AGM and Survival
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:10 am
With the current situation over this virus and the imposed draconian restrictions, plus the mess the IAC has got itself into by not bringing younger people forward, the Institute now faces existential threats.
The 'Annual General Meeting' is a few days away, and it is intended to be held via 'Zoom Meetings', which theoretically could now include the entire membership, yet no details of this have been provided.
No change in the Council is scheduled, just re-election of existing members with no new people invited in.
But many "Changes" have been proposed on this forum regarding our survivability -- should not the AGM be the time when all these issues are openly discussed by the membership, and votes taken on the course of action?
Should not new and younger people also be invited to serve on the Council, and where accepted, voted in at the AGM?
There are elderly members of the Council who despite many years of good service to the IAC, are now no longer in strong health, yet they are not standing down... I ask them to please make space for younger people, and also help guide their successors into the role of serving the IAC for its future.
It is clear that the necessary agenda required to be discussed and voted on, plus an explanation of how to use the Zoom technology for this General Meeting is not yet set up. Many members have older computers and phones, so the chosen technology needs to work for all of us.
So I propose that at this forthcoming AGM, a decision is taken to hold a further 'Extraordinary General Meeting' as soon as the above full agenda can be arranged, and an explanation of using "Zoom meetings" posted out to the entire membership.
JMB
The 'Annual General Meeting' is a few days away, and it is intended to be held via 'Zoom Meetings', which theoretically could now include the entire membership, yet no details of this have been provided.
No change in the Council is scheduled, just re-election of existing members with no new people invited in.
But many "Changes" have been proposed on this forum regarding our survivability -- should not the AGM be the time when all these issues are openly discussed by the membership, and votes taken on the course of action?
Should not new and younger people also be invited to serve on the Council, and where accepted, voted in at the AGM?
There are elderly members of the Council who despite many years of good service to the IAC, are now no longer in strong health, yet they are not standing down... I ask them to please make space for younger people, and also help guide their successors into the role of serving the IAC for its future.
It is clear that the necessary agenda required to be discussed and voted on, plus an explanation of how to use the Zoom technology for this General Meeting is not yet set up. Many members have older computers and phones, so the chosen technology needs to work for all of us.
So I propose that at this forthcoming AGM, a decision is taken to hold a further 'Extraordinary General Meeting' as soon as the above full agenda can be arranged, and an explanation of using "Zoom meetings" posted out to the entire membership.
JMB