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AGM: 14 May 2007

MINUTES of an ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

held on 14 May 2007 at Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1

 

Present:
B2L Public Affairs (Darren Caplan)
Chambré (Will Chambré)
Connect Public Affairs (Gill Morris - Chair)
Edelman (Michael Burrell)
Fishburn Hedges (Lucy Burns)
Fleishman Hillard (Nick Williams)
Hill & Knowlton (Marcus Beltran)
Lansons (Dirk Patterson)
Lexington (Gidon Freeman)
Morgan Allen Moore (Ele Collington)
Positif Politics (Daran Hill)
PPS (John Mills)
Precise Public Affairs (Robbie MacDuff)
Waterfront (Tim Carr)
Weber Shandwick (Tamora Langley)
Whitehouse Consultancy (Chris Whitehouse)
APPC (Mary Shearer - Secretary)

Apologies:
APCO
AS Biss
Atherton Associates
Burson Marsteller
Citigate Public Affairs
Consolidated
EUK Consulting
Foresight
Grayling
Greenhaus
Helen Johnson Consulting
Open Road
Politics International

1. Articles of Association

1.1 The meeting passed the following resolution as a special resolution:

To amend Article 62 of the Articles of Association by deleting the existing sub-clause c) and replacing it with the following:

"c) The provision in Article 62.2a) shall not apply to former Chairmen of the Association."

 

1.2 The meeting passed the following resolution as a special resolution:

To amend sub-clause c) of Article 101 of the Articles of Association by deleting the words “six months prior to registration” and replacing them with “during the relevant period”.

1.3 Members considered the proposed amendment to the Articles set out in the Notice of the meeting and also the proposal circulated by one member. The meeting agreed that there should be provision for omitting the name of a consultant (but not a client) from the published Register in exceptional circumstances where there was a serious risk to that consultant’s personal safety. However, it was felt that there should be, if not a police risk assessment, then some more formal requirements should be in place, not least to safeguard the management committee in reaching such a decision.

2. Directors’ Report and Accounts for the Year Ending 30 September 2006

The meeting accepted the Directors’ Report & Accounts.

3. Subscriptions

 
The meeting approved the management committee’s proposal that subscriptions for the year ending 31 May 2008 should be increased by 2% as follows:

Band                                                                     £
1                        20 or more consultants                 1,836
2                        10 – 19 consultants                      1,224
3                        5 – 9 consultants                          735
4                        1 – 4 consultants                          105 per consultant

It was pointed out that the subscription system disadvantaged firms of a certain size, whilst benefiting the largest firms. The management committee agreed to re-consider the proposals, including the possibility of a flat rate for each consultant employed.

4. Management Committee

The Chair announced that, no other nominations having been received, the members of the management committee for the ensuing year would be:

M Adams
L Burns
M Burrell
G Devine
H Johnson
R MacDuff
J Mills
W Smith

The Chair and the Chair of APPC in Scotland would be supernumerary members of the management committee.

4. Chairman

Warwick Smith took the chair for this item.

No other nominations having been received, Gill Morris was re-elected as Chair for the ensuing year.

Closing Remarks

Members offered a vote of thanks to the Chair and members of the management committee for their work in the past year. The Chair thanked members of the management committee for their support.


 
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