[H-GEN] Humbug 2012 AGM Agenda

[Russell Stuart]

This is a reminder Humbug's 2012 AGM will be held at the next Humbug
meeting, which is Saturday week, the 1st of September.  It will commence
at 5 PM, nominally room 207 of the Zelman Cowen, building 51.

I encourage you to participate at the AGM.  If you can't attend in
person please lodge a proxy.  It is not difficult to do.  Just send an
email form your usual Humbug email address to admin at lists.humbug.org.au
worded as follows:

  I [your name] wish to nominate [name of person attending the AGM who
  is eligible to vote] as my proxy at the Humbug 2012 AGM.  You may
  contact me on [your phone number] to verify this proxy.

To make it easier you can nominate myself as your proxy.  If you do not
indicate a preference I will use your proxy to vote as follows:

  - To accept the reports from the previous AGM.
  - You will abstain on any executive position I am nominated for.

The agenda will be as follows:

Midnight Deadline for proxies.  No proxies will be accepted after
         midnight 31st August 2012 to make bookkeeping on the day 
         easier.

5:00 PM  Attendance sheet is distributed.  All proxies you hold must
         be noted on the attendance sheet.

5:15 PM  Meeting is opened.

5:16 PM  Reports from the current Executive.  These will be a brief
         summary of events in 2011/2012.

5:30 PM  General Business.

5:40 PM  Other general business.

5:50 PM  Election of new Executive.

6:00 PM  Close.

After the AGM closes the new committee will commence accepting
membership payments for the 2012/2013 year.  This is traditionally the
time most people renew their membership.

Finally, Humbug needs a motivated and energetic Executive.  At the AGM
people who could fill the roles on the Executive are nominated form the
floor, and if there is more than one nominee for any position we vote on
it.  If you are keen to see things change, or have some ideas or just
think it is time for new blood nominate yourself or someone else for a
position on the Executive.  We need you!

Finally, after several years of asking people to nominate for president
and no one doing so, I've decided not to re-nominate this year.
However, if no one has nominated and been seconded when the election for
president is held, I will nominate myself.

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Regards,
Russell Stuart
Humbug President