| The scrapstore will be open late, there will be a funky free art
workshop (running from 6pm), a free bag of scrap for everyone who comes and food. Please come,
join in the fun and find out how Orinoco has been doing over the last year.
The principal business of the meeting will be to approve the end-of-year
accounts, elect the new management committee and approve a change to the
Orinoco Constitution and objects. Copies of the reports and the proposed
amendment to the constitution can be downloaded using the links below.
You do not have to be a member to attend the meeting but you may not vote
on the business of the meeting. Each individual member or nominated
representative of a member group or institution has one vote at the meeting.
Votes are not transferable. Group members may send up to three
representatives to vote. Institutional members may send up to twenty
representatives. The names of representatives being sent by Group or
Institutional members must be received no later than Tuesday October 2nd.
If you wish to stand for election as a trustee or member of the management
committee you must write to or email Howie Watkins at Orinoco by October
2nd.
Agenda
- Chairman's Welcome and address
- Apologies and Absences
- Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM (held 14/11/06)
- Summary of Annual Report and presentation of accounts
- Motion to approve the Accounts and Trustees Annual Report
- Motion to approve the changes to the constitution and objects of
Orinoco
- Resignation of standing committee and election of new officers
- Date of Next Meeting
Following the AGM there will be a brief meeting of the management committee
where the latest store and financial reports will be presented. All are
welcome to attend this meeting to get a complete picture of the current
state of Orinoco however only members of the management committee may vote
on any decisions that may need to be taken. |