| Claudia Kurzac | Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors |
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Steen Fogde |
Foreningen af Miljomedarbejdere I Kommunerne (Denmark) |
| Henning Hansen (joint Webmaster) | Ditto |
| Peter Archer | Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (England, Wales & Northern Ireland |
| Raymond Ellard | Environmental Health Officers Association (Ireland) |
| Colm Smyth (President Elect) | ditto |
| Isobel Stout | New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health |
| John Beveridge | Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland |
| Michael Halls (Honorary Secretary) | ditto |
| Jerry Chaka (President) | South African Institute for Environmental Health |
| Diane Evans (Past President) | National Environmental Health Association (USA) |
| Jim Balsamo | ditto |
| Ron Grimes | ditto |
| Nelson Fabian | ditto |
| William Tweh | Liberian Association of Public Health Inspectors |
| Fred O’Brien | Honorary Vice President (Nunavut) |
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Welcome
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The President, Jerry Chaka, welcomed
everyone to the meeting.
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| Apologies
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Apologies for absense were intimated on behalf of the
following
The representatives of the full members based
in Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Rwanda From Gerard McDermott (EHOA), Bernard Forteath (REHIS),
Stephen Cooper (Honorary Treasurer) and John Stirling
(Honorary Editor
Apologies had also been received from the Honorary
Vice Presidents, Roy Emerson and Terence Moody
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| AGM 2003 | Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held in Paisley, Scotland on 31st May 2003 |
| Annual Report | Considered:
the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for
the year ended 31st December 2003 & the Auditors Report for the
same period. Copies had been circulated with the agenda for this meeting. Noted: that the Council had approved the document earlier in the day Agreed: following the motion of Diane Evans, the reports and statement were approved unanimously. ACTION: Company Secretary |
| Appointment of Auditors | Agreed:
that the current auditors, Phelan & Prescott, who were
willing to carry out the work, should be re-appointed ACTION: Honorary Treasurer |
| Appointment of Officers | Considered:
the appointment of persons to occupy the posts of
President, President Elect, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. Noted: the present incumbents were willing to be reappointed. Agreed: to appoint Jerry Chaka as President, until the World Congress in Durban in 2006; to appoint Colm Smyth as President Elect for the same period; to appoint Michael Halls as Honorary Secretary until the Annual General Meting (AGM) in 2005; and to appoint Stephen Cooper as Honorary Treasurer until the AGM in 2005 ACTION: Honorary Secretary
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| Appointment to other Honorary Posts | Considered:
the appointment of persons to occupy the posts of
Honorary Public Relations Officer (PRO), Webmaster, Education Liaison
Officer, Honorary Editor and Regional Editor. Noted: apart from the fact that John Stirling wished to resign from his post as Education Liaison Officer, all the present incumbents were willing to be reappointed. Agreed: to appoint Kia Regner as Honorary PRO; to appoint Henning Hansen & Jan Joergensen as joint Webmasters; to appoint Isobel Stout as Education Liaison Officer; and to appoint John Stirling as Honorary Editor and Regional Editor. All the above five persons will serve until the 2005 AGM ACTION: Honorary Secretary
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| Appointment of Company Secretary | Considered:
the appointment of a person to the statutory
position of Company Secretary. Noted: that the present incumbent was willing to be reappointed. Agreed: that Graham Jukes be appointed Company Secretary until the 2005 AGM. ACTION: Honorary Secretary
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| Any other business | None
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| Special Business | Considered:
a note (prepared by the Honorary Secretary and
the Company Secretary) forming part of the agenda for this meeting. Noted: that the recommendation of the two Secretaries was that, in order to give effect to a decision taken at the Council meeting in Durban earlier this year, it would be necessary to amend Article 6(d) of the Federation’s Articles of Association. Agreed: on the motion of Isobel Stout, seconded by Peter Archer, to amend the above Article to read as follows: “(d) If a full member organisation fails to pay its annual subscription for three consecutive years, it shall be deemed to have brought the Federation into disrepute and shall be liable to be expelled under the provisions of Article 8. Similarly, if an associate member organisation fails to pay its annual subscription for two successive years, it shall be liable to be expelled under the same provisions.” ACTION: Honorary Secretary
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| The meeting terminated at 1550 hours. |