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Subject: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Notice of upcoming Annual General Meeting - March
31 From: "Grant Parnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, February 20, 2006 20:11
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Firstly this is a long post covering just about everything about the
election. It's also a call for nominations for committee positions.
Please read the text attachment. It will soon be available on the SLUG
website and will be kept up-to-date with the candidate list and other
information as it comes to hand and we (current committee) find time to do
so.
The URL to bookmark will be http://www.slug.org.au/2006/election.html
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Committee election 2006
The election of the 2006 SLUG committee will be held on the 31st of March
2006.
Time: 7:00pm - 08:00
Location: University of Technology Sydney
The agenda for the Annual General Meeting will be:
1. President's report 2005-2006
2. Treasurer's report 2005-2006
3. Election of 2006-2007 SLUG committee
Click [1]HERE for a copy of the constitution.
Memberships Due
$25 per annum, $15 for full-time students, unemployed people and
healthcare card holders with proof.
All current financial memberships of SLUG expire before the AGM. If you
want to participate in the election, you will need to pay for 2006-2007
SLUG membership either before or at the AGM. This includes the normal
February meeting on Friday 24th.
Membership can be paid for in person to the treasurer, Ken Wilson, or by
cheque to the postal address listed [2]HERE. If paying by cheque, please
clearly note that your cheque is for 2006-2007 SLUG membership, and
provide us with your full name, postal address and email address.
It is your responsibility as a member to keep us updated with a current
email address and a postal address in order to be notified of special
meetings such as the AGM.
Voting at the AGM in person
Only current 2006-2007 members may vote at the AGM or by proxy. This year
the returning officer will be Grant Parnell who will conduct the voting
portion of the meeting in accordance with the consitution. The public may
attend but not vote. To cast your vote we will require you to hold up your
membership card or whoever you are acting on behalf of. You may only vote
once for President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. For the 3
ordinary positions we will call for votes for each nominee in turn. You
may vote for up to any 3 of the nominees and the 3 with the most votes
will become part of the committee.
Proxies
If you want to vote or stand but can't be there, please let
[EMAIL PROTECTED] know the name of a proxy. If you can't organise a
proxy, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and one of the current committee members
will hold your proxy vote.
If you're a candidate and can't be there, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
one of the current committee members will make a statement for you.
Nominating
To nominate yourself or someone else, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Candidates can also make a 300 word (strict limit) statement about
themselves. The email subject must have the word Nomination in it to be
officially recognised as a nomination.
All nominations must be seconded to be valid. The candidate, the nominator
and the seconder must all be 2005-2006 financial members.
General committee responsibilities
Committee members are expected to be active in either endorsing or
organising SLUG events or organising behind-the-scenes stuff (money,
venues, delegation, volunteer herding) for SLUG. They should be prepared
to attend most monthly meetings and some SLUG events.
Committee members are also expected to attend monthly meetings of the
committee, lasting around one to two hours and be familiar with the issues
to be decided at the meetings.
Committee members must join the [3]activities and [4]committee lists and
keep reasonably up-to-date with them.
Since SLUG is an incorporated association, office bearers must be 18 years
of age or older at the time of their election. If you're under 18 and want
to be part of the committee you can nominate or be nominated for ordinary
committee member positions.
Committee positions
President
The president usually chairs the committee meetings and takes
ultimate responsibility for keeping SLUG sailing along. The
president also normally is the "face of SLUG", representing SLUG
to the press and to other groups. The president gives a yearly
report to the membership.
Vice-president
The VP assists the president, assuming the president's role where
necessary.
Secretary
The secretary handles the bulk of SLUG's correspondance. The
secretary takes minutes at the monthly committee meetings and
makes them available to the SLUG membership.
Treasurer
The treasurer handles the SLUG accounts, and is reponsible for
balancing the books, recording all income and expenditure. The
treasurer gives a yearly report to the membership.
Ordinary committee member (3 positions)
The ordinary committee members make up the remainder of the
committee. They contribute ideas and keep the rest in check when
it comes to decision making.
In addition to the executive's tasks listed above, the committee and
others: orgainise monthly meetings; organise SLUG events; maintain the
SLUG website; and administer the SLUG mailing lists. These activities are
co-ordinated on the open [5]activities list and interested people are
always welcome.
