Summary of Annual General Meeting Minutes 12 August 2009

Geoff Williams as President and Chairman opened the meeting at 7.45 pm with 14 members and 1 guest present. There were three apologies.
Kevin Free was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the ASV, carried by acclamation.
Michael Meszaros spoke about Kevin’s long and valuable service to the Association and Sculpture in general, including his demonstrations at MIFGS and the number of people introduced to sculpture through Kevin’s workshops and ongoing encouragement and support. Michael also mentioned the consistently high standard and integrity of Kevin’s work and the achievement of living as a professional sculptor for many years.
Kevin responded, telling the meeting how precious the ASV is and that its strength is its eclectic nature. He said the Association nurtures developing sculptors and Kevin has enjoyed seeing people evolve. Kevin commented that to survive as a sculptor you must teach and he has enjoyed passing on his knowledge at workshops and at 70 projects in 50 schools. He is now enjoying semi retirement which is allowing him to work on things he wants to do.

The President presented his report which was accepted.

The Treasurer’s report was presented by Patrick Culshaw and accepted. The result for the year ended 30 June 2009 was a loss of $291.74, largely due to the loss on the 2008 Annual Exhibition which resulted from the increased prize money offered. There were some errors in the accounts issued previously with the minutes due to computer problems and Patrick apologised for these. The Treasurer and President both encouraged questions on the accounts and said more information will be included in the detailed minutes.

Sub-Committee reports were presented as follows:
Membership by Ronit Freedman (membership at end of June ’09 was 127 compared to 130 at the end of the prior year)
2008 Annual Exhibition by Bronwyn Culshaw
2009 Annual Exhibition preliminary report by Marija Patterson
MIFGS Exhibition by Patrick Culshaw
Herring Island Exhibition by Jenny Rickards
Newsletter by Jenny Rickards
Website by Jenny Rickards
Tesselaar Exhibition by Mark Cowie
All reports were accepted and more information will be included in the detailed AGM minutes.

Elections were held for Committee positions, the results being:
President: Geoff Williams elected unopposed
Vice President: Michael Meszaros elected unopposed
Secretary: John Bishop elected unopposed
Treasurer: Patrick Culshaw elected unopposed
Ordinary Committee Members:
Marija Patterson elected unopposed
Jenny Rickards nomination withdrawn
Mark Cowie elected unopposed

The meeting discussed and voted on several motions:
Motions 8.1 (Membership Clause), 8.2(Consumer Affairs Model Rules) and 8.3 (Public Fund) were carried.
Motion 8.4 (Membership Clause change) was defeated.
Motions 9.1 (membership fees), 9.2 (Committee meetings) and 9.3 (written arguments) were defeated.
There was 1 question on notice regarding the ASV prize at the 2008 Annual Exhibition. Marija Patterson is to discuss this issue with Jenny Rickards and prepare a report.
Other business included a discussion on:
Succession planning
The shortage of volunteers
The date for the Christmas Party
The tabling of a letter from Betty Collier thanking the members for awarding her the Margaret Gunnersen and William Hoggan Thomas Award and thanking the Committee and exhibition organisers.
The Chairman closed the meeting at 10.45pm

The financial report can be downloaded from
www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/fin_rep_2008-9.pdf
and will be posted to members receiving the newsletter by post.

ASV Committee 2009 - 10

President
Geoff Williams bh 9670 0824

Vice President
Michael Meszaros bh 9853 9610

Treasurer and Public Officer
Patrick Culshaw 9857 9153

Secretary
John Bishop 9885 2660

Committee members
Marija Patterson 9489 4537
Mark Cowie 5348 5696