2. Annual General Meeting
About this page
Take notice that the Annual General Meeting of Bicycling Western Australia (Inc) will be held at 65 Hay Street, Subiaco at 6.00pm on Monday 4 April 2011.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
If there are any notices of motion requiring an amendment or alteration to the Constitution, notice to that effect must be provided by no later than the close of business on Monday 21 March 2011.
Any other item of general business not requiring an alteration to the Constitution must be provided by no later than the close of business on Monday 28 March 2011.
The business of the meeting will include
a) the election of three members of the Management Committee; and
b) consideration of the following motions namely:
i) The name of the Association changed from 'Cyclo Sportif Club of
Australia (Inc).' to 'Bicycling Western Australia (Inc)', subject to the
provisions of section 18 of the Associations Incorporation Act 1987.
ii) The Constitution be amended as follows:
A) Clause 1 to be deleted and replaced with the following:
"1. Name
The name of the Club is "Bicycling Western Australia Inc",
referred to in this Constitution as "the Club"."
B) Clause 10(c) be deleted and replaced with the following:
"(c) No person will be eligible to be a member of the Management
Committee for more than four consecutive terms."
C) Clause 13(b)(iii) of the Constitution be deleted and replaced with
the following:
"(iii) A General Meeting may be called by resolution of the
Management Committee or upon a requisition by not less
than a number of members equal to five percent (5%) of
the members of the Club at that time. A requisition by
members shall be in writing and provided to the Secretary".
These motions are proposed by the Management Committee.
For the purposes of clarification:
a) existing clause 10(c) provides:
"No person will be eligible to be a member of the Management
Committee for more than three consecutive terms", and
b) existing clause 13(b)(iii) provides:
"A General Meeting may be called by resolution of the
Management Committee or upon a requisition by not less
than ten (10) members. A requisition by members shall
be in writing and provided to the Secretary".
Any person wishing to nominate for election to the Management Committee is requested to do so in writing addressed to:
The Secretary
Cyclo Sportif Club of Australia (Inc)
65 Hay Street
SUBIACO WA 6008
by no later than Monday 21 March 2011.
An agenda, including an notices of motion for a special resolution and other general business, will be circulated prior to the meeting.
The provision of this notice is in accordance with the requirements of clause 13(a)(ii) of the Constitution.
Proxy votes may be utilised for the purposes of the meeting. All voting at a meeting is to be in person or by proxy provided that a proxy must be evidenced in writing and received by the Secretary prior to the time set for commencement of the meeting.
A proxy should indicate:
(a) The name of the member giving the proxy and be signed by him
or her
(b) The name of the proxy holder (who must be a member). If no
proxy holder is nominated, the proxy will be held by the chair
and exercised by the Chair of the meeting
(c) How the proxy is to be exercised in relation to any business
before the meeting. If no indication is made on the face of the
proxy as to the way in which the proxy is to be exercised, the
holder of the proxy may exercise the proxy in the proxy holder’s
absolute discretion.
Michael Hardy
Secretary
23 February 2011