World Ostrich Association Newsletter No. 115
October, 2012
Included in this edition:
Future Plans for the World Ostrich Association
Annual General Meeting
Future Plans for the World Ostrich Association
As mentioned last month the 10th Anniversary is an opportunity to review the role of the World Ostrich Association in the changing fortunes of the industry.
The directors have suggested the following changes:
Membership fee :
There will be a one off joining fee of £60 providing valid membership for a minimum of 5 years.
The directors will review the situation in 5 years and make further adjustments dependent on the state of the industry at that time.
All current members will be deemed as having paid their joining fee and retain full membership rights until the association’s anniversary in 2017.
Membership Benefits:
Membership ensures full voting rights for 5 years
Only members may be nominated as a director
Only members may nominate a director
Free Download of Various Information
Web Site:
The web site will be progressively updated
Newsletter:
With the limited activity in the industry today, news is limited. In place of the regular newsletters, articles will be published as appropriate
As now, the most recent will only be available to registered members.
Annual General Meeting
Below is the notice of the AGM with the times and agenda and the voting form. Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 can be viewed on line by clicking the link. If any of you have ideas for the future of the WOA please put them forward for discussion. We can then discuss under Any Other Business. If the discussion appears to be extended, it can be taken to the member’s list over the following week. The following notice is also available on line here.
Annual General Meeting (AGM) Agenda & Membership VOTING Procedures
The following is the meeting agenda for the 10th Annual General meeting of the World Ostrich Association to be held at 33 Eden Grange, Little Corby, Carlisle, England on Monday 15th October at 20.00pm GMT (UK Time). See below for times in other locations. This meeting is to be held on line with full details on how to attend from your own office or home available at: http://www.world-ostrich.org/member/meetinginfo.htm.
Agenda
1. Apologies for Absence
2. The Chairman's Opening address
3. Approval of Minutes 2011 AGM
4. Chairman's report
5. The Financial Statement for the year ended 30th June 2012
6. Election of Directors
7. The Officers for the coming year
8. Any Other Business (please see note below)
Any Other Business
If you have any points that you would like to raise, please put them on the comments form at the end of the voting form.
The chat room environment does not work well for discussions. Therefore the Chairman will announce any requests for items to be included under ‘Any other Business’ with lengthy discussions taken to the Members list and carried out during the week following the meeting.
| DATE |
LOCATION |
TIME |
16th October 2012 |
Sydney (Australia) |
06:00 |
15th October 2012 |
Cairo (Egypt |
21:00 |
15th October 2012 |
London (UK) |
20:00 |
15th October 2012 |
Denver (USA) |
13:00 |
15th October 2012 |
Corresponding UTC (GMT) |
19:00 |
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