Socitm is a membership organisation running professional and commercial activities. The Society operates under a single legal entity, Socitm Limited (a company limited by guarantee), and is known as Socitm on a day to day basis.
Members of the Society are the members of the company with voting rights for all full members of the Society.
Full membership is currently open to persons directly employed by the public sector and who have a major influence within their organisation on matters of ICT strategy, policy or delivery functions.
The Society also has associate, affiliate, retired and subscriber membership open to those who meet the appropriate criteria.
The Socitm Board of Directors (SBD) is the Society’s senior decision making body responsible for implementing and monitoring policies of the Society. On accepting the new Articles of Association at the recent EGM we endorsed the creation of a new advisory body - the National Advisory Council (NAC). This group will bear responsibility for both advising and challenging the Board on all isues relating to the operation and development of the Society. Further details regarding the remit and composition of the NAC will be available here following the first NAC meeting sheduled to take place 23rd September 2008.
Socitm has twelve regions, each of which has its own elected chair, secretary, and committee. Annual regional plans are submitted to National Committee to enable resources to be transferred to support regional activity, including programmes of regional events for members.
The Articles of Association for Socitm Limited may be downloaded from the links below.