UK-TUG AGM on 16th October

[David Saunders]

Dear UK-TUG member

The 2010 UK-TUG AGM will be held on Saturday 16th October, at 2pm. The 
meeting will be held as part of the FLOSS Unconference 
(http://unconference2010.flossuk.org/) at the Birmingham and Midland 
Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS, within easy walking 
distance of New Street and Snow Hill stations. We hope that as members 
as possible will be able to attend the AGM, and also perhaps attend 
other sessions at the Unconference, or even visit the nearby exhibition 
of the spectacular Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire hoard of gold and silver 
jewellery.

Notice is hereby given for the following.

*1. Election for Chair*

The two-year term of office of the Chair comes to an end at the AGM, and 
Jonathan Fine has indicated that he does not wish to stand again. Anyone 
who wishes to stand should ask a member to nominate them for the post 
(in case of difficulty, ask any current member of the Committee apart 
from the Returning Officer).

Email nominations should be sent to the Returning Officer at 
treasurer at uk.tug.org, from the email address registered in the UK-TUG 
database; the candidate should also send an email agreeing to be 
nominated, again from the email address in our database.  The closing 
date for nominations is Monday 26th September. Candidates are asked to 
include a statement (at most 1,000 words) and, if they wish, their email 
address and URL. Statements received will be published on the UK TUG 
website, on pages with commenting disabled.

Nominations may also be made by post, to:

David Saunders
30 Little Horwood Road
Great Horwood
Milton Keynes
MK17 0QE

and should be signed by member making the nomination. The candidate 
should also sign a statement agreeing to be nominated.

If there is a contested election then there will be a postal ballot. 
Ballot papers will be sent out on Monday 4th October, and should be 
returned to the Returning Officer by midnight on Thursday 14th October.

*2. Elections for the committee *

We have at present five elected committee members (plus the Chair 
ex-officio), and at least one has indicated that he will not stand for 
re-election. It would be good to have some new Committee members; most 
of our business is conducted electronically, so a remote location would 
be no barrier. Anyone who wishes to stand should contact the Secretary, 
Joseph Wright, any time before the AGM. The mechanism for nominations is 
similar to that for chair (by email to secretary at uk.tug.org, with a 
member making the nomination and confirmation from the candidate) 
although there is no need to submit any kind of statement.

Nominations may also be made by post, to:

Joseph Wright
Morning Star
2 Dowthorpe End
Earls Barton
Northants
NN6 0NH

and should be signed by member making the nomination. The candidate 
should also sign a statement agreeing to be nominated.

*3. Motions for the AGM*

Any member may submit a motion to the AGM. Motions should be sent to the 
Secretary either by post or by email, at the address above, and should 
be received by midnight on Friday 1st October.

*4. Accounts and Treasurer's Report for 2009-10 *

These are attached. The accounts are uninspected; the formal inspected 
accounts will be available at the AGM.


We look forward to hearing from you!

David Saunders
Treasurer, UK-TUG


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