On 22 Mar 2011, at 14:59, Rich Mellor wrote: > On 22/03/2011 14:51, gdgqler wrote: >> On 22 Mar 2011, at 13:04, Rich Mellor wrote: >> >>> There is more of an issue here - as one of the resolutions will be to >>> approve the accounts, the balance sheet HAS to be circulated to members >>> before the AGM - it will need to be posted unfortunately, to those members >>> who normally receive a postal copy of the magazine - otherwise their proxy >>> votes could not count on approval of the accounts, as they will have voted >>> to approve something they have not seen. >> I agree. But there is something else as well. >> >> The proxy form, which I will have to use because I can't attend the meeting >> unfortunately, has no boxes for votes against electing the Committee >> members. Is this deliberate? Luckily there are boxes for votes FOR. >> >> More alarmingly, there are no boxes at all for Resolutions 6 and 7. As for >> resolution 6 how can one decide whether to vote for or against if there is >> no amount set for the new Subscription Rate? >> >> I would hope that at least the suggested new rate could be e-mailed to all >> of us on this list. If is the rate suggested by the Treasurer then it is in >> the magazine. If not, what is it? >> >> George >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> > I can't comment, as I have not yet received a copy of the Quanta magazine / > proxy form, to know what the wording is for resolutions 6 and 7. > > There does not have to be a need to vote against a committee member's > election - you don't get the chance in a local / national election after all > !! > > You just vote for the people you want on the committee, and if there are 10 > nominees and 5 places, then the 5 with the most votes get the places... >
I am looking at the Proxy Form for AstraZeneca PLC.This has, as resolution 5, the election or re-election of 11 directors for which there are 11 places. There are three boxes for each candidate. The first is labelled For, the second Against and the third Vote Withheld. The same should hold for QUANTA! The whole point about elections is that the members can express their opinion. In extreme cases it can happen that a candidate is not elected because there are more votes Against than For. After all that is what democracy is supposed to be about. George George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
