Wise Response Society Inc Society
Agenda of AGM, 2017
3.30pm Thursday, 24 August at Centre for Sustainability (CSAFE),
563 Castle St, Dunedin
The following documents have been pre-circulated
- Minutes of the 2016 AGM: PDF
- Treasurer’s report for 2017: PDF
- Chairman’s Annual Report for 2017: PDF
Business of the AGM
Apologies: Niki Harre, Jim Simpson, Yvonne Curtis, Sir Alan Mark, John Cocks, Cath Wallace, John Peet (already received)
Speaker: Prof Jonathan Boston: The Case for New Climate Change