Annual General Meeting 2000

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Held at La Trobe University
Wednesday, 16th August, 2000, commencing at 5.00pm

1. Present

John Traeger, Margaret Sheil, Richard O'Hair, Veronica Borrett, Jeff Rowe, George Khairallah, Peter Cullis, Greg Neumann, Stuart Thomson, Colin Allison, Don Phillips, Leann Tilley, Belinda Parker, Suzi Cutts, Lonnie Swift, Nick Klonis, Martha Kalkanidis, Vicki Papalexis, Tom Waters, Ana Vrkic, Terry Cardwell, Spas Kolev, Robert Brownlee, Gideon Polya, Tony Rajic, Gert Talbo, Zoe Harvey, David McFadyen, Bob Mathews


2. Apologies

Roger Summons, Noel Davies, John MacLeod, Jim Morrison and Sally Duck


3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held at La Trobe University, Friday, 9th July, 1999 have been circulated. J. Traeger/P. Cullis moved that the minutes be accepted as a true and correct record of the meeting.


4. Business Arising from the Previous Meeting

Nil


5. Society Reports
1. President's Report
   
   The President's Report was tabled. The meeting indicated that the Society should continue its priority to financially support student participation at both national and international mass spectrometry conferences.
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report
   
   Veronica Borrett presented the Treasurer's Report. J. Traeger/R. O'Hair moved that the report be accepted.
   
   
3. ANZSMS18 Report
   
   John Traeger presented a brief report on behalf of the Conference Convenor (John Bartley). The registration fees have been set at $450 and $195 (concession), which include all lunches and the Conference dinner. The large increase over past registrations is due in part to the additional costs associated with using a professional conference organiser and the inability of the Society to claim any credits for GST on payments. At this stage the proposed budget forecasts a net loss of approximately $7000.


6. Election of Central Committee

The following nominations were received:

John Traeger	President	(R. O'Hair/P. Cullis)
Margaret Sheil	Vice-President	(J. Traeger/G. Khairallah)
Richard O'Hair	Secretary	(J. Traeger/M. Sheil)
Veronica Borrett	Treasurer	(J. Traeger/R. O'Hair)
Michael Guilhaus	Committee Member	(J. Traeger/R. O'Hair)
Noel Davies	Committee Member	(J. Traeger/R. O'Hair)
Paul Greenwood	Committee Member	(R. Summons/M. Sheil)
Gary Willett	Committee Member	(R. Zhang/J. Brophy)


It was necessary to conduct an election to elect three committee members from the four nominations. The result of this was that Michael Guilhaus, Noel Davies and Paul Greenwood were elected to the committee. All other committee positions were filled without the need for an election.

Paul Greenwood was appointed as the Public Officer. The retiring Public Officer, Roger Summons, was thanked for his efforts in fulfilling this role over a period of more than six years.

M. Sheil/R. O'Hair moved that the current list of regional correspondents be reconfirmed.


7. Amendment to the Constitution

John Traeger outlined the reasons for the proposed change to the Constitution (circulated to members on 17th April 2000). J. Traeger/M. Sheil moved that Section 9 of the notice of motion be amended to change the number of members required for a quorum be reduced from 20 to 10. Carried unanimously.


8. Any Other Business

As there was no other business, the meeting closed at 5.30 pm.


Richard O'Hair
Secretary