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title: AGM Minutes 2011
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title: AGM Minutes 2012
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date: 2012-01-17
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## Minutes for the Preliminary AGM 2012
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Minutes of the PLUG Annual General Meeting 2012
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held on Tuesday, 10th January 2012 from 7pm
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at 'City West Lottery House', 2 Delhi Street, West Perth
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Members present:
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Peter Lyons (Secretary)
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Daniel Beard
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Ian Kent
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Jason Nicholls
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Nick Bannon
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Craig Inches
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James Bromberger (Chair)
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Euan de Kock
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Harry NcNally
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Margaret Wood
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Alastair Irvine
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David Prince
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Members attending via proxy:
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Lance Duivenbode
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Luke John
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Tim White
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Meeting opened Tuesday January 10th 2012 at 7:09pm by James Bromberger
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It was noted that quorum had not been achieved, so that the special
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measures noted in the constitution would apply and a meeting would take
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place in one weeks time on Tuesday 17th January 2012 from 7pm at the same
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location.
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The meeting continued on an informal basis.
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1. President's Welcome
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2. Apologies: Luke Johns, Daniel Harmsworth
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3. Minutes from 2011 AGM
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Motion: That the minutes be accepted
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Moved: Ian Kent; Seconded: Nick Bannon; Passed without dissent.
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4. Matters arising
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None
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5. President's Report
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James presented his report using a series of 10 slides.
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6. Treasurer's Report
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Jason reported that the club was financially healthy.
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At end of 2011: funds were $3550, plus a number of assets for the AV project.
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Revenue for 2011 was $2247 split between memberships, quiz night,
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the Rusty talk, donations and PLUG shirts.
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Expenses for 2011 was $3154 split between events, equipment (mostly
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for the AV project) and PLUG shirts.
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Total outgoings of $906, but discounting AV kit, PLUG is ahead $400.
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Bank balance today is $3299.11, Cash Box balance is $100 for a total
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of $3399.11
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7. Elections
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Motion: That Jason Nicholls be appointed Returning Officer
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Moved: Peter Lyons; Seconded: Alastair Irvine; Passed without dissent.
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Election of Chairperson
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Nominations: James Bromberger, Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon withdrew; James Bromberger elected unopposed
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Election of Vice-Chairperson
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Nominations: Euan de Kock, Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon withdrew; Euan de Kock elected unopposed
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Election of Treasurer
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Nominations: Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon elected unopposed
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Election of Secretary
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Nominations: Nick Bannon, Peter Lyons
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Nick Bannon withdrew; Peter Lyons elected unopposed
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Election of OCMs
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Nominations: Craig Inches, Luke John
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Nominations from the floor: Ian Kent, Alastair Irvine
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Ian Kent withdrew;
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Craig Inches, Luke John and Alastair Irvine elected unopposed.
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There was some discussion of possible methods of OCM election,
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leaning towards a "n-1" approval voting system before Jason Nicholls
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returned the chairing of the meeting to James Bromberger.
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8. Constitution
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Motion on notice: That the club adopth the new Rules of Association.
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Moved: Jason Nicholls; Seconded: Alastair Irvine;
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Passed with all members present voting for, and all proxies abstaining
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9. General Business
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Alastair Irvine "ranted" enthusiastically about venues, the need for
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fun in Linux, Debian as an easy entry to Linux, proposed a continuing
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series of talks eg: Packaging System building up to making own packages.
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Ian Kent suggested that such talks could serve as the basis of a PLUG
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hosted handbook.
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Alastair Irvine also noted proliferation of Window managers in Linux
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and possibility of talks on them. James Bromberger suggested a workshop.
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Jason Nicholls suggested a demo night might be a possibile workshop theme.
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Margaret Wood asked which committee members were able to sign for PO Box
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items.
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10. Conclusion
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James Bromberger noted that the next Committee meeting would be via
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IRC/Mumber from 7:30pm on Monday 23rd January 2012.
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Meeting closed at 8:37pm.
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## Minutes for the reconvened PLUG AGM 2012
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Minutes of the PLUG reconvened Annual General Meeting 2012
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held on Tuesday, 17th January 2012 from 7pm
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at 'City West Lottery House', 2 Delhi Street, West Perth
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Members present:
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Alastair Irvine
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Peter Lyons (Secretary)
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Nick Bannon (Chair)
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Meeting opened at 7:30pm by Nick Bannon
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1. Chair's Welcome
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Nick Bannon stated that the intention of the meeting would be to
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ratify the results of last weeks attempted AGM.
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3. Minutes from 2011 AGM
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Motion: That the minutes be accepted
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Moved: Peter Lyons; Seconded: Alastair Irvine; Passed unanimously.
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7. Elections
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Nick Bannon called for the meeting to proceed to the election of the' committee.
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Peter Lyons reported that no position had more nominees that required,
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so the meeting proceeded immediately to the election results.
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Election of Chairperson
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Nominations: James Bromberger, Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon had withdrawn; James Bromberger elected unopposed
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Election of Vice-Chairperson
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Nominations: Euan de Kock, Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon had withdrawn; Euan de Kock elected unopposed
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Election of Treasurer
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Nominations: Nick Bannon
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Nick Bannon elected unopposed
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Election of Secretary
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Nominations: Nick Bannon, Peter Lyons
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Nick Bannon had withdrawn; Peter Lyons elected unopposed
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Election of OCMs
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Nominations: Craig Inches, Luke John
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Nominations from the floor: Alastair Irvine
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Craig Inches, Luke John and Alastair Irvine elected unopposed.
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Alastair Irvine and Nick Bannon expressed interest in increasing the
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number of OCMs in the future (with alterations in quorum to ensure
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Executive presence).
