Venue: e-Research Centre, Oxford University, Keble Road
Date: 13 October 2011
Time: 19:30
Apologies for Absence
Jean Nunn-Price, David Greenaway, Gerry Rohling, Geoff Stone, Chris Dawe
Minutes of Last Year’s AGM
The notes of last years meeting had been published on the Branch web site. No comments had been received, and there were no comments at the AGM. The minutes were therefore accepted as a true record of the event.
Chairman’s Report
The Chairman (Tim Lambertstock) welcomed the members to this year’s AGM, and noted that a summary of the Branch’s activities for the year was in the Chairman’s report published on the Branch web site, and he was happy to take any questions.
In summary, last year’s programme had proved popular, and covered a wide range of topics. We are investigating new ways for reporting meetings during next year.
Attendees were urged to circulate and display the forthcoming Branch programme at their places of work, as hopefully we have and equally interesting and varied programme this year.
Sandwiches before our meetings had been a very welcome addition to the meetings, and the cost had been covered by economising on other activities, such as physical mailings.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer (Tony Cox) summarised the Treasurer’s Report. He noted that these were provisional figures as the accounts had yet to be audited. There were no questions on the report.
The Treasurer noted that next year’s allocation had been reduced by ~£1k; however we have the opportunity to bid for additional funds if we need to.
Election of Committee
The Secretary (Brian Day) noted that all of the existing committee had volunteered to continue. The continuing committee is shown below.
|
Nominee |
Proposer |
Seconder |
|
Athar Majed |
Tim Lambertstock |
Shiela Lloyd Lyons |
|
Brian Day (Secretary) |
Geoff Stone |
Tim Lambertstock |
|
Brian Read |
Geoff Stone |
Simon Marsh |
|
Chris Dawe |
Shiela Lloyd Lyons |
Tim Lambertstock |
|
Geoff Stone |
Brian Read |
Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
|
Gerry Rohling (WebMaster) |
Tim Lambertstock |
Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
|
Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
Tim Lambertstock |
Brian Day |
|
Simon Marsh |
Brian Day |
Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
|
Sverker Griph |
Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
Brian Read |
|
Tim Lambertstock (Chair) |
Shiela Lloyd Lyons |
Brian Day |
|
Tony Cox (Treasurer) |
Simon Marsh |
Brian Read |
In addition we had one new volunteer to join the committee:
|
Nominee |
Proposer |
Seconder |
|
Kwasi Owusu-Asomaning |
Tony Cox |
Geoff Stone |
There being no other nominations, or objections the committee was constituted as above.
The election of Officers and allocation of Committee responsibilities will be ratified at the first meeting of the new committee.
The Chairman thanked all the committee for their hard work during the last year, and looked forward to working with the new committee..
AOB
Vernon Porter, from the floor, asked that we should formally record a vote of thanks to the Committee for the work they had done over the previous year.
There being no further business, the AGM was closed at 19:45.
After this, Ian Hughes, Director, Feeding Edge Ltd, gave an interesting session titled “Washing away cave paintings – A technical evaluation”. This talk covered the evolution of social media and gaming, and its potential uses in the widest context.
Brian Day, BSc PhD CEng CSci MBCS CITP
Branch Secretary
Oxfordshire Branch
