In Lanarkshire, proposals for the officers need to be in 6 WEEKS before the AGM, their proposal has to come from the members CLUB and not ordinary individual members. Of course if the Fed are struggling to fill the positions we can, by agreement of those present, take a proposal from the body of the hall and elect officials this way. The 6 week rule for our Fed is so that the name of the proposed member/s is put on the meeting's Agenda when sent out. This gives everyone an opportunity to consider new proposals before the meeting takes place.