Extraordinary General Meeting and Annual General Meeting
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society of Dairy Technology will be held in the Boden Suite, Members Pavillion, Staffordshire County Showground, on 20th October 2021 at 15:00hrs.
AGENDA
- Proposal for an amendment to the Articles of Association, clause 8 relating to a reduction in the required quorum for General Meetings:
Current wording:
‘No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present. Ten persons entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, each being a member of a duly authorised representative of a member organisation or one tenth of the total number of such persons for the time being, whichever is the greater, shall constitute a quorum.’
Proposed change in wording:
‘No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present. Ten persons entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, each being a member of a duly authorised representative of a member organisation or one twentieth (5%) of the total number of such persons for the time being, whichever is the greater, shall constitute a quorum.’
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 78th Annual General Meeting of the Society of Dairy Technology will be held on 20th October 2021 at 3:05 pm, immediately following the Extraordinary General Meeting to transact the following business:
AGENDA
- Apologies
- To confirm the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 4th November 2020
- To confirm the Minutes of the Extrordinary General Meeting held on 20th October 2021
- Matters Arising not covered by the Agenda
- Confirmation of Officers and Council Members for 2020/2
- To receive President’s Report to Members for 2020/21
- To receive the Honorary Treasurer’s Report and approve the Annual Accounts of the Society for 2020/21
- To receive the Publications Committee report for 2020/21
- To appoint an Auditor
- Any Other Business