Annual General Meeting (Online)

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In line with the need for  social distancing and the high number of our members with underlying  medical conditions that make a meeting potentially hazardous for them,  DCC will be holding our AGM online this year on 5 April 2020. We have cleared this with the NZ Business Office and set up a process that should make it as painless as possible. 

As per our constitution, we are advising you 14 days prior and calling for nominations for committee positions and Notices of Motion which will close 7 days before the meeting on 29 March 2020. 

Submissions can be made via this form, on our website or by email to dominionchiclub@gmail.com. 

Nominations  for committee positions will be deemed to have been “moved” on receipt  of the first nomination, and “seconded” on receipt of a second  nomination. We then will contact the nominees to ensure they are willing  to accept the nomination, before including them in the list of  nominees. 

We will not accept posted nominations or notices of  motion due to the infection risk of handling mail and the need for  self-isolators to leave home to post them. 

On the day of the  meeting, all members will be sent a link (or can access it through our  website) to the meeting form. The President’s and audited Treasurer’s  report will be available from the site, voting for the nominees can be  done on the form and you may vote on any notices of motion. 

If a  committee position has only received one nomination, they will be  elected unopposed (as they would be in a face-to-face meeting) so no  vote will be required on the meeting form. The form will indicate when  this is the case. 

There will be several notices of motion this  year as we intend to update some clauses in our constitution to bring  them in line with current Dogs NZ procedures. A full explanation will be  available on the website prior to the meeting.   

The “meeting” will remain open online for 48 hours to allow everyone who wishes to vote to do so. 

The  results will then be tallied and posted on the Club’s website as the  AGM minutes. Handover of documents. Equipment, etc will be arranged  between incoming and outgoing committee members when it is safe to do  so. 

We appreciate you bearing with us in this difficult time and  hope that we have made it as easy as possible for you to take part in our AGM. This time will pass and we'll be back to normal, but in the  meantime, stay safe and look after your Chihuahuas