CommitteeNorthern Ireland Branch Annual General Meeting

Date24March February 2012

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VenueBelfast City Hall

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  1. Welcome and apologies
Michele Woods welcomed members and the CIPFA President to the AGM. Apologies were received from Joanne Devlin.
  1. Address by CIPFA President, Jaki Meekings DavisChris Bilsland
Jaki Meekings DavisChris Bilsland addressed the meeting on three main job of the CIPFA President focusing on the following areas:
  • Good Governance
  • Domestic and International Representation
areas. Discussions then ensued on each area.
Where CIPFA are now and what CIPFA hopes to achieve in the future;
Impact of Government cuts for individual members and CIPFA as a whole; and
Looking ahead nationally (links with ICAEW) and internationally.
  1. Minutes
The 20110 AGM minutes were circulated. There were no matters arising not covered on the agenda. Michele Woods proposed that the minutes be accepted as an accurate record of the meeting, which was accepted by all members present.
  1. Secretary’s Report
Patricia BlairJill Wharry, Secretary stated there was no correspondence. Patricia Jill drew on key activities of the Branch. In particularshe focused on the Annual Conference and lunchtime events programme. She noted that the two members of the Student Society had grown in numbersattended the National Student Forum (NSF) Conference, as part of the National CIPFA Conference in Birminghamin the year and that they were continuing to organise well attended events, both academic and social. PatriciaJillthanked members for giving their valued time freely and thanked all the staff in the CIPFA Northern Ireland Office for their help and support.
  1. Treasurer’s Report
Ian Plunkett, Treasurer provided members with an overview of the Annual Accounts. He covered the main areas of income and expenditure and noted that the Auditor gave a clean audit opinion. He informed the meeting that income remained fairly similar to 2010the previous year. However noted there is no main sponsor of events, going forward the Branch should attempt to generate new income and noted there is currently no sponsorship of events.He noted expenditure has decreased increased due to no support being requested for the local delivery of the professional qualificationadmin cost being paid to CIPFA NI Office.Thefinancial reserves of the Branch remain healthy at approximately £241k. Ian thanked Catherine O’Hagan (former Treasurer) for assisting him during his initial time in post and thanked all the staff in the CIPFA Northern Ireland Office for their help and support.
  1. Development Plan
Michele Woods ran through main points in plan and highlighted that the Branch will report back progress to Robert Street on a quarterly basis. Michele encourages members to review the development plan and note key themes coming out of it.
  1. Election of Officers
All officers and committee members were properly proposed and seconded. No contested elections were necessary. Therefore the following officers will serve the Committee for 20121-132:
ChairpersonJonathan Adams Michele Woods
Vice-chairpersonKathryn ThompsonJonathan Adams
Past ChairpersonMichele Woods
Michael Carson
Hon. SecretaryJill AdairWharry
Patricia Blair
Hon. TreasurerIan Plunkett
Council Member Trevor Salmon
Steve Mungavin (ex officio, as Head of CIPFA NI)
Members elected en bloc at the meeting:
Michael Carson
Mark McBride
Peter Harvey
Kathryn Thompson
Heather Cousins
Michael Tattersall
Joanne Devlin
Geoffrey Crossey
Michael Burton
Fiona McCloskey
David Nicholl
David Reid
Una Foy
Jill Adair
Nicola Woods, Chair of Student Society and NSF Rep, is to be recognised as student member.
  1. Any Other Business
There was no other businessJonathan Adams thanked Michele Woods for her role as Chair over past two years and Chris Bilsland thanked everyone for their contribution on behalf of the institute.

Jill AdairWharry

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