Minutes of the Annual General Meeting CMSA (Inc.)

Held at 32ACCMCC, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

5.00 p.m. on Tuesday 4 December 2007.

Present:

Brian Alspach, Michael Albert, Robert Aldred, Mike Atkinson, Elizabeth Billington, Robert Brignall, Darryn Bryant, Diana Combe, Marston Conder, Judy Egan, Michael Giudici, Chris Godsil, Catherine Greenhill, Kathy Heinrich, Derek Holton, Stephen Howe, Kevin McAvaney, Adrian Nelson, Richard Nowakowski, Tomaž Pisanski, Ian Roberts, Nic Ruskuc, Benjamin Smith, Rebecca Smith, Gunter Steinke, Alison Thomson, Ian Wanless, Julian West, Sanming Zhou.

(1) Apologies:

Apologies were received from Peter Adams, Paul Bonnington, Rebecca Gower, Gordon Royle, Jennifer Seberry, Anne Street. 

(2) Confirmation of Minutes of 2006 Special General Meeting

Minutes were accepted (R. Aldred/E. Billington).

(3) Confirmation of Minutes of 2006 Annual General Meeting

Minutes were accepted (R. Aldred/K. McAvaney).

(4) Council’s Report 

Ian Wanless presented the Council’s Report for 2007.

 

(5) Treasurer’s Report.

 

The Financial Report (as at 30 June 2007) was presented by Ian Wanless on behalf of Peter Adams (the Treasurer).

 

The financial report was accepted (D. Bryant/M. Albert).

(6) Appointment of Auditor.

Wilson Newey Pty Ltd was appointed auditor for the coming year (D. Bryant/C. Greenhill).

(7) Election of Members of CMSA (Inc.) Council 2007/2008.

M. Albert was appointed Returning Officer and all present council members stepped down from office.

 

R. Aldred was nominated as an ordinary council member (D. Holton/E. Billington) and accepted the nomination.

 

The following members were unanimously elected.
 

Position

Nominee

Nominator

Seconder

President

I. Wanless

D. Bryant

P. Adams

Vice President

G. Royle

I. Wanless

E. Billington

Treasurer

P. Adams

D. Bryant

G. Royle

Secretary

D. Bryant

K. McAvaney

G. Royle

Council Members

 

 

 

R. Aldred

E. Billington
C. Greenhill
K. McAvaney

B. McKay
I. Roberts

D. Holton

P. Adams

D. Bryant

E. Billington

E. Billington

P. Adams

E. Billington

G. Royle

P. Adams

I. Wanless

I. Wanless

G. Royle

(8) ICA Kirkman Medal Presentation.

The 2005 Kirkman Medal of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications was awarded to Michael Giudici. D. Bryant read his citation and D. Holton made the medal presentation.

(9) Other Business.

E. Billington reminded members that they are eligible for reduced subscription rates for the Australasian Journal of Combinatorics.

 

I. Wanless invited members to attend 4ICC in Auckland in December 2008.

 

There was a vote of thanks to the organizers of 32ACCMCC.

 

(10) Close of Meeting.

The meeting closed at 5:23pm.
 

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