2009 A.G.M.

Minutes of UWA Aikido Club General Meeting
Written by: Karel Osten
Time: 8:02pm-8:25pm, Monday 30/03/09
Location: Claremont Dojo.

1. Attendance/Apologies
In attendance:
Brett Nener, Dave Birch, Ray Wyatt, Karel Osten, Ben Davis, Nicolas Nagloo, Alexander Mathews, Michael Ransom, Christian Hong, Bernard Lin Zhiyang, Daniel Li, Sumin Lee, Xia Li.

Apologies:
Paul Hodkiewicz, Liam Reid, Giles Sadler, Greg Wheatley,  Arthur Simanjuntak.

2. Previous minutes.
The minutes for the meeting held on 30/10/06 were previously circulated by e-mail.
There were no objections and the minutes were approved.

3. Committee Election
The following were nominated to the new committee and elected unopposed:

President – Ray Wyatt
Vice Presidents – Nicolas Nagloo, Xia Li.
Treasurer – Paul Hodkiewicz
Secretary – Karel Osten

Committee Members
Alexander Mathews, Michael Ransom, Christian Hong.

4. Treasurer’s/President’s Report

In the Treasurer’s absence the past President briefly addressed the meeting.  He explained that he had become President (from Vice President) with the departure of the previous President for Tasmania where the previous Secretary is also currently located. He then said that the Club had been functioning well; it was gratifying to have new members and particularly that UWA students were training and had attended the AGM; we have social activities as well as training and Sensei Brett Nener would speak on those during General Business;  while not rich the club had funds in the bank and is solvent.

It was proposed that the new Vice Presidents, Nicolas Nagloo and Xia Li, be added as signatories to the UWA Aikido bank account and that Bart McGann and Liam Reid be removed.
The motion was passed unopposed.

It was noted that only 2 signatures are required on cheques but that several signatories need to be recorded because of travel and other commitments affecting availability to sign.

As the Treasurer was unable to attend the AGM the comments below were received after the meeting and have been included for the record.

We need an update on the signatories/bank accounts since the last AGM.

As the other signatories to the bank account are unknown it was proposed that all other signatories be removed and be replaced by the other committee members, namely Liam Reid, Ray Wyatt and Bart McGann.
The motion was passed unopposed.

It was proposed that signatures from two of the signatories be required for signing cheques.
The motion was passed unopposed.

It was proposed that the new treasurer Paul Hodkiewicz be given the sole rights for electronic banking.
The motion was passed unopposed.

5. General Business.

5.1 Gradings
Brett confirmed that kyu gradings will take place on a Monday evening in one month’s time.

5.2 Social Calender
After training events will continue to be held either at the dojo or at a local restaurant on the first Monday of each month.

5.3 Sensei Fujimori Visit
Currently planned for February 2010.

5.4 Club T Shirt
To be discussed at next week’s after training dinner.

6. Next Annual General Meeting
The next Annual General Meeting will be held in a year.

7. Close
The meeting was closed at 8:25pm