Minutes of the Annual General Meeting CMSA (Inc.)

Held at 30ACCMCC, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6 December 2005.

Present:

M. Albert, M. Atkinson, E. Billington, S. Blackburn, P. Bonnington, D. Bryant, D. Combe, D. Donovan, M. Grannell,

K. Gray, C. Greenhill, C. Lindner, K. Marshall, J. McDougall, B. McKay, J. McLeod, A. Nelson, W. Palmer, R. Perzina,

I. Roberts, E. Ruet d’Auteuil, C. Semple, R. Stanton, A. Street, A. Thomson, W. Wallis, I. Wanless, Sanming Zhou, Shenglin Zhou.

(1) Apologies:

Apologies were received from L. Batten, R. Gower, K. McAvaney. 

(2) Confirmation of Minutes of 2004 AGM

Minutes were accepted (P. Bonnington/E. Billington).

(3) Confirmation of Minutes of 2004 Special General Meeting

Minutes were accepted (P. Bonnington/E. Ruet d’Auteuil).

(4) Council’s Report 

Paul Bonnington made the following report.
 
The council met three times during 2005: April, August and December (@30ACCMCC). Most of the 
business centered around planning for 30ACCMCC and 31ACCMCC (at Alice Springs). A highlight 
for the year was the nomination received for Prof Derek Holton to be awarded the CMSA Medal for 
2005, which was passed unanimously by the council at its April meeting. The previous (and first) 
CMSA Medal award was to Prof Anne Street in 1999. Membership for the CMSA for 2005 is slightly 
over 200, with 83 of those life members. Two honorary life memberships for Prof Ed Dawson and 
Dr Helen Gustafson (announced at the 2004 AGM) will be awarded at the 30ACCMCC Conference 
Dinner. The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics continues to grow in many respects, and has 
recently moved to publishing 3 volumes per year. The submissions and rejection rate have also 
both grown, and Catherine Greenhill and Diana Combe both join the Editorial staff as managing 
editors (Charles Little is taking 15 months leave). A recent innovation is that all authors are supplied a 
PDF file of their paper exactly as it appears in the journal to be used for reprints. Paul thanked all the 
council members for their contributions and assistance during the year.

 

(5) Treasurer’s Report.

 

The Financial Report (as at 30 June 2005) was presented by Peter Adams, the Treasurer. A brief

discussion took place.

(6) Appointment of Auditor.

Trevor Newey of Newey Accounting Services, Glen Shop Village Shop 4, 48 Gaskell St,

Eight Mile Plains 4113 was appointed auditor for the coming year.

(7) Election of Members of CMSA (Inc.) Council 2005/2006.

A motion was passed that the council for 2005/2006 be no larger than 11 (P. Adams/E. Billington).

M. Atkinson was appointed Returning Officer and all present Council members stepped down

from Office. The following members were unanimously elected.
 

Position

Nominee

Nominator

Seconder

President

P. Bonnington

D. Bryant

P. Adams

Vice President

I. Wanless

P. Adams

D. Bryant

Treasurer

P. Adams

B. Maenhaut

D. Bryant

Secretary

D. Bryant

P. Bonnington

P. Adams

Council Members

 

 

 

E. Billington
C. Greenhill
K. McAvaney

B. McKay
I. Roberts

P. Adams

B. McKay

I. Roberts

E. Billington

I. Wanless

B. McKay

I. Wanless

W. Wallis

M. Atkinson

P. Adams

 

(8) CMSA Council Elections Nominations Committee.

A motion was passed that a committee consisting of at least one council member and at least

one non-council member be formed each year to organise nominations for council. (This

supersedes a motion passed at the 2000 AGM on the makeup of the elections nominations committee.)

(9) Other Business.

(9.1) Ian Wanless reported the following regarding organization of 31ACCMCC.

31ACCMCC Saturday 8th July - Wednesday 12th July 2006 Alice Springs.

Followed by:

AWOCA2006  in parallel with   DRY & DISCRETE (D&D)

·        Part 1: Wednesday 12th July - Sunday 16th July 2006 Uluru.

·        Part 2: Sunday 16th - Wednesday 19th Kings Canyon.

The conference websites can be accessed through

http://www.cdu.edu.au/engineering/31ACCMCC.html

Invited speakers include:

·        Sergei Bezrukov - University of Wisconsin

·        Charlie Colbourn - Arizona State University

·        Billy Duckworth - Australian National University

·        Gyula O. H. Katona - Renyi Institute

·        Barbara Maenhaut - University of Queensland

·        Gary Mullen - Penn State University

·        Gordon Royle - University of Western Australia

·        Jozef Siran - University of Auckland

The locations are prime tourists locations so cheap airfares, and getting airfares at all will

become difficult as time passes. Hence we encourage people to book early. Venue for

31ACCMCC is Voyages resort in "downtown" Alice Springs. There are numerous

backpackers places nearby, for those on a budget. It is anticipated that there will be an

organised programme of activities for spouses and families, as many might like to take

this opportunity to see central Australia.

(9.2)

Ian Wanless reported that he have been contacted by Barry Hughes concerning a possible

submission (or other input) to the National Strategic Review of Mathematical Sciences

Research in Australia.

 

Ian agreed to consult members and make a submission representing the views of the society.

(10) Close of Meeting.

The meeting closed at 5:01pm.
 

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