Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting Announcement
The Annual General Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh will be held in the studio (downstairs, lift available) of the Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, EH1 1EL, at 8 pm on Friday 26th March 2010. The Agenda will be:
- Apologies
- Adoption of the Minutes of the AGM held on 13th March 2009
- Presentation of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2009
- Election of Office Bearers and Council
Nominations for the following have been received:- President: David Small
- Vice-Presidents: Iain McEachran, Rachel Thomas
- Secretary: Graham Rule
- Treasurer: Alan Ellis
- Councillors: Vincent Balfour, Daniel Gallacher, Frank Howie, Horst Meyerdierks, Peter Mulholland, Kenneth Thomas
- AOB
Please note that only members who have paid their subscription for the 2009/2010 session are eligible to take part in this meeting.
The meeting will be followed by a Presidential Address by Horst Meyerdierks on noctilucent clouds.
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on 13th March 2009
The meeting was chaired by the President, Iain McEachran.
Apologies had been received from Prof John Brown and from Dave Gavine.
The minutes of previous meeting had been circulated and published in the Society's Journal. They were approved.
The Annual Report (including the Accounts) was presented by the Officers on behalf of the Council. There was some discussion about the Society's future finances and the process of moving out of the observatory.
Nominiations had been received for the Council. The following were returned unopposed:
- President: Horst Meyerdierks
- Secretary: Graham Rule
- Treasurer: Alan Ellis
Iain vacated the chair and Graham Rule chaired the election for the two posts of Vice-President. The following were elected:
- Vice-Presidents: Iain McEachran, Rachel Thomas
The President took the chair again. The following were declared elected:
- Councillors: Daniel Gallacher, Frank Howie, Peter Mulholland, David Small, Kenneth Thomas
A vacancy remains to be filled by the co-option.
A vote of thanks to Iain as outgoing president was passed by acclamation.
There being no further busines the meeting was closed.
