NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
Fencing Victoria Inc. ("FV") gives notice of a Special General Meeting for the purpose of considering a special resolution to change its Rules.
The Special General Meeting will take place as follows:
State Fencing Centre
1st Floor, 204 Arden St, Nth Melbourne at 7.00pm on the 28th May
The purpose of the Special General Meeting is to consider a proposed change of the Rules of Fencing Victoria Inc..
Under Section 50 of the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2013 (which replaced the previous Associations Incorporation Act 1981) an Incorporated Association such as Fencing Victoria may, by Special Resolution, alter its Rules. Any alteration of the Rules does not take effect unless and until the alteration is approved by the Registrar of Incorporated Associations.
Under Section 64 of the Act a Special Resolution requires that each member of the association who is entitled to vote at General Meetings must be given at least 21 days notice of the proposed resolution. That notice must:
(a) specify the date, time and place of the General Meeting at which the resolution is intended to be proposed; and
(b) state if full a proposed resolution; and
(c) state the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution.
Further, the Act requires that for a Special Resolution to be passed at a General Meeting not less than three quarters of the members of the association voting at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy, vote in favour of the Resolution.
Special Resolution
At the Special General Meeting the following Special Resolution will be put:
“That the Association agreed to change its Statement of Purposes and Rules to adopt in their place the proposed Constitution published on the Fencing Victoria website 6th May 2014."
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3825-0-0-0&sID=40399&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=29506976
Explanatory Memorandum
The Special Resolution is endorsed by all members of the current Executive of Fencing Victoria
The rationale for the Special Resolution is set out in an Explanatory Memorandum.
Dated the 6th day of May 2014
Proxy Voting Forms
If you cannot attend the Fencing Victoria Annual General Meeting, you can appoint a proxy, IN WRITING, using the attached Proxy Voting Form
These forms must be received by the Communication Director or be received at the Fencing Victoria Office, Level 1, 204-206 Arden Street, Nth Melbourne, 3051, no later than 7.30pm on the 27th May 2014.
Proxy Voting Forms can be emailed to communications@fencingvictoria.org.
Voting
Elections are covered by the Fencing Victoria Rules.
Under Rule 5(5)(a) of the Rules, the following categories have previously been decided:
Individual Member (entitled to vote, as per Rule 18(1)(a)):
- Junior Affiliation
- Full Affiliation
- Coach Affiliation
Provisional Member (NOT entitled to vote, as per Rule 18(1)(b)):
Note that a nomination for election for candidate must be made by two Individual members (i.e. not provisional). Candidates themselves may be Provisional or Individual Members.
Individual Members are entitled to vote if they have paid their affiliation for the current Fencing Year (2014).
As a minor has no legal capacity, Junior members under the age of 18 may not exercise their voting rights, except through their legal guardian. Similarly, a proxy may only be provided by the legal guardian of a minor (i.e. the minor has no legal capacity to appoint a proxy). If a minor has completed a proxy form, this will only have effect if it has been also signed by their legal guardian.
Last Modified on 22/05/2014 17:55