5th ISCMNS Annual General Meeting Minutes

 

The 5th Annual General Meeting of the Society was held at 18:00 on Tuesday 12 August 2008 at the 14th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA for transacting ordinary business of the Society.

 

Chaired by Hon. President

Prof. Xingzhong Li

 

  1. The Chair, Prof. Li, verified a quorum of at least 15 ISCMNS members were present by asking members to raise their hands. He welcomed non-members to observe proceedings.
  2. The Chief Executive delivered his presentation: The  Report of the Chief Executive       (William Collis)
  3. The Chair proposed that the minutes of the Fourth Annual General Meeting 4th AGM published on the Society's website be taken as approved and the resolution eas passed on a show of hands.
  4. The financial accounts for the calendar year 2007, as published at acc07.pdf were considered received.
  5. The Chair asked the floor for questions and comments and a lively discussion on the conduct of scientific meetings took place.   As many of the points raised were to be covered by the next presentation, William Collis proposed that discussion should be postponed for a few minutes.
  6. As ordinary business, Dr Lawrence Forsley, member of the ISCMNS Executive Committee, illustrated to the meeting his presentation entitled "The Future of ICCF".  At the conclusion of the presentation he proposed 2 resolutions:-
    1. This meeting recommends that  the ISCMNS Executive Committee take the necessary steps to adopt the proposal: The ISCMNS incorporate the IAC as a standing sub-committee.
    2. That the ISCMNS Executive Committee  take the necessary steps to also own the copyright on the ICCF Proceedings.
    3. Again there was lively discussion for some 10 minutes.  It was pointed out that the General Meeting can only make recommendations but cannot normally oblige the Society's management to take any specific course of action.  It was equally pointed out that the Executive Committee was already agreed in principle and that it was unlikely to ignore the wishes of the members.  On a show of hands there were overwhelming majorities in favour of the 2 resolutions.
    4. In the absence of further discussion, the Chair closed the meeting at about 19:30.