Hello Alec, There is always next year and we will see how that turn out. Thanks for your reply and comments. Michael. New Zealand. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SOG-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 89 (Alec Tritton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:44:41 +0100 > From: Alec Tritton<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] SOG-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 89 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <643543267/mk-filter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com/89.168.137.237/07/07/11/09:44:[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi Michael > Yet another problem of course > The articles 27.2 (4) allow for electronic voting but the proxy > would have to be in the same form as the written proxy - thus all you > would have been able to do is give yet another vote to the chairman > to do as he saw fit... > Of course what could also have happened, now that the Society has > this wonderful contact management system..... is send out to all > members by email a copy of the proxy. > > I am surprised it didn't happen with this form of proxy as such it > would have given even more power to the chairman to lavish is > patronage on those candidates he wanted as trustees - mind you > thinking to do this would though have had to have been a strong > point............ > > Yes I am being cynical > > The articles were changed in 2009 to supposedly make a more > democratic society but what price democracy when the chairman is able > to outvote all members attending the AGM > > Alec > > At 01:26 07/07/2011, you wrote: >> Today, 7th. July 2011, I received my information about the Annual >> General Meeting and the Proxy form. >> >> However, as you can see the date, I was _*NOT*_ able to vote! >> >> Perhaps, in the future, the overseas members could received the data >> *BEFORE *the meeting. Or, perhaps, you wish to exclude us and just give >> us the results. >> >> Sincverely, >> >> Prof. Michael >> New Zealand. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOG-UK list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SOG-UK mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOG-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 91 > ************************************* > -- Version: 10.0.1204 / AVG Virus Database: Release Date: Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 9:43 a.m. Web site: www.michael-outram.com Skype: User name: michaeloutram Researching: Outram, Humberstone, MacLean, Alexander, Munro, Gun-Munro, Corthorn, Witter, Griffin, Spencer, and more. Locations: England, Scotland, Grenada, Australia, Chile, Peru and others.