Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for CMSA(Inc.) 2002
Held at 27ACCMCC at The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales.
4.00 p.m. (N.S.W. time) on Tuesday 10 December, 2002.
Present:
J. Abel, A. Baliga, L. Batten, F. Bennett, E. Billington, D. Bryant, J. Cain, D. Combe, D. Donovan, P. Jenkins, A. Kelarev, C. Little, J. MacDougall, K. McAvaney, B. McKay, J. Moon, W. Palmer, E. Ruet d'Auteuil, I. Roberts, R. Stanton, A.Street, I. Wanless, N. Wormald, S. Zhou.
(1) Apologies:
P. Adams, L. Brankovic, P. Bonnington, R. Gower, D. Holton, C. Rodger, J. Simpson.
Apologies were accepted.
(2) Confirmation of Minutes of 2001 AGM
Minutes were accepted (K. McAvaney/A. Baliga). Motion Passed.
(3) Business arising from 2001 AGM minutes
No business arising.
(4) Council Report
The council report was presented by Nick Wormald.
(5) Treasurer's Report
The Financial
Report (as at 31 May 2002) was presented by the Secretary (D. Bryant) on
behalf of the Treasurer (P. Adams).
A brief discussion of the expenditure items took place.
The treasurer’s report was accepted (A. Baliga/E. Ruet d'Auteuil). Motion Passed.
(6) Election of Members of for CMSA (Inc.) Council 2002/2003.
A. Street was appointed Returning Officer and all present Council members
stepped down from Office. The following members were unanimously elected.
|
Position |
Nominee |
Nominator |
Seconder |
|
President |
N. Wormald |
E. Billington |
P. Adams |
|
Vice President |
P. Bonnington |
N. Wormald |
E. Billington |
|
Treasurer |
P. Adams |
E. Billington |
D. Bryant |
|
Secretary |
D. Bryant |
E. Billington |
P. Adams |
|
Council Members
|
A. Baliga |
N. Wormald |
L. Batten |
(7) Appointment of Auditor.
The auditor for this year’s Financial Report is Peter Jorgensen of Serjeant and Associates, Certified Practising Accountants of 1569 Wynnum Road, Tingalpa, Queensland, 4173, Australia. It was agreed that we appoint the same Auditor for next year.
(8) Motions to amend the Rules of the CMSA (Inc.).
B. McKay moved that the CMSA seeks to make three amendments to the CMSA (Inc.) rules. The proposed changes can be found at
http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~db/CMSA/proposedrulechanges.html
The motion was carried unanimously.
(9) 28ACCMCC
N.Wormald reported that L. Batten is the main organiser for the 28ACCMCC. L. Batten referred members to the web page for information about the conference.
link coming soon.
(10) Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of the Australasian Journal of Combinatorics.
It was unanimously agreed that E. Billington and P. Bonnington be appointed in these roles for two more years.
(11) Financial support for mathematicians from developing countries.
Ian Roberts reported that some financial support may be available from the government to help fund travel for mathematicians from poorer countries to our conferences and suggested that we take steps to seek such funds. This item was discussed and it was generally agreed that such steps should be the responsibility of the conference organising committee.
It was agreed that the council should take steps to produce a "manual" to help future conference organizers.
(12) Further Business.
An announcement was made about the upcoming ICIAM conference; "early bird" registration extended to December 12.
It was agreed that the council should investigate trying to recruit more life members. The possibility of producing a leaflet that indicates benefits of life membership of the CMSA was discussed, and the council will look into this at their next meeting.
There was a motion of thanks to the 27ACCMCC organisers (K. McAvaney/B. McKay) and organisers were applauded for their efforts.
(13) Close of Meeting.
The meeting closed at 4:50pm
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