AGM 2011 - Agenda AND BUSINESS

AGM 2011 Wednesday March 30th, 5:30 p.m – 6:15pm
The Chapel, Westminster Central Hall

Agenda

1. Worship

2. Vice-Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

3. Minutes, matters arising, apologies, deaths of significant members

4. Vice-Chair’s Report

5. Director’s Report

6. Treasurer’s Report

7. Questions to Officers

8. Motion – with regard to Term lengths of CSM Executive

9. Any Other Business (prior notice to Chair]

At the close of the meeting refreshments will be served across the foyer. Please stay for these and for the Tawney Dialogue which will commence at 6.45pm.

Motion(s) to be put - item 8

1. Motion to amend the terms of office of Executive Committee members and Officers from five years to four years.

This Annual General Meeting agrees to amend section 9 of the CSM Constitution as shown in Annex A to this motion so that the term of office of Officers and Members of the Executive Committee is amended from the current five years to four years with immediate effect, subject to the following:

(i) The posts due to be open for election in 2012 according to the provisions of section 9(c) shall be open for election in 2012 not 2011.

(ii) Officers and members of the Executive Committee elected in 2010, and those who will be elected in 2012 will serve four year terms, and

(iii) Any vacant Officer or Executive Committee post filled through either a by-election or co-option, as the case may be, on any date after this amendment comes into effect will be open for election according to the election cycle currently described in section 9 of the CSM Constitution and not four years after the date of election or co-option.

Annex A – Section 9
Terms of office of Officers and the Executive

9(a) Officers and other members of the Executive Committee shall be elected for five four year periods of office as follows-

(i) The Chair, Treasurer, one Vice Chair, three of the national EC members and the National Regional Representatives for East Midlands, Eastern, Greater London, North and Scotland Regions be elected in a ‘first election cycle’
(ii) The Secretary, Publications Officer, a second Vice Chair, two of the national EC members and the National Regional Representatives for the North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber Regions be elected in a ‘second election cycle’

b) In the event of the death or resignation of a member of the Executive Committee, the officers shall have the power to decide on a selection process for his/her successor.

Transitional Provisions from 2007

(c) In the elections to be held in 2007 the transitional provisions for achieving the arrangements for Executive Committee elections set out in 9(a) above shall be as follows-

i. The positions of Chair, Treasurer, and one Vice Chair be open for election again in 2012 and at five four year intervals thereafter;

ii. The positions of Secretary, one Vice Chair and Publications Officer be open for election again in 2010 and at five four year intervals thereafter;

iii. The five national EC posts be open for election again, for the 3 successful candidates polling first, second and third in 2007, in 2012, and for the 2 successful candidate polling fourth and fifth in 2007, in 2010 and at four year intervals thereafter;

iv. The National Regional Representative posts for the East Midlands, Eastern, Greater London, North and Scotland regions be open for election again in 2012, and for the North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions in 2010 and at four year intervals thereafter;

Proposed by Alun Michael, CSM Chair
Seconded by David Canning, CSM Secretary

David Canning, Secretary, 14/03/2011