AGM 2005

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)

Members Present:

Non-members:

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:

7. The rules for a quorum at the Annual General Meeting was discussed at some length. It was decided by a majority

8. The rules for a quorum at the Extraordinary General Meeting was also discussed. By a majority is was decided

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

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:

(notes taken by GlennStrong)

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