Annual General Meeting 28 October 2001
Date 28/10/01
Location 92 Rosslyn St West Melbourne
Time 2.05pm EDST
Agenda
Attendance and Apologies
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Presidents Report.
Treasurers Report
Item 1
Appointment of an Auditor
Item 2
Membership Fees
Item 3
States
Item 4
Election of Office Bearers
Item 5
Thank Yous
Minutes
Present: Grant Diffey, Penni Diffey, David Hatton, Kylie Davies , Bill McPherson, Steve Paynter, Robert Mead, Con Validas,Alex Rowsell, David Wood, Rodney Brown
Apologies: Julia Rowsell(obs), Peter Waters, Peter Trout, Micheal Sester, Tony Joblin, Ken Groves, Patricia Fraser
Proxy: Patricia Fraser
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Meeting opened at 2.05pmEDST
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Motion:" That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted."
Moved:Bill McPherson
Seconded:Rodney Brown
CWD
Reports
Presidents Report
It has been a year of
massive change for Computerbank. Having our own premises meant that we
could commit ourselves to several big projects.
Major Events This Year
We were approached by BP
Australia with the offer of half of their roll over of computers and
office equipment plus funding. This enabled us to make the commitment
to leasing commercial premises.
This year we have also run Work For the Dole with a project of 25 participants.
Training and Recipients
It has been disappointing to
see that some recipients attend training but never pick up their
machines ( for a variety of reasons ) and the number who commit to
training but don't attend.
Overall training seems to be going well. Congratulations to our trainers for their efforts.
Major Projects This Year
We have shipped 180 computers
to individuals, 32 Computers to East Timor, including Dili University,
and a network to Pilotlight.
Organisation
Policy preparations seen to be proceeding and National Development is an area where a lot has been happening this year.
Operations
Computerbank's own infrastructure is a bit
of a mess at the moment. While Frank did much of the initial rollout
several things seem to have occured which change the landscape
significantly.
In terms of software,linux, has improved at
asignificant pace in terms of software for general users. Unfortunately
Computerbanks systems haven't reflected this.
After BP's generous
donation we have a large volume of machines that are below
specification or parts which need to be disposed of in a responsible
manner.
Generally Computerbank is a "Work in Progress" and it will be interesting to see what the next year brings.
Grant
Bill Mc thanked Grant for his above normal efforts in the past year.
David H seconded this and a big roung of applause ensued.
Treasurers Report
In the absence of an Auditors Report,
our expenditure for this year was $71 858 and at 30th June 2001 we had
$19,726.65 credit at the bank.
Last years Audit was accepted by DSBCA and this years has been held over.
Motion:"That we accept all Reports."
Moved: Grant Diffey
Seconded: Bill McPherson
CWD
Item 1
Motion:" That Ivar Donaghue be appointed Auditor."
Moved: Grant Diffey
Seconded: Alex Rowsell
CWD
Item 2
Motion: That we increase the full membership
fees to $12.00 per annum plus GST and associate membership to $6.00 per
annum plus GST or pro rata as per our constitution."
An amendment was proposed and had to be voted on first.
Amendment to Previous Motion:" That membership be $20.00 per annum payable in 2 6monthly installments."
Moved: Bill McPherson
Seconded: Robert Mead
For - 1
Against - 10
Abstained - 1
Amendment was defeated
Original Motion is now Motion: That we increase the full membership fees to $12.00 per annum plus GST and associate membership to $6.00 per annum plus GST or pro rata as per our constitution."
Moved: Penni Diffey
Seconded: Robert Mead
For - 11
Against - 1
Abstained - 0
Motion was Carried
It should be noted that the fees were raised mainly to streamline admin.
Item 3
Tony Joblin would like to have his nomination as QLD State Convenor validated by the members of CAI>
David W pointed out that election of State Convenors should be dealt with by the new committee.
Grant
pointed out that " power to act should devolve from the top level
down". His belief is that the States should recommend not elect their
own representitives
Kylie thought that they should have a say in their representation.
Much heated discussion ensued.
David W pointed out that we need to ratify State Convenors and we need to supply them with a Job Description.
Motion:"That the first action of business of the new CAI committee is to address the issue of State Convenors and they must develop a Job Description for State Convenors."
Moved: Grant Diffey
Seconded: David Wood
For - 11
Against - 0
Abstained - 1
Motion was Carried
Item4
All positions were declared vacant, Grant vacated the chair and handed it over to Kylie.
As the nominations = positions there was no need for an election.
Results were:
President - Grant Diffey
Vice President - Steve Williams (pending his written approval)
Secretary - Penni Diffey
Treasurer - David Wood
Ordinary Members - Rodney Brown and David Hatton
Motion: That we appoint Tony Joblin as convenor od Queensland branch of Computerbank Australia Incorporated."
Moved: Kylie Davies
Seconded: Bill McPherson
CWD
Item 5
Motion:" That we thank David totterdell, Trish
Fraser, Jason Ralston, Frank Copeland and Bob Blanchett for all of
their work during the year."
Moved: Penni Diffey
Seconded: Rodney Brown
CWD
Meeting closed at 3.22pm