Outgoing committee
The 2005-2006 committee were:
President
Grant Parnell
Vice-president
Matthew Moor
Secretary
Telford Tendys
Treasurer
Ken Wilson
Ordinary committee members
Robert Collins
Chris Deigan
Lindsay Holmwood
Honourary member
none
Grant Parnell, 2005-2006 President.Committee election 2006
The election of the 2006 SLUG committee will be held on the 31st of March
2006.
Time: 7:00pm - 08:00
Location: University of Technology Sydney
The agenda for the Annual General Meeting will be:
1. President's report 2005-2006
2. Treasurer's report 2005-2006
3. Election of 2006-2007 SLUG committee
Click [1]HERE for a copy of the constitution.
Memberships Due
$25 per annum, $15 for full-time students, unemployed people and
healthcare card holders with proof.
All current financial memberships of SLUG expire before the AGM. If you
want to participate in the election, you will need to pay for 2006-2007
SLUG membership either before or at the AGM. This includes the normal
February meeting on Friday 24th.
Membership can be paid for in person to the treasurer, Ken Wilson, or by
cheque to the postal address listed [2]HERE. If paying by cheque, please
clearly note that your cheque is for 2006-2007 SLUG membership, and
provide us with your full name, postal address and email address.
It is your responsibility as a member to keep us updated with a current
email address and a postal address in order to be notified of special
meetings such as the AGM.
Voting at the AGM in person
Only current 2006-2007 members may vote at the AGM or by proxy. This year
the returning officer will be Grant Parnell who will conduct the voting
portion of the meeting in accordance with the consitution. The public may
attend but not vote. To cast your vote we will require you to hold up your
membership card or whoever you are acting on behalf of. You may only vote
once for President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. For the 3
ordinary positions we will call for votes for each nominee in turn. You
may vote for up to any 3 of the nominees and the 3 with the most votes
will become part of the committee.
Proxies
If you want to vote or stand but can't be there, please let
[EMAIL PROTECTED] know the name of a proxy. If you can't organise a
proxy, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and one of the current committee members
will hold your proxy vote.
If you're a candidate and can't be there, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
one of the current committee members will make a statement for you.
Nominating
To nominate yourself or someone else, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Candidates can also make a 300 word (strict limit) statement about
themselves. The email subject must have the word Nomination in it to be
officially recognised as a nomination.
All nominations must be seconded to be valid. The candidate, the nominator
and the seconder must all be 2005-2006 financial members.
General committee responsibilities
Committee members are expected to be active in either endorsing or
organising SLUG events or organising behind-the-scenes stuff (money,
venues, delegation, volunteer herding) for SLUG. They should be prepared
to attend most monthly meetings and some SLUG events.
Committee members are also expected to attend monthly meetings of the
committee, lasting around one to two hours and be familiar with the issues
to be decided at the meetings.
Committee members must join the [3]activities and [4]committee lists and
keep reasonably up-to-date with them.
Since SLUG is an incorporated association, office bearers must be 18 years
of age or older at the time of their election. If you're under 18 and want
to be part of the committee you can nominate or be nominated for ordinary
committee member positions.
Committee positions
President
The president usually chairs the committee meetings and takes
ultimate responsibility for keeping SLUG sailing along. The
president also normally is the "face of SLUG", representing SLUG
to the press and to other groups. The president gives a yearly
report to the membership.
Vice-president
The VP assists the president, assuming the president's role where
necessary.
Secretary
The secretary handles the bulk of SLUG's correspondance. The
secretary takes minutes at the monthly committee meetings and
makes them available to the SLUG membership.
Treasurer
The treasurer handles the SLUG accounts, and is reponsible for
balancing the books, recording all income and expenditure. The
treasurer gives a yearly report to the membership.
Ordinary committee member (3 positions)
The ordinary committee members make up the remainder of the
committee. They contribute ideas and keep the rest in check when
it comes to decision making.
In addition to the executive's tasks listed above, the committee and
others: orgainise monthly meetings; organise SLUG events; maintain the
SLUG website; and administer the SLUG mailing lists. These activities are
co-ordinated on the open [5]activities list and interested people are
always welcome.
Outgoing committee
The 2005-2006 committee were:
President
Grant Parnell
Vice-president
Matthew Moor
Secretary
Telford Tendys
Treasurer
Ken Wilson
Ordinary committee members
Robert Collins
Chris Deigan
Lindsay Holmwood
Honourary member
none
Grant Parnell, 2005-2006 President.--
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