RSGB AGM report

The Radio Society of Great Britain’s 79th Annual General Meeting took place at The Odyssey centre in Belfast on 6 May. More than 50 RSGB members from all over the UK attended the AGM to vote on two resolutions.

The first resolution was to approve the minutes of the 78th AGM; and the second was to both appoint Sayer Vincent as the society’s auditor and authorise the board to fix its remuneration. Both resolutions were voted through.

Members also voted on a special resolution to make changes to the society’s memorandum and articles of association and bylaws during an Extraordinary General Meeting. The changes included allowing the board to extend the term of a presidency by one year in exceptional circumstances and scrapping the age of limit of 70 years on members of the society’s board. The special resolution was voted through.

Once the AGM and EGM had finished, members were treated to a series of lectures on the future of amateur radio by the society’s president, board members and regional managers. Issues touched on during the speeches included training, recruitment, sports radio, spectrum allocation and emergency communications.

There were also three guest speakers - Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, president of IARU Region 1; Dick Harms, PA2DW, president of Veron, the Dutch amateur radio society; and Finbar Buckley, EI1CS, president of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society.

The next RSGB annual general meeting is due to take place in May 2007.

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB