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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:—
Candidates - Elected
Total
Votes
1. Quinlan, Moya
942
2. Buckley, John F
864
3. Binchy, Donal F
746
4. O'Donncll, Rory
724
5. Shaw, Thomas G
709
6. Houlihan, Michael P
673
7. Bourke, Adrian Patrick
671
8. Bcatty, Walter
666
9. O'Connor, Patrick
662
10. Collins, Anthony Eugene
655
11. O'Mahony, Michael V
650
12. Daly, Francis D
649
13. Smyth, Andrew F
638
14. McEvoy, William D
635
15. Shields, Laurence K
618
16. Blake, Bruce St. John
608
17. Curran, Maurice R
608
18. Monahan, Raymond T
602
19. Margctson, Ernest J
584
20. Cullen, Laurence
570
21. Conncllan, Clare
568
22. Hickey, Gerald
567
23. O'Donnell, Patrick F
564
24. Glynn, Patrick
561
25. Pigot, David R
546
26. Killcen, Carmel
540
28. Kclliher, Donal
534
29. Donnelly, Andrew J. 0
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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