Annual General Meeting 2012
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Cecilian Society will take place on Thursday the 10th of May 2012 in Committee Room 1 of the QMU at 7pm.
We would like to encourage all members to attend as there will be a plethora of information shared as well as the elections for the new committee!
For more information see the following:
- Agenda – AGM 2012
- Minutes of Previous AGMs: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
- AGM Jokes – Items 1, 2 and 3
Talking of which… nominations are now open for all committee positions. In order to run and be elected for committee you must hand a nomination in writing to the secretary (me) by 7pm on the 9th of May. In order to successfully complete a nomination form you must be proposed and seconded by two current members and also sign the form yourself. You should state clearly your own name and also the position you are going for (just to be certain). I shall accept any sort of creative artwork as long as I understand all the information properly… no tampons though (I believe this has been entered before).
There are four Executive positions available; President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. If you wish to run for any of these positions then you may make a speech at the AGM before elections for each respective position takes place. If you are running for a non-exec position you will be running for an Ordinary Committee Position and not a specific job position (social, membership, web etc). These are decided by the exec once the full committee are in place. There are six positions available and it advised to perhaps bring a short manifesto – just some information about yourself and why you think you would be good as an ordinary member. As you won’t be given the opportunity to make a speech it allows the membership to make an informed decision when voting.
After the AGM, the new committee will decide whether to co-opt another two members onto the committee and anyone who is unsuccessful at the AGM will have another chance to be brought onto the committee this way. If anyone wants to know more about this then please get in touch. There is also a trickle down process that can take place if two people run for any exec position. If the unsuccessful candidate would like to be considered for any position that has not yet been voted for then they have the option to ‘trickle down’ meaning that they can be considered by default. All members are entitled to know who is running at anystage so if you have any questions about this or anything about the process then please get in touch with me on 07833253213, ronanradin@hotmail.com, secretary@ceciliansociety.co.uk.
Constitutional Amendments can also be proposed at the AGM and if anyone wishes to propose a change then please hand this to me by 7pm of the 9th of May. It needs to be proposed and seconded by two current members and written out clearly for me to understand.
The current constitution and other useful info can be found here:
- Constitution
- Standing Orders
- Committee Job Descriptions (slightly outdated but still roughly correct)
If you would like anything else added to the agenda for the AGM then please let me know as soon as you can and no later by the 9th of May at 7pm. If anyone has any questions about anything to do with the AGM or Committee Elections etc then please get in touch with myself or anyone else on committee who will be more than happy to help. If you can get in any nominations in sooner rather than later it will mean that I do not have to run about at the dinner dance trying to read drunk people’s writing!
Ronan Radin
Cecilian Secretary
15th April 2012
