ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Institute of Measurement and Control will take place at 297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD at 15.00 on Wednesday 26th June 2019.

AGENDA

1. To receive the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 26th June 2019

2. To receive the report of the Trustees

3. To receive the Balance Sheet and Accounts

4.  To note the elections for Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Vice Presidents, President, Trustees, and members of Council for three-year tenures commencing January 2020

5. To authorise the Trustees to appoint auditors or independent examiners as appropriate

6. To conduct the ordinary business of the Institute

By order of the Board of Trustees

Steff Smith

Chief Executive

Note: Any member may attend the annual meeting but only Fellows, Members and other members registered by the Engineering Council may vote.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of The Institute of Measurement and Control will be held at 297 Euston Road London NW1 3AD on Wednesday 26 June 2019 at 3.15pm  for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolution:

‘That as from the 1^st day of January 2020 the annual subscription payable by members of the Institute pursuant to Bye-law 13(i) (as amended by the Privy Council during 2019) shall remain unchanged from those in force in 2019.’

(Note:  The resolution may not be amended during the meeting but must be either carried or rejected as it stands.)

By order of the Board of Trustees

Steff Smith

Chief Executive

Note: Any member may attend the meeting but only Fellows, Members and other members registered by the Engineering Council may vote.

Messsage from the Trustees

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Institute of Measurement and Control

297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD

15.00 on Wednesday 26th June 2019.

The President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor G. Machin, was in the chair.

It was noted that a quorum of members was present.

Notice of the Meeting

The President read the notice convening the meeting. The President made attendees aware of the Strategic planning day planned for the 7^th October.

Trustees and Council would receive invitations shortly and all members were invited to submit their thoughts on the future direction of the Institute ahead of this date through their Local Section or SIG chairs.

Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting

The minutes of the AGM held on the 26^th June 2018 were approved as accurate.

Annual Report

The 2018 annual report of the Trustees was received and unanimously accepted.

Balance Sheet and Accounts

The 2018 Balance Sheets and Accounts were received and unanimously accepted

Election of Officers 2020

The President advised that one valid nomination for each vacant position had been received:

President:                          Martin Belshaw

Honorary Secretary:           Billy Milligan

Vice President:                   Louis Lock

Council:                              Richard Brown

Council:                              Andy Augousti

Council:                              Malcolm George

Council:                              Barry O’Regan

No objections were raised, and all persons were elected.

There is still a requirement to find a suitable candidate for Honorary Treasurer as no nominations have yet been received.

Appointment of Auditors

It was agreed that the Trustees be given leave to appoint auditors or independent examiners as required by law and as they saw fit.

Business of the Institute

A member raised concerns that the quality of the papers being accepted by the journal Measurement and Control had dropped. It was noted that the Institute no longer retains any editorial control of this publication since its sale to Sage Publications. It was agreed that the Trustees should discuss the benefit of continuing to be associated with the publication, at the next Trustee meeting.

It was agreed that the content and direction of Precision Magazine should be discussed at the upcoming strategy day on 7^th October.

The Chief Executive will find out how members can access the papers from the 2018 IMEKO conference and distribute this information to the wider membership.

The Trustees were asked by a member if the Institute would break even this year. The Hon Tres stated that the Institute will not break even this year, in part due to the office move and the restructuring of staff. The aim was to break even in 2020.

The Chief Executive was asked if the Institute was still providing the secretariat for the United Kingdom Automation and Control Council (UKACC). It is no longer providing this service, but UKACC have yet to install a replacement, so the Institute is still holding the bank account until this can be transferred.

The meeting closed at 15:35

Immediately following closure of the AGM, the Extraordinary General Meeting took place to consider the resolution on fees for 2020.

The resolution in respect of subscriptions, namely that for 2020 the fees should remain unchanged from those in force in 2019, was carried unanimously.

The EGM was closed at 15:40