by Paul O'Brien
Saturday 10 February 2007
The Scottish Regional Council of APSE meets in Glasgow today and I go along to lend support to our Principal Advisor in Scotland, Pat and also to kick off discussions about elected members involvement in the Association post the May elections.
Some basic analysis identifies that from the current 1,200 Councillors in Scotland, over 400 are taking the package available to stand aside and with the impact of proportional representation at least another 400 are likely to change at the election, therefore after the May elections two thirds of Scotlands elected members are likely to be new. This obviously has implications for APSE and we put together a working group which is aimed at developing a response to ensure we still have strong Councillor involvement post May.
