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AGM meeting 11 May 2009
association of professional
political consultants
MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
held on 11 May 2009 at 198 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BD
Present:
APCO Martin Sawer
B2L Public Affairs Darren Caplan
Champollion Sam Hardy
Cicero Iain Anderson
Cogitamus Mark Walker
College Public Policy Warwick Smith
College Public Policy Robbie MacDuff (in the Chair)
Connect Public Affairs Gill Morris
Edelman Michael Burrell
Foresight Consulting Mark Adams
Helen Johnson Consulting Helen Johnson
Insight Public Affairs James Tyrrell
Lexington Communications Gidon Freeman
Mandate Gavin Devine
Open Road Martin LeJeune
Positif Politics Daran Hill
PPS John Mills
Tetra Strategy Hanna Madalski
Weber Shandwick Dominick Moxon-Tritsch
Whitehouse Consultancy Chris Whitehouse
APPC Mary Shearer (Secretary)
Apologies:
Blue Rubicon
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Fleishmann-Hillard
Hanover Communications
JMC Consulting
1. Directors’ Report & Accounts for Year Ending 30 September 2008
The meeting accepted the Directors’ Report & Accounts.
2. Subscriptions
Members approved the Management Committee’s proposal that subscriptions for the year ending 31 May 2009 kept at the same rate as the current year, as follows:
Band £
1 20 or more consultants 1,880
2 10 – 19 consultants 1,254
3 5 – 9 consultants 750
4 1 – 4 consultants 105 per consultant
The Chair said that the Management Committee hoped to be in a financial position to defer collecting subscriptions until 1 October 2009 in order to bring the subscription year into line with the financial year, but reserved the right to call for payments earlier and/or to call an extra subscription for a specific reason if that proved necessary.
3. Chair
No other nominations having been received, Robbie MacDuff was elected as Chair for the ensuing year.
4. Deputy Chair
No other nominations having been received, Mark Adams was elected as Deputy Chair for the ensuing year.
5. Management Committee
As eight nominations had been received for the eight places, the following were deemed elected to membership of the Management Committee for the ensuing year:
Iain Anderson, Cicero Consulting
Lucy Burns, Fishburn Hedges
Darren Caplan, B2L Public Affairs
Gavin Devine, Mandate Communications
Gidon Freeman, Lexington Communications
Helen Johnson, Helen Johnson Consulting Ltd
Martin LeJeune, The Open Road Consultancy
John Mills, PPS (Local & Regional) Ltd
The Chair and Deputy Chair of APPC and the Chair of APPC in Scotland would be members ex-officio, as would past Chairs of APPC.
Closing Remarks
Robbie MacDuff thanked Gill Morris for her support as Deputy Chair in the past year, as well as all the other members of the management committee, who had worked hard for APPC as a good team. He also thanked all members for their support and had particularly enjoyed his meetings with member firms and he and other members of the Management Committee would be continuing this programme. He hoped he would enjoy members’ continuing support in what would undoubtedly be a challenging year ahead.