NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in the Trust Suite at Sincil Bank Stadium, Lincoln on Wednesday 30th April 2008 at 7.30pm for the transaction of the following business:
To consider the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting and matters arising.
To receive and consider the Trustees’ Report, the Supporter Director(s) Report, the Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December 2007 and the Auditor’s Report thereon.
To make a partial amendment to the Society Rules. The Board of the Society recommends to the Members the following Rule changes and additions: -
58. No person can be a member of the Society Board who:
has been a member of the Society Board for 12 consecutive years;
has been declared bankrupt or compounded with their creditors;
is subject to a disqualification order made under the Company Directors Disqualification Act;
has been convicted of an indictable offence;
is or may on the basis of medical evidence be suffering from mental disorder;
fails to abide by any rules for the conduct of elections made by the Society Board under Rule 54(a)
to be changed to
58. No person can be a member of the Society Board who:
has been a member of the Society Board for 12 consecutive years;
is subject to a bankruptcy order or has in place a composition with their creditors;
is subject to a disqualification order made under the Company Directors Disqualification Act;
has been convicted of an indictable offence;
is or may on the basis of medical evidence be suffering from mental disorder;
fails to abide by any rules for the conduct of elections made by the Society Board under Rule 54(a)
and
In the case of this Rule, Rule 6 and Rule 103 the quorum at any general meeting called to consider a resolution to amend shall be not less than one half of the members entitled to vote at the meeting if the Society has up to 200 members when the meeting is called; not less than one third of the members entitled to vote at the meeting if the Society has more than 200 but less than 1000 members when the meeting is called; and not less than one quarter of the members entitled to vote if the Society has more than 1000 members when the meeting is called.
to be changed to
In the case of this Rule, Rule 6 and Rule 104 the quorum at any general meeting called to consider a resolution to amend shall be not less than one half of the members entitled to vote at the meeting if the Society has up to 200 members when the meeting is called; not less than one third of the members entitled to vote at the meeting if the Society has more than 200 but less than 1000 members when the meeting is called; and not less than one quarter of the members entitled to vote if the Society has more than 1000 members when the meeting is called.
To conduct the elections, if required, of the Society Board in accordance with the Rules of the Society. There are four vacancies: -
Three directors retire by rotation as per Rule 61
Christopher Ashton
Richard Keracher
Roy Noble
Alan Long resigned earlier in the year. Rule 62 applies.
To conduct the election, if required, of the Supporter Director on the Club Board in accordance with the Rules of the Society.
David Beck will retire in 2009 in accordance with Rule 54l.
To re-appoint the Auditors.
To transact any other business which may be transacted at a General Meeting of the Society.
The register of eligible members was closed on 18th March 2008 until after the Meeting. Members eligible to attend and vote must have a £1 share in the Society and have been a fully paid up member as at 18th March 2008.
