Dr Nigel Brooks, Professor Peter Clayton and Professor Steve O’Rahilly will retire from Council in April 2011, having served their 4-year terms of office. Full Members are requested to make nominations to fill these three vacancies. A nomination form is available at www.endocrinology.org/about/committee/council.html. To provide the correct balance on Council, the Society is seeking two clinicians and one member working in industry to fill the vacancies. The deadline for nominations is 10 December 2010.