas Radcliffe (Liverpool) to Cambodia

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