Minutes of the 57th Annual General Meeting AGM Opened at 6.30pm.

Minutes of the 57th Annual General Meeting
Date: 22 October 2015
Venue: DoubleTree Leeds Hotel
AGM Opened at 6.30pm.
The meeting was attended by ten BCS members; eight of these were current Committee members.
Pip Rukin opened and chaired the AGM.
Attendees: Chris Cahill, Owen Johnson, Pip Rukin, Eunice Bamgboye
Agenda
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Apologies for Absence
Emma Davids, Andrew Burns, Dan Neagu, Dan Toms
Absent: Gareth Allan (stood down), Min Aung (stood down), Nick Mueller (stood
down)
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Minutes of the 2013 AGM
Proposed by Chris Cahill, seconded by Owen Johnson.
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Matters arising
Thanks to Brendon Higgins and DevOps for the AGM venue and presentations.
Thanks to Brendon Higgins for 8 years’ service.
Thanks to Min Aung for 2 years’ service as Treasurer.
Thanks to Head Office for their support including Marie Setterfield, Helen Axam, Joe
Jones, Sallyann Cossey and KerryAnne Wear.
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Chairman’s Report
Branch events during the year:
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27 Jan 15 Conflict Management & Facilitation on Projects – A Human Touch
(joint event with PROMS-G)
4 Feb 15 FinTech in Leeds: a start up themed event
24 Mar 15 Agile Governance – a sneak preview of the new slim guide from
APM’s GovSIG
16 Jun What is Enterprise Architecture?
11 Jul 15 BCS Computing Family Fun Day
22 Oct 15 Code Club Presentation
We also collaborated on 3 ELITE events.
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Treasurer’s Report
Budget: £3,550
Spend: £2,333 including Webex (online meetings), and event expenses e.g.
refreshments (£1,217 under-spend).
6
Election of Officers
Chair: Emma Davids, MBCS, proposed by Chris Cahill, seconded by Owen Johnson.
Treasurer: Eunice Bamgboye, MBCS, proposed by Ibijoke Awonaiya, seconded by
Chris Cahill
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Secretary: Pip Rukin, proposed by Linda Broughton, seconded by Nick Seddon
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Committee Members
Andrew Burns, Committee Member
Chris Cahill, Vice Chair
Dan Neagu, Committee Member
Dan Toms, Committee Member
Linda Broughton, Committee Member
Owen Johnson, Higher Education officer
Rob Norvill, Committee Member
Steve Box, Committee Member
New committee members are welcome.
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Any Other Business
Action for Pip Rukin to organise first committee meeting.
Action for Pip Rukin to arrange signatories for posts of Chair, Treasurer and
Secretary.
AGM Closed at 6.45pm.
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