AGM Late Notification

[Pennielea]

For the past couple of years all communications from "The Office" and in the Bulletin have contained threats of penalties for members who are late with Birth Notifications.

One rule contained in the Articles, which of course makes it compulsory, is contained in Notice of General Meetings Para 7 (1) below.

"7 (1) The minimum periods of notice required to hold a general meeting of the charity are:
• twenty-one clear days for an annual general meeting or a general meeting called for the passing of a special resolution;"

For the AGM of 10th October 2015 the Papers should have arrived with members on 19th September. My Papers arrived on Thursday 24th September which is 5 days late. Late delivery was not due to the Royal Mail as the envelope was franked 22.09.15 2nd Class. To arrive on time it would have needed to be posted on Thursday 17th September but the Chairman's letter which was enclosed was not even written until 18th September.

While this may seem trivial in modern times and I have not asked for an adjournment or postponement of the AGM, which I would be entitled to do, I wonder if The Office would be just as forgiving were the positions reversed.

Ian

[Pennielea]

Here we go again! AGM paperwork should have arrived on Saturday 17th September but it is now 20th and still no sign. Making a mistake one year may be explained (but it was not) but to make the same fundamental error a second time is careless in the extreme. Perhaps Council should keep one of the Year Planners to accompany their Minutes so that thay can meet deadlines. I wonder if there will be as many issues in this year's business as there was last year!

Ian

[ann]

For the past couple of years all communications from "The Office" and in the Bulletin have contained threats of penalties for members who are late with Birth Notifications.

As the reason the DCS give for this rule, I assume once we are out of the EEC we will be able to have a meaning discussion on this ruling as there is no reason why is should not then be extended to give people more time to decide if a heifer is to be kept for breeding or to go into the meat chain. The way a lot of the prices people have been getting for heifers in lots of cases it makes more sense to beef them unless you know you have a sale for them.

[Duncan MacIntyre]

The words gander, sauce and goose come to mind but such principled phrases do not seem to be universally applied in life.


Duncan

[Pennielea]

my alert on late paperwork appears to have been justified. Whatever the reason for postponement it should have been dclared by the 21 day deadline. I await my postal mailing with interest
Ian