The Society of Research Software Engineering is registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with Charity Number 1182455.
The Society is governed by a constitution document which defines its overall purpose and some key aspects of how it operates:
The trustees of the society have responsibility for making sure our activities and resources are well-directed to meet these charitable aims.
The Society has chosen to adopt the Charity Governance Code and conducts a governance review at least once per year in order to continually improve our governance. Information on our governance procedures and how we use the Charity Governance Code will be published within our trustee annual report.
Each trustee is expected to undertake at least one core role to ensure the smooth operation of the Society. For details of each role, please see the role descriptions page.
Board of Trustees
Email [email protected] to contact all the trustees.

Web Lead
Elected 2019

Membership Lead
Elected 2020

Secretary
Elected 2020

Infrastructure Lead
Elected 2019

Conference Co-Lead
Elected 2020

Diversity Inclusion and Accessibility Co-Lead
Elected 2019

Diversity Inclusion and Accessibility Co-Lead
Elected 2019

Vice-Treasurer
Elected 2020

President
Elected 2019

Communications and Publicity Co-Lead
Elected 2020

Treasurer
Elected 2019

Vice-President
Communications and Publicity Co-Lead
Conference Co-Lead
Founding trustee
re-elected 2020
Trustee elections
Because of our origins as a grass-roots association, we wanted to put the members in control so we have adopted a governance model with trustees directly elected by the membership. To strike a balance between continuity and new input, trustees are elected for two year terms with half being up for re-election or replacement each year.
The current board was elected in October 2019. Half of the trustees were elected from amongst the founding trustees and half were newly elected. Just under half of those eligible cast a vote: 109 of the 228 members.
Annual General Meeting
The first formal Society AGM was held on Monday 7th September 2020. For more information see the event page. At the AGM the annual Trustee Report and Statement of Accounts were presented.
Past Boards of Trustees
Past RSE Association Committees
UK RSE Association Committee 2016
UK RSE Association Committee 2015-2016
UK RSE Association Committee 2013-2015