The Gazette 1981

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1981

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY

Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 Friday, 20 November, 1981.

The President, Mrs. Moya Quinlan, took the Chair and the notice convening the Annual General Meeting was read by the Director General, Mr. James J. Ivers. The minutes of the previous meeting were taken as read, were approved unanimously by the meeting and signed. ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE SHEET: The Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Maurice Curran, proposed that the accounts as circulated should be formally adopted by the Society. To Mr. Gerry Doyle. Mr. Curran said that the Society paid the Auditors the sum of £4,500 in respect of Audit fees for the year just expired. Mr. P. C. Moore seconded the adoption of the accounts as circulated to the members. Mr. Curran then proposed the following motion:— That Bye Law 14 be amended to read as follows:— The financial year of the Society shall terminate on the 31st day of December in each year. The accounts shall be made up annually, (except for the first period of the changeover when accounts will be made up for a period commencing May 1st, 1982, and ending on December 31st, 1982) and a copy thereof laid on the Table in the Hall at least 14 days before the November General Meeting. In support of the motion, he said that the view of the Finance Committee was that an accounting date of April 30th gave a distorted picture of the financial situation as the Accounting Year and Practising Certificate Year were not coterminous. In order to reduce the time gap between the expiry of the Financial Year and the date of the General Meeting, he indicated that the Accounts would be circulated to members as soon as they were audited. Mr. Bcatty formally seconded the Resolution. When put to the meeting, the Resolution was passed unanimously. ELECTION OF AUDITORS Mr. Curran proposed the re-appointment of the Society's existing Auditors, Messrs. Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Margetson seconded the proposal. The Resolution was passed unanimously by the meeting. SCRUTINEERS' REPORT: The Scrutineers' Report was read to the meeting by the Director General. The results of the Council Election were as follows:—

Total Votes

Candidates - Elected

1. Quinlan, Moya 2. Buckley, John F 3. Binchy, Donal F 4. O'Donncll, Rory 5. Shaw, Thomas G 6. Houlihan, Michael P 7. Bourke, Adrian Patrick 8. Bcatty, Walter 9. O'Connor, Patrick 10. Collins, Anthony Eugene 11. O'Mahony, Michael V 12. Daly, Francis D 13. Smyth, Andrew F 14. McEvoy, William D 15. Shields, Laurence K 16. Blake, Bruce St. John 17. Curran, Maurice R 18. Monahan, Raymond T 19. Margctson, Ernest J 20. Cullen, Laurence 21. Conncllan, Clare 22. Hickey, Gerald 23. O'Donnell, Patrick F 24. Glynn, Patrick 25. Pigot, David R 26. Killcen, Carmel 28. Kclliher, Donal 29. Donnelly, Andrew J. 0

942 864 746 724 709 673 671 666 662 655 650 649 638 635 618 608 608 602 584 570 568 567 564 561 546 540 534 501

30. Reidy, John C 481 The following members received the number of votes placed after their names:— 1. Collins, Aidan D 477 2. Lynch, John R 476 3. Malone, Paul L 470 4. Enright, Michael 444 5. Murphy, Joseph 406 6. Sexton, Harry 396 7. Mangan, Joseph 372 8. Madigan, Patrick J 321 9. Bennett, Richard 205 10. Garvan, Brendan 190 11. Eg an Ronald J 115 Provincial Delegates Returned Unopposed: Connaught: Patrick J. McEllin, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.

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