Talk:2015 Annual General Meeting/Resolutions

"the Charity Commission's recommended level"

The reference to the Charity Commission having a "recommended" quorum strikes me as odd. I double checked against the CC website, and I think there's an important distinction here. The CC say that they "recommend that the quorum for a trustees’ meeting is a minimum of one-third of the total number of charity trustees plus one" (my emphasis). I guess you could read "minimum" as simply implied by the concept of a quorum, but I would assume it is there to say, "look, you should think carefully about this, but don't go lower than 1/3". That is, I really don't think the CC were intending to put downwards pressure on existing quora, but the presentation on-wiki suggests they are. Perhaps this could be clarified, if others agreed? Jarry1250 (talk) 12:57, 20 March 2015 (GMT)

Having re-read the CC advice, I think you may be right. I've suggested a slightly different presentation to avoid any inadvertent implication. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 09:09, 21 March 2015 (GMT)

Election Rules

The Election Rules cannot be changed by an ordinary resolution, it has to be a special resolution.... -- KTC (talk) 13:31, 21 June 2015 (BST)

Corrected, thanks. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:35, 21 June 2015 (BST)

Suggestions for additional resolution

I'd like to propose a resolution something along the lines of:

"This meeting requests the Board, as a matter of priority, to examine the systems in place to recruit new members and to approve applications for membership, with a view to putting into place better procedures at the earliest opportunity."

I think that it is becoming urgent for us to examine ways in which we could increase membership significantly, and to make sure that the application process runs as smoothly as possible. Although I'm aware that there are interconnected issues, such as the associated IT systems, I believe that identifying more precisely what we want those systems to do would allow us to anticipate problems and deal with them pro-actively, rather than reactively.

Is there anyone who would be prepared to second a motion along those lines (formerly if you prefer, although I'm happy to liaise with anyone who wanted to speak)? Any suggestions for improvement would be gratefully received. --RexxS (talk) 17:41, 24 June 2015 (BST)

Certainly, but I would also request that it includes the way membership is managed. Actually this leads to a problem in that I do not know whether I am still and member. I had been under the impression that my membership had lapsed but was unable to get a clear understanding of what this meant in practice receiving contradictory e-mails. I was lead to believe that my membership would be confirmed by the Board meeting scheduled for last weekend. However it was only during this week that I realised that the meeting had been postponed. I find it regrettable that as someone needing their membership to be confirmed that I was not informed of what was happening. One practical consequence is that I am not sure I am in a position to second your motion, much as i would like to! Leutha (talk) 12:56, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Template:Replyto I'll second your motion if Leutha is unable to (or if he can and you want two seconders). Thryduulf (talk: local | en.wp | en.wikt) 14:39, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Thanks Thryduulf, I have been updated that I have to wait for its renewal. I would suggest that the resolution is amended thus (addition in bold):

"This meeting requests the Board, as a matter of priority, to examine the systems in place to recruit new members, to manage membership and to approve applications for membership, with a view to putting into place better procedures at the earliest opportunity."

Leutha (talk) 15:52, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Thank you both. I'm more than happy to propose the motion you suggest. In proposing I intended to raise the various problems that renewing or newly-joining members can face in order to emphasise that we do need to do some work on the systems (procedures as well as IT), and your wording helps. Hopefully that can now be included in the motions before tomorrow's deadline. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 20:21, 25 June 2015 (BST)