The Norfolk Governors' Network (NGN) is seeking nominations from Primary School governing bodies to fill a vacancy for one Primary governor representative on the Norfolk Schools Forum.

Please bring this to the attention of your governing body and we look forward to receiving your governing body's nomination.

Action Required
Every governing body is responsible for giving their governors the opportunity to stand.
Nominations must be received by 24^th October 2008.
If there are more nominations than vacancies an election will be held details of which will be posted on e-courier on 7^th November 2008.
The closing date for voting will be 19^th December 2008.

Further information
The Norfolk Schools Forum is important because it makes decisions on certain school funding issues and, at times, must be consulted by the Local Authority on other funding decisions. It is vital that governors are fully represented on this influential body.

The Norfolk Schools Forum meets around seven times throughout the year; the meetings are in the Norwich area and may be in the morning or the afternoon. Governor representatives should be able to attend these meetings; when they cannot attend they will be able to contact the clerk of the NGN to arrange for a substitute to attend. The term of office for governor representatives is four years from 1st January 2009. For details about the Schools Forum, its membership, and minutes from past meetings click here.

Each Primary governing body can nominate one governor from their governing body for the post of Primary governor representative.

Further information and a nomination form can be found on the NGN website, the address is www.ngn.org.uk/governor_issues/forum_election.htm

Nominations must be received by 24^th October 2008.
If there are more nominations than vacancies an election will be held details of which will be posted on e-courier on 7^th November 2008.
The closing date for voting will be 19^th December 2008.

If you would like to talk to a governor who is a current member of the Forum please contact Mike Grimble or Lucinda Poliakoff.

If you have any queries, please contact the Chair of the NGN County Committee or the Clerk of the NGN whose details are given below.

Contact Details

Chair of NGN:	Judy Leggett - 30 Garrick Green, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7AL Tel: 01603 429986 or by e-mail
Clerk of NGN:	Clare Simmons - 4, Hunt Close, Old Catton Norwich, NR6 7EZ Tel: 01603 466741 or by e-mail