Structure and governance
As a Chartered professional body, the Landscape Institute is governed by its Royal Charter, By-laws, and Regulations.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees has legal responsibility for the charity and meets six times a year. The trustee's job description and Board's terms of reference are here. The Board has up to 12 members, comprised of:
- Honorary Officers, directly elected by corporate members of the Landscape Institute: President, Vice-President, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, and (in alternate years) either the Immediate Past President or the President Elect.
- The chairs of the three Standing Committees (Education & Membership, Technical, and Policy).
- Four other members who may or may not be LI members, depending on the Board’s skills requirements.
Council
The Council's role is to represent members and to help set the LI's strategic objectives. The Council meets three times a year and the job description for its members is here.
There are up to 30 members of the Council as follows:
- 5 directly elected Honorary Officers (see above)
- 3 representatives of Standing Committees (Education & Membership, Technical, and Policy)
- 12 representatives of branches
- 7 directly elected corporate members
- 2 directly elected licenciate members
- 1 directly elected student member
Appointments and Selection Committee
Members are appointed by Council to select nominees for elected positions on Council and to make recommendations to Council on how places on the Board of Trustees which are not directly elected should best be filled.
Standing Committees
Education & Membership Committee, Technical Committee and Policy Committee advise on and help implement the main areas of the Institute's activity. Each committee chair sits on the Board of Trustees, and each committee also has a representative on Council.
Standing Committees and subcommittees
Branch Committees
Each of the 12 branches has a committee elected by branch members, and a branch representative sitting on Council.
