2011 Annual General Meeting

The AASCA 2011 Annual General Meeting was held at Dandelion & Driftwood, Brisbane on 26th November. In addition to routine business:

• A new life member was appointed;
• A new set of AASCA objectives was endorsed;
• Amendments to our constitution were discussed about State chapters and Guilds (to be presented at a subsequent Special General Meeting);
• The Executive was asked to prepare a report to members on appointment of an Executive Officer.

Our new Executive is:

• President: Craig Dickson (Veneziano Coffee, Vic)
• Vice President: Penny Wolff (Dandelion & Driftwood, Qld)
• Treasurer: Cam Ballard (Coffee World, SA)
• Secretary: Peter Wolff (Wolff Coffee Roasters, Qld)

State co-ordinators were nominated, while the Executive will seek nominations from other States/Territories.

Special Thanks were given to the 2010 AASCA Executive (Bill Comley, Penny Wolff, Cam Ballard & Rob Forsyth), who again succeeded in raising the bar for specialty coffee in Australia.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notice of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Issued 11 November 2011

This year we will be holding our Annual General Meeting in Brisbane
at 7pm on the 26th of November
at “Dandelion & Driftwood”, Shop 1/45 Gerler Rd, Hendra, Brisbane.
The Executive and Committee invite all members to attend.

In order to vote or stand for a position you must be a financial member. Proxy voting forms are available

The Agenda for the AGM will be as follows:

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Confirmation of minutes of previous 2009/2010 AGM;
3. President’s report;
4. Treasurer’s report;
5. Competitor’s Reports from AASCA representatives sponsored to world coffee events;
6. Receipt of nominations for and election of committee members;
7. General Business. See attached General Business Paper
   - Executive Officer
   - AASCA Objectives
   - Formation of Guilds and State Chapter
   - John Doyle

Nominations for the committee members (Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and three Ordinary Committee members) must be made on the Nomination Form and forwarded to Secretary@aasca.com no later than one week prior (COB Friday the 18th of November) to the AGM.
Should there be no nominations for any position, the incumbent will automatically be re-elected. In the event that an Executive member will not re-stand for a position that is vacant, members can be elected to that position by way of vote at the AGM.

Rob Forsyth
Secretary
 AASCA

Back to AASCANext - About AASCA »