[Fsfe-ie] Report on AGM 2005
Glenn Strong
Glenn.Strong at cs.tcd.ie
Fri Mar 25 19:44:08 CET 2005
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The IFSO 2005 AGM was held in TCD on the 23rd of March 2005 at 7pm.
Chair: Glenn Strong
(note: In the absence of the chairman the meeting was chaired
by the Secretary)
Present:
Members (presence of an asterisk indicates a member of more than
four months standing, and therefore eligable to vote in the election
for committee members):
Abey Campbell
Conor Nash (*)
David Cathcart (*)
David O'Callaghan
Eibhear OhAnluain (*)
Glenn Strong (*)
Harry Tormey (*)
Hugh Gibbons (*)
Malcolm Tyrrell (*)
Mel McWeeney (*)
Sean O'Sullivan
Teresa Hackett (*)
Non-members:
Ryan Meade
1. Opening announcements. The meeting thanked Hugh Gibbons for
assisting in arranging the room and Teresa Hackett for organising
the meeting. The meeting then confirmed that a quorum was present.
2. Apologies for absence were noted from Ciaran O'Riordan and Ben
North
3. The meeting then approved the agenda
4. The voting procedure for the committee election was agreed. It was
noted that a preferendum voting system should be considered for the
next AGM; it was agreed that a simpler system could be used at this
meeting. It was agreed that for the current meeting it would be
sufficient to use a first-past the post system to elect one
committee member, and th to repeat this process with the remaining
candidates until all committee positions were filled.
5. In the absence of the treasurer an interim report on the IFSO
finances was presented by the Secretary. It was agreed by the
meeting that the accounts could not be approved in the present
state, as there were a number of figures that were not
finalised. It was unanimously agreed that the meeting would proceed
on the condition that the final accounts be circulated for approval
within two weeks of this date.
6. The amounts of the subscriptions and the due dates were agreed:
6.1 The subscription shall remain at ¤20 for a year, but quarterly
discounts will be available.
6.2 Memberships shall run from January to December
7. The rules for a quorum at the Annual General Meeting was
discussed at some length. It was decided by a majority
7.1 that the figure for a quorum should remain at 10 members
7.2 that the word "first" be struck from section 2.8 of the
constitution, thus requiring the next AGM to consider the figure
again.
8. The rules for a quorum at the Extraordinary General Meeting was
also discussed. By a majority is was decided
8.1 that the figure for a quorum should be raised to 8 members
8.2 that the word "first" be struck from section 3.1 of the
constitution, thus requiring the next AGM to consider the figure
again.
9. The election for the committee was then held, with each candidate
making a brief statement (nominee Ciaran O'Riordan having provided
a statement to be read to the meeting). The outgoing committee
determined that it would be desirable to enlarge slightly in the
coming year, and therefore were including one additional committee
position for a total of five. The following
members were elected to constitute the committee for 2005:
1. Glenn Strong
2. Teresa Hackett
3. Malcolm Tyrrell
4. Ciaran O'Riordan
5. David Cathcart
10. It was unanimously agreed to pursue affiliation with FSFE
11. There was discussion of the draft workplan for 2005, with
agreement reached as to items to be pursued.
12. AOB
12.1 It was proposed and agreed to thank Black Night Solutions for
their donation of web hosting and domain registration during 2004
13. There being no further business the meeting was closed.
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Further notes
a) A number of outstanding subscriptions were collected
b) Following the meeting the incoming committee met and determined the
internal arrangement of the committee:
Chairman: Glenn Strong
Treasurer: Teresa Hackett
Secretary: David Cathcart
Webmaster: Malcolm Tyrrell
General member: Ciaran O'Riordan
Report on the IFSO 2005 AGM
The IFSO 2005 AGM was held in TCD on the 23rd of March 2005 at 7pm.
Chair: Glenn Strong
(note: In the absence of the chairman the meeting was chaired
by the Secretary)
The meeting opened by polling the members present to determine the
quorum. Since more than 10 IFSO members were present the meeting was
declared to have a quorum.
1. Opening announcements. The meeting thanked Hugh Gibbons for
assisting in arranging the room and Teresa Hackett for organising
the meeting.
2. Apologies for absence were noted from Ciaran O'Riordan and Ben
North
3. The meeting then approved the agenda
4. The voting procedure for the committee election was agreed. It was
noted that a preferendum voting system should be considered for the
next AGM; it was agreed that a simpler system could be used at this
meeting.
5. In the absence of the treasurer an interim report on the IFSO
finances was presented by the Secretary. It was agreed by the
meeting that the accounts could not be approved in the present
state, as there were a number of figured that were not
finalised. It was unanimously agreed that the meeting would proceed
on the condition that the final accounts be circulated and approved
within two weeks of this date.
6. The amounts of the subscriptions and the due dates were agreed:
6.1 The subscription shall remain at ¤20 for a year, but quarterly
discounts will be available.
6.2 Memberships shall run from January to December
7. The rules for a quorum at the Annual General Meeting was
discussed at some length. It was decided by a majority
7.1 that the figure for a quorum should remain at 10 members
7.2 that the word "first" be struck from section 2.8 of the
constitution, thus requiring the next AGM to consider the figure
again.
8. The rules for a quorum at the Extraordinary General Meeting was
also discussed. By a majority is was decided
8.1 that the figure for a quorum should be raised to 8 members
8.2 that the word "first" be struck from section 3.1 of the
constitution, thus requiring the next AGM to consider the figure
again.
9. The election for the committee was then held, with each candidate
making a brief statement (nominee Ciaran O'Riordan having provided
a statement to be read to the meeting), and the following
members were elected to constitute the committee for 2005:
1. Glenn Strong
2. Teresa Hackett
3. Malcolm Tyrrell
4. Ciaran O'Riordan
5. David Cathcart
10. It was unanimously agreed to pursue affiliation with FSFE
11. There was discussion of the draft workplan for 2005, with
agreement reached as to items to be pursued.
12. AOB
12.1 It was proposed and agreed to thank Black Night Solutions for
their donation of web hosting and domain registration during 2004
13. There being no further business the meeting was closed.
----
Further notes
a) A number of outstanding subscriptions were collected
b) Following the meeting the incoming committee met and determined the
internal arrangement of the committee:
Chairman: Glenn Strong
Treasurer: Teresa Hackett
Secretary: David Cathcart
Webmaster: Malcolm Tyrrell
General member: Ciaran O'Riordan
It was further decided that the chairman would also act as the
primary press contact and PRO.
Photographs from the meeting are available:
http://www.cathcart.cx/ifso/ifso-agm-1.jpg
http://www.cathcart.cx/ifso/ifso-agm-2.jpg
http://www.netsoc.ucd.ie/~cathcart/ifso/ifso-agm-merged.JPG
(composite image created from -1 and -2)
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Glenn.Strong/Pictures/agm2004/ (low quality
phonecam images)
David's photos also available here: http://flickr.com/photos/cathcart/7351512/
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Glenn Strong
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