At its meeting on 16 December, the Privy Council agreed to proposed amendments to the London Mathematical Society’s Standing Orders.
LMS members voted for changes to the Royal Charter, Statutes and By-Laws – known collectively as the Standing Orders – at the 2019 Annual General Meeting. The proposed changes to the Royal Charter and Statutes were formally submitted to the Privy Council in February 2020 (the By-Law changes do not require Privy Council approval). Unfortunately because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Privy Council did not consider such proposals from any organisations at its meetings for some months. Liaison between the Society and the Privy Council Office has continued throughout the year and notification was received in early December that the Privy Council advisors raised no objections to the proposals. Her Majesty the Queen approved the two Orders in Council at the Privy Council meeting on 16 December in Windsor. Once the Society has received the Orders in Council, the revised Standing Orders will be formally posted on the Society’s website and implemented.
Further information on the Standing Orders Review, including the rationale for the changes, can be found here.