Members invited to 2010 AGM on Sat. 27th February

The Poets Union Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers will be held on Saturday 27 February at 11am in the Macleay Room at the Rex Centre, 58A Macleay Street, Kings Cross.
(The Rex Centre is diagonally opposite the El Alamein Fountain and near the post office. It is only a short walk along Darlinghurst Road from the train station.) We would love to see you there.

A full Annual Report and financial statement will be presented and there will be plenty of time to discuss all the latest developments and plans for the future.

An official meeting notice follows and a nomination form is attached in case anyone would like to nominate to join the committee.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Of: Poets Union Inc – Incorporated Association No Y1945602
At: The Macleay Room,
The Rex Centre,
58A Macleay Street,
Kings Cross
On: Saturday, 27th February 2010
At: 11.00am

The annual general meeting of the members of the Poets Union Inc will be held as set out above.

AGENDA OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF POETS UNION INC

The agenda will be as follows:

1. Quorum (5 members)

2. Appointment of Chairperson for meeting

3. Confirm the minutes of the last preceding Annual General Meeting and of any special general meeting held since that date

4. Receive from the committee reports on the activities of the association during the last preceding financial year

5. Elect office-bearers of the association (Chair, Deputy Chair, Minutes Secretary, Treasurer, confirm Public Officer) and ordinary members of the committee (total of 12 people)

6. Receive and consider the statement which is required to be submitted to members under section 26(6) of the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW) being Form 12

7. Approval of Auditor’s Report on the accounts of the Association for the year ending 31 December 2009

8. Special report on progress of the proposed merger with Australian Poetry Centre Inc and the joint application for Triennial Funding from Australia Council for the Arts

9. Matters arising from minutes of last Annual General Meeting.

Anna Kerdijk NIcholson
Public Officer

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Please note: to nominate for the committee or to vote at the Poets Union Inc AGM you have to be a financial member of the Poets Union. The 2010 Membership fees are due by 1st February and the form is available on the Poets Union website www.poetsunion.com