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8. Constitution
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Motion on notice: That the club adopt the new Rules of Association.
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Moved: Peter Lyons Nicholls; Seconded: Alastair Irvine;
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Passed with all members present voting in the affirmative.
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9. General Business
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Motion: To confirm that the annual membership fee be set to $20.00
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Moved: Peter Lyons; Seconded: Alastair Irvine; Passed without dissent.
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Meeting closed at 7:45pm.
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## Minutes for the PLUG AGM 2013
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Minutes of the PLUG Annual General Meeting 2013
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held on Tuesday, 8th January 2013 from 7pm
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at 'SpaceCubed', Ground Floor, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth
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Members present:
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Peter Lyons (Minute Taker)
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Nick Bannon
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James Bromberger (Chair)
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Joe Aquilina
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James Henstridge
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Luke Woollard
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Leon Wright
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Euan de Kock
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Paul Del Fante
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Jason Nicholls
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Alastair Irvine
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Meeting opened Tuesday January 8th 2013 at 7:16pm by James Bromberger
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1. Welcome
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James talked about the meeting, expressed his appreciation of
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people spending the time to come, however, quorum had not been
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achieved - 25% of 86 is 22, only have about 10.
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Meeting was adjourned until next week (7pm on 15th January at SpaceCubed).
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Those present continued the meeting on an informal basis.
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2. Apologies - None
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3. Previous minutes
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Motion: That the minutes be accepted
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Moved: Nick Bannon; Seconded: Leon Wright; Passed without dissent.
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4. Matters Arising - None
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5. Presidents Report
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James presented a report accompanied by 14 slides.
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6. Treasurers Report
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Nick Bannon reported that we had spent a little in the last year:
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balance of $1961.82 with $91 in cash box; previous balance was $3299.
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Cash is down about $1300, but we have new assets.
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Total outgoing in last year was $9929
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Total incoming in last year was $8570, mostly in form of the AV grant.
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New assets include: 4 laptops, 2 video cameras and assorted AV bits.
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place in one weeks time on Tuesday 17th January 2012 from 7pm at the same
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location.
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The meeting continued on an informal basis.
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1. President's Welcome
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2. Apologies: Luke Johns, Daniel Harmsworth
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3. Minutes from 2011 AGM
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Motion: That the minutes be accepted
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Moved: Ian Kent; Seconded: Nick Bannon; Passed without dissent.
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4. Matters arising
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None
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5. President's Report
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James presented his report using a series of 10 slides.
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6. Treasurer's Report
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Jason reported that the club was financially healthy.
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At end of 2011: funds were $3550, plus a number of assets for the AV project.
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Revenue for 2011 was $2247 split between memberships, quiz night,
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7. Election of Office Bearers
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Motion: That James Bromberger be appointed Returning Officer.
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Moved: Alastair Irvine; Passed without dissent.
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Election of Chairperson
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Nick Bannon withdraws; Euan de Kock elected unopposed.
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Election of Vice-Chairperson
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Luke John withdraws; Nick Bannon elected unopposed
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Election of Treasurer
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Luke John withdraws; Paul Del Fante elected unopposed.
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Election of Secretary
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Luke John withdraws; Peter Lyons elected unopposed.
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Election of Ordinary Committee Members
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Alastair Irvine & Luke John only nominees for 3 positions,
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Jason Nicholls nominates from the floor, no further nominations;
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Alastair Irvine, Luke John & Jason Nicholls elected unopposed.
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8. General Business
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Luke John thanked James Bromberger on behalf of the club.
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9. Date of Next Meeting
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Resumed AGM: 15th January 2013 from 7pm at 'SpaceCubed', 45 St George's Tce, Perth.
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Next Talk: 12th February 2013 from 7pm at 'SpaceCubed', 45 St George's Tce, Perth.
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## Minutes for the reconvened PLUG AGM 2013
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Minutes of the PLUG reconvened Annual General Meeting 2013
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held on Tuesday, 15th January 2013 from 7pm
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at 'SpaceCubed', 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
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Members present:
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Peter Lyons (Minute Taker)
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Nick Bannon
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Luke Woollard
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Euan de Kock
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Alastair Irvine
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Russell Stercke
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Paul Del Fante
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Bret Treasure
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James Bromberger (Chair)
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Meeting opened at 7:31pm by James Bromberger
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James noted that quorum had not been achieved within 30 minutes of the meeting's
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scheduled start time of 7pm, so the Constitution directs that the meeting can
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now proceed as though quorum existed.
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Motion: Ratify the minutes of the last meeting
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Moved: Euan de Kock; Seconded: Paul Del Fante; Passed unamiously.
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Nick Bannon stated that the intention of the meeting would be to
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ratify the results of last weeks attempted AGM.
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Elections
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Peter Lyons reported that no position had more nominees than required,
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as some canditates had withdrawn before this meeting.
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so the meeting proceeded immediately to the election results.
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Election of Chairperson
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Euan de Kock elected unopposed.
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Election of Vice-Chairperson
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Nick Bannon elected unopposed
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Election of Treasurer
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Paul Del Fante elected unopposed.
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Election of Secretary
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Peter Lyons elected unopposed.
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Election of Ordinary Committee Members
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Alastair Irvine & Luke John only nominees for 3 positions,
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Peter Lyons noted that Jason Nicholls had "nominated" during
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the previous informal meeting, and so nominated him for an
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OCM position from the floor, no further nominations;
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Alastair Irvine, Luke John & Jason Nicholls elected unopposed.
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Alastair Irvine and Nick Bannon expressed interest in increasing the
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number of OCMs in the future (with alterations in quorum to ensure
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Executive presence).
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Meeting closed at 7:35pm.
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