The Annual General Meeting of the British Region of the International Biometric Society was held at 12.15 pm on Thursday 8^th November in the Chadwick Lecture Theatre at University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. The President, Professor Rosemary Bailey took the chair. About 25 members were present.

1. The minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting were approved as read.
2. The Secretary briefly summarised his written report on the activities of the Region during the past year. A Regional web-site had been established during the year, and had been regularly updated with details of events. Reports to the AGM had been made available on the web-site in advance of the AGM. In addition to continuing a programme of day or half-day meetings, often jointly organised, the committee was trying to establish a regular series of Regional Conferences, the first of which it was planned to hold during 2003.
3. The Treasurer presented her report for the year to end August 2001. Subscriptions had been raised for 2001, the first increase for 7 years, following the established principal of raising subscriptions in large steps as infrequently as possible. This appeared to have caused a number of members to question their membership and subsequently resign (though the subscription increase was rarely given as the reason for resignation). Some problems were experienced in recouping outstanding dues from members who had failed to change their standing orders. Meeting expenses were variable during the year, but thanks were due to Pfizer for the sponsorship of the summer meeting. The accounts included funds from the Fisher Memorial Trust which would be offered as bursaries to `young' biometricians attending the IBC in Freiburg in July 2002. Despite the subscription increase there was a small deficit for the year of £96, due solely to items that should have appeared in the accounts for the previous year. The financial position of the region is satisfactory, particularly if membership can be increased.
4. The Membership Secretary presented her report. The current membership of the British Region is 338, a net decline of 24 during the year. This included 33 resignations, with a further 18 `pending' resignations (from 2002). Questions were raised about the general long-tem decline and how it related to the pattern in other regions, and the "implicit" resignations of some long-term members (through non-payment). The possibility of establishing "working parties" (e.g. on Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases) within the Region was raised as a possible approach to attract new members.
5. As no other nominations had been received, the following were declared elected:

President Elect: Prof. Mike Kenward (LSHTM)

Secretary: Mr. Andrew Mead (HRI, Wellesbourne)

Treasurer: Ms. Gillian Arnold (IACR, Long Ashton)

Membership Secretary: Miss Suzanne Clark (IACR, Rothamsted)

Committee Members: Dr. Kate Tilling (Public Health Sciences, KCL), Mr. Dave Waddington (Roslin Institute)

6. Robin Thompson (IACR, Rothamsted) was thanked for his work as auditor for the past year, and was nominated and elected as auditor for the coming year.
7. The President expressed her thanks to the Secretary and Treasurer for their work during the past year, and, particularly, to the Membership Secretary for her work for the Region over the past few years.

The President closed the meeting at 12.35pm.