Annual General Meeting 2009

Date & Time : 8th October 2009, 10am-12.45pm

Venue : RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ  Location - please use the main entrance on The Strand

Objectives

The Annual General Meeting provides an opportunity each year for all the members of Mobile VCE to meet and review activity and developments over the previous year, to receive an update on Research, Membership, Industry & International Developments, and to review the Financial position of the company and agree the Membership Subscription level for the coming year. Attendance at the AGM is usually limited to members, and certain invited guests.

The AGM is followed in the afternoon by the Annual Research Review, where the Industrial Chairmen of Mobile VCE's research programmes present some of the highlights and key achievements of the past year's research.

Programme   

  9.30am Arrival, Refreshments & Networking
  10am 1 Chairman's Welcome
Apologies for Absence, Proxies Received, Guests in Attendance
Dr Keith Baughan, Chairman Mobile VCE
  2 Agreement of the Order of Business
  3 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Dr Keith Baughan, Chairman Mobile VCE
  4 Minutes of Last Year's AGM, 9th October 2008, and Matters Arising
  5 The Directors' Report - The Year in Review
Review of the Past Year including, inter alia...
* The Year in Pictures - what's been happening
* Research - Status, Progress and Plans
* Membership, Industry & International Developments
* IPR Report
Dr Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE
  6 The Directors' Report - Financial Report
Financial Report
* 2008 - Report & Accounts for the Year to 31st December 2008
* 2009 - Anticipated outcomes, Income & Expenditure
* 2010 - Agreement of Budget & Members' Subscription (Formal Resolution notified)
* Appointment of Auditors for the Year 2010 (Formal Resolution notified)
Dr Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE
  7 Appointment of Directors to serve in 2010
(Formal Resolution notified)
Five Industrial and Three Academic appointments to the Executive Committee (Board of Directors) are made each year at the AGM. Invitations for nominations have been issued to all industrial and academic members and details of nominations received will be circulated to all members prior to the AGM. If more nominations are received than places available a member poll is held.
  8 Members' Special Resolution: Alterations to the Articles of Association
The reason for making changes to the Company's articles is threefold:
a) to incorporate provisions of the Companies Act 2006 which assist private companies
b) to remove the provisions which are no longer relevant; and
c) to clarify certain provisions and address and correct provisions which have caused administrative anomalies

(Formal Resolution notified)

In the event of any queries, or for clarification of any issues in advance of the AGM, Alec Brooks may be contacted by phone at +44 1256 305503
  Available for Download - New Articles for Approval of the Members at the 2009 AGM (Clean Copy)
  Available for Download - New Articles for Approval of the Members at the 2009 AGM (Marked Up Copy, s
  Available for Download - Map of Proposed Changes to the Articles
A summary prepared by Alec Brooks, Mobile VCE's Company Secretary.
This document identifies the specific articles to which changes are proposed and the rationale for the change; it is intended to explain and help simplify member review in of the proposed changes.
  9 Future Developments
Dr Keith Baughan, Chairman of Mobile VCE
  Knowledge Transfer Account Opportunity
Keith Robson, Director Research & Enterprise Services, University of Surrey
  10 Any Other Business
Including Date & Venue for the 2010 AGM
(proposed as Thursday 7th October 2010, venue RSA, London)
  12.45 Buffet Lunch
To be followed by the Annual Research Review, commencing at 1.45pm
Please see separate Agenda and entry on the Mobile VCE website Calendar Page

 

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