Annual General Meeting 1996

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Held at University of New South Wales
Wednesday 12th June 1996, commencing 5.13 pm

1. Present

M. Guilhaus (Vice-President and Chair), R. Summons (Public Officer), R. Lidgard (Treasurer), K. Fisher, F. Hopwood, G. Willett, J. Brophy, D. Nelson, A. Duffield, G. Trout, D. Selby, G. Wyllie, G. Smythe, K. Shaw (minutes), D. Jardine, I. Gregor, I. Fraser, G. Stutchbury, A. Weimann, J. Pugh


2. Apologies

J. MacLeod (President), M. Sheil (Secretary), J. Traeger, N. Davies, M. Duncan, A. Pollnitz, D. McNaughton


3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The minutes of the previous General Meeting, held at The University of New South Wales, Thursday 28th September 1995 at 3.20 pm have been circulated. K.Shaw/G.Smythe moved that the minutes be accepted as a true and correct record of the meeting.


4. President's Report

The President's Report was read by the Vice-President.

D. Jardine questioned who was the copyright holder of the Society's WWW site, La Trobe University or ANZSMS? The Vice-President expressed the view that, since most of the information on the WWW site was publicity material, copyright was not likely to be a problem. However, the position will be clarified.

G. Willett asked how much was to be available for travel grants to ANZSMS-16 and the International Conference. The Vice-President said that this will be finalised soon.

The Central Committee will also need to discuss the problem of members who do not have access to the WWW, although it was noted that almost all members present at the meeting had access to WWW.


5. Treasurer's Report

The treasurer (R. Lidgard) presented a financial report to the meeting:



ANZSMS INC. FINANCIAL REPORT JUNE 1996
TERM DEPOSITS
WESTPAC (ACT) - matures 22/4/97, 7.25% Interest	$35,003.92
STATE (UNSW) - matures 7/5/97, 7.20% Interest	$15,000.00
BANK STATEMENT - 24/5/96 less Cheque $297.00 unpresented	$12,184.06
HOBART ANZSMS-16	$5,000.00
ANZSMS INC. POST CONFERENCE EXPENSES
Peter Roepstorff (UOW & UNSW)	-$439.55
Graham Cooks (to 12/6/96)	-$3,531.03
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	$63,217.40
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The ANZSMS Conference Account is to become henceforth the account of the ANZSMS Central Committee.

This financial report was received by the meeting. I.Gregor/K.Fisher moved that the report be adopted.


6. Motion to Change the Society's Rules

"That the proposed changes to the Rules of the ANZSMS, as presented to the General Meeting of the Society on 28 September 1995 and as have been listed on the Society's World Wide Web site for at least three months, be agreed to by the members at this Annual General Meeting and submitted to the Australian Capital Territory Executive for approval."

This motion was approved by the meeting (K.Shaw/R.Lidgard).


7. Election of Central Committee

The following written nominations were received prior to the meeting.

R.Summons/C.Braybrook nominated John MacLeod for President
J.Brophy/D.Selby nominated Michael Guilhaus for Vice-President
J.Boschenok/K.Bennett nominated Margaret Sheil for Secretary
A.D'Agostino/B.Mulroney nominated John Traeger for the Committee
J.MacLeod/C.Braybrook nominated Roger Summons for the Committee
M.Guilhaus/R.Lidgard nominated Kevin Shaw for the Committee

In the absence of a written nomination for Treasurer, Ray Lidgard was nominated (J.Brophy/D.Nelson) and accepted the nomination on the condition that a replacement Treasurer be sought.

There being no further nominations all of the above were elected unopposed (I.Gregor/I.Fraser).

The Convenor of ANZSMS-16, Noel Davies is an-ex-officio member of the Central Committee.


8. Regional Correspondents

The list of regional correspondents was confirmed and is unchanged from 1995/6.


9. ANZSMS-16

The first circular of the ANZSMS-16 Conference was tabled. The Vice-President read from a further report from N. Davies, the conference convenor.


10. Future Conferences

ANZSMS-17 is to be organised jointly by J. MacLeod and M. Sheil. One venue being considered is the "Station Resort" in the Snowy Mountains in February 1999. Ideas for other suitable venues in regional NSW are welcome. Please forward any suggestions to Margaret Sheil.

ANZSMS-18 could probably be made to coincide with the Olympic Games in Sydney in August/September of 2000. The desirability of this will be investigated.


11. Other Business

Graham McFarlane has presented an audited financial statement from the Queensland Local Branch.


There being no further business the meeting closed at 5.48 pm.


Margaret Sheil
Secretary