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A Short Summary of the Procedings at the 45th Annual General Meeting of the Genealogical Society of South Africa at Northwest University on 1st March 2008, by Martin Zollner who attended as a delegate on behalf of the eGGSA branch.
1.
Opening
& welcome
2.
Attendance:
The two KwaZulu-Natal branches were not represented. For the first time a branch was represented
by telecon medium (Colin Pretorius “attended” electronically)
3.
Acceptance
of minutes of previous meeting
4.
Call
for additional agenda items
5.
Acceptance
of reports
5.1.
President’s
report: Although there is still much work to be done, the past year was
successful.
5.2.
Financial
report: GSSA has sufficient funds. GSSA
income generated from products sold is 36.65% of the GSSA’s total income.
Limited new products are planned for 2008 which can negatively affect the
income of the GSSA.
5.3.
Specific
reports
5.3.1.
Technical
matters: Webpage (see strategic meeting)
5.4.
Projects
& Products
5.4.1.
Cemetery
Recording: Version 6 was released at AGM
5.4.2.
Omnibus:
See Strategic meeting.
5.5.
Branch
reports: Each representative gave a résumé on problem areas within their
branch. Colin gave input on behalf of
eGSSA. The main issues were identified
as being aging members & a shortage of competent speakers (especially in
smaller centres where there are no universities)
6.
Membership
fee: Increased to R130/R110 as from 2009 (the full increase was allocated to
branches)
7.
Election
of Office Bearers: All current office bearers were re-elected
8.
Application for registration as a non-profit
organization: Amendments to the constitution as prescribed in Act No. 71 of
1997 was approved and a revised application is to be submitted.
9.
Next
AGM: 7 Mar 2009 in Bloemfontein
General
observations:
AGENDA FOR THE GSSA
STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING AT NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY ON 01st MARCH 2008
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