Editing British Computer Society (section)

==Governance==
BCS is governed by a [[Trustee]] Board comprising the President, the Deputy President, the immediate past President, up to nine Vice Presidents (including Vice-president Finance), and five Professional Members elected by the Advisory Council.<ref name="Boards">{{cite web |url=http://www.bcs.org/category/13817 |title=Boards and Committees |website=British Computer Society |access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> Sir [[Maurice Wilkes]], Professor of Computer Science at Cambridge University, served as its first president. Each president serves for a 2-year term. A [[list of presidents of the British Computer Society]] can be found on the BCS website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/1635|title=A List of Current and Past Presidents of BCS|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414143223/http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/52559|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The BCS Advisory Council elects the Honorary Officers – the President, the Deputy President and up to nine vice-presidents, together with the immediate past President and five members of Council.<ref name="Council">{{cite web |url=http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/14216 |title=About BCS Council |website=British Computer Society |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221024049/http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/14216 |archive-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lists of Trust Board and Advisory Council members are maintained online.<ref name="Boards" />

The Advisory Council provides advice to the Trustee Board on the direction and operation of BCS; in particular, it is consulted on strategic plans and the annual budget. The council is a representative body of the membership, with members elected directly by the professional membership, and by the Branches, Groups and Forums.<ref name="Council" />