Meeting: 2016 AGM

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The Annual General Meeting of Wikimedia Australia, Inc.® for 2016 was held on Sunday 9 October 2016 via Skype, at 5pm AEDST (4pm QLD, 4:30pm SA, 2pm WA).

The scope of the meeting was to receive the annual reports from officers of the association, and announce the results of the ballot for the management committee for the upcoming year.

The notice was sent out to members on 17 September 2016. The minutes of the meeting are at Meeting:2016 AGM/Minutes

Documents

Proxy form

Timeline

All times use AEST

00:00, Tuesday 27 September 2016 - Nominations open for election of new committee members
23:59, Sunday 2 October 2016 - Nominations close
09:00, Tuesday 4 October 2016 - Voting for new committee begins (if required)
16:00, Saturday 8 October 2016 - Voting closes. Skype nicks to be sent to the Secretary, proxy forms to be received
16:00, Sunday 9 October 2016 - Annual General Meeting held
Sunday 6 November 2016 - Adjournment meeting (if required)

Agenda

Agenda for the WMAU 2016 AGM

Welcome by the Chair

table the Minutes from 2015 AGM

Reports:

Election

Nominations received by the Secretary prior to the close of nominations. The "checked" column indicates that, as required by the Rules:

There are two nominators, both current financial members
The nominee is a current financial member
The nominee has accepted the nomination

As no position received more than one nomination, no elections were required. Thus the following people will be declared elected at the AGM.

Three vacancies - all ordinary committee positions - remain. Under the Rules, the AGM can fill these positions from the floor, or they can be left vacant for the Committee to co-opt under Rule 21(4).

Position	Nominee	Nominator	Seconder	Checked
President	Gideon Digby	Tom Hogarth	Pru Mitchell	Yes
Vice President	Pru Mitchell	Gideon Digby	Tom Hogarth	Yes
Secretary	Tom Hogarth	Andrew Owens	Pru Mitchell	Yes
Treasurer	Robert Myers	Andrew Owens	Pru Mitchell	Yes
Ordinary committee (4 positions)	Caddie Brain	Gideon Digby	Robert Myers	Yes

General Business

note:No formal motions can brought to the meeting for voting

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+{{AGM}}
+The '''[[General Meeting|Annual General Meeting]]''' of Wikimedia Australia, Inc.&reg; for 2016 was held on Sunday 9 October 2016 via Skype, at 5pm AEDST (4pm QLD, 4:30pm SA, 2pm WA).
+The scope of the meeting was to receive the annual reports from officers of the association, and announce the results of the ballot for the management committee for the upcoming year.
+The notice was sent out to members on 17 September 2016. The minutes of the meeting are at [[Meeting:2016 AGM/Minutes]]
+==Documents==
+* [[/Proxy form|Proxy form]]
+==Timeline==
+All times use AEST
+* 00:00, Tuesday 27 September 2016 - Nominations open for election of new committee members
+* 23:59, Sunday 2 October 2016 - Nominations close
+* 09:00, Tuesday 4 October 2016 - Voting for new committee begins (if required)
+* 16:00, Saturday 8 October 2016 - Voting closes. Skype nicks to be sent to the Secretary, proxy forms to be received
+* 16:00, Sunday 9 October 2016 - Annual General Meeting held
+* Sunday 6 November 2016 - Adjournment meeting (if required)
+==Agenda==
 Agenda for the WMAU 2016 AGM
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 == Election ==
-Nominations received by the Secretary prior to the close of nominations. The "checked" column indicates:
+Nominations received by the Secretary prior to the close of nominations. The "checked" column indicates that, as required by the Rules:
 * There are two nominators, both current financial members
 * The nominee is a current financial member
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-Meeting Close
+[[Category:2016 AGM]]
+[[Category:2016–2017 Committee]]