Agenda

Annual General Meeting Meeting

Third AGM of the Association

Location: Online via Zoom
Date: 25 March 2024
Start time: 7:00 pm (AEST)

Chair: Raymond Broomhall (President)

End time: 8:30 pm (estimated)
Minutes: Sophie Stack (Treasurer)

Item 1: Housekeeping 1 min
To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

This meeting is being recorded by audio-visual technology. To improve the quality of the recording members, mics of everyone except the main speaker will be muted during the meeting.

Any member who does not give consent to the meeting being recorded may leave the meeting.

The recording will be available on the membership section on the No5G Party website for those members unable to attend tonight.

Item 2: Acknowledgement of Country 2 mins

To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

We, the No5G Party Committee would like to acknowledge that our meeting tonight has people attending from traditional lands all over Australia. I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and emerging and extend that respect to all.

Item 3: Welcome Address by the Chair 5 mins

To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

1. Welcome address by Raymond Broomhall
2. Meeting Protocol:

RESPECT:
*We ask for all participants to show respect to their fellow members.

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Item 4: Introduction & Agenda outline  5 mins
To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

1. Attendees have been verified at meeting registration for security and voting purposes.
2. Introduction of the outgoing Committee Members:
Clause 15(6) of the Constitution calls for all serving members of the committee to retire. Clause 15
states as follows:
(6)… At the next annual general meeting and at all subsequent annual general meetings, all serving
members shall retire, but are eligible for re-election.
Outgoing Committee Members
Outgoing President: Raymond Broomhall
Outgoing Vice President: Daniel Taylor
Outgoing Public Officer, Nick Manevski,
Outgoing Treasurer, Sophie Stack
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Dave Bourke
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Mike Grant
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Tim Sawyer
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Samantha Dingle
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Appollo Yianni
Outgoing ordinary committee member, Jacqueline Hogan
We have received the following nominations:
President:
Vice President:
Public Officer:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Ordinary committee member:
Ordinary committee member:
Ordinary committee member:
Ordinary committee member:
Ordinary committee member:

We need to call for nominations and run an election at the AGM for TBA new committee members. This will be further discussed at Item 9 below.

3. Holding of Third Annual General Meeting
In accordance with clause 24 of the Constitution, the association must hold its annual genera meetings

(a) within 6 months after the close of the association’s financial year, or

(b) within such later time as may be allowed by the Director-General or prescribed by the Regulation.

Please refrain from personal comments in the Chat box and restrict comments to relevant meeting content.

Voting will be conducted via the Zoom ‘polling function’ during the meeting, as required. Proxy voting is not allowed as per clause 34 of the Constitution. the financial year was 30 June 2023 and we applied to NSW Fair Trading for an extension of time to hold the third AGM to 31 March 2024. The extension request was granted so the AGM must be held on or before 31 March 2024. The committee has voted on holding the third annual general meeting on 25 March 2024.

Item 5: Minutes of Members meetings to be ratified  5 mins
To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

The Minutes of the Members Meetings held on the following days via Zoom are available on the website.

MOVED:
SECONDED:
Carried/Not Carried

Item 6: Activity report of the association  20 mins

To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

Membership

• • Registered 18 members Australia-wide
  • 19 Resignations

Key Achievements

• • 26 committee meetings held during 2022-2023
  • 1 members general meeting held (on 9 October 2022)
  • 1 annual general meeting held (21 November 2022)
  • Videos created by committee members (Tim Sawyer, Dave Bourke and Daniel Taylor & Sophie Stack) have been published on the No5G Party website.
  • Influenced other political parties and independent candidates to adopt our policies

Item 7: Financial Report  10 mins

To be introduced by Sophie Stack

Motion: Motion that we accept the Financial Statements and Treasurer’s Report 2022-2023.

Moved: Sophie Stack
Carried/Not Carried

Item 8: Building Biologists – Dave Bourke and Tim Sawyer

To be introduced by Ray Broomhall

Discussion on shielding from electromagnetic radiation  10 mins

Agenda outline – As per clause 25 of the Constitution, this annual general meeting will include:

• Confirmation of the minutes of the preceding annual general meeting (minutes on website)
• Confirmation of the minutes of any extraordinary general / members meetings
• Annual Report – Activity report of the association
• Financial Statements for the preceding financial year
• Elect new office-bearers of the association and ordinary committee members
• Any other business which may be transacted
• 11 September 2023 – Special guest Dr Julie McCredden
• 23 October 2023 – Special guest Dr Don Maisch
• 20 November 2023 – Special guest Dr Russell Cooper

MOTION: That the Minutes of the Members Meetings dated (as shown above) be accepted.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Raymond Broomhall
Activity report of the association for the preceding year:

TREASURER’S REPORT
Financial Statement for the year 2022-2023

As per clause 25 (d) of the Constitution, the business of the annual general meeting of the association is to receive and consider any financial statement or report required to be submitted to members under the Act.

Note that NSW Fair Trading require associations to lodge annual financial summaries in the approved form within 1 month after the AGM and no later than 7 months after the end of the association’s financial year.

Membership fees waived until further notice.
Seconded: Proposed draft List of Projected Operating Expenses for 2023-2024 for No5G Inc. – for noting.

Item 9: Going Off-Grid- Appollo Yianni

To be introduced by Ray Broomhall

Item 10: Election of Committee  10 mins

To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

In accordance with clause 16 Election of committee the election is to take place at the AGM, unless otherwise indicated.

Nominations will close on Monday 18 March 2024 at 8:00 PM AEST. Nominations received can be viewed at https://no5gparty.org.au/nominations-for-candidates-for-committee-positions/ prior to the AGM.

In line with No5G Inc. clause 16 (4) Election of Committee Members, if the number of nominations
received is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated are taken to be elected.

Results to be announced at the AGM.

We encourage all members to consider joining the committee at the AGM in 2024. We encourage new ideas and new energy to keep the No5G Party fresh. If you are curious about becoming a member of the committee, we encourage you to speak to one of our committee members to find out more or contact us at admin@no5gparty.org.au

Item 11: General Business 5 mins

To be introduced by Ray BroomhallThe date for the 2023-2024 AGM will be announced in due course.

Item 12: Meeting closed  2 mins

To be introduced by Raymond Broomhall

We would like to thank everyone for their attendance here tonight.

Closing remarks by the incoming President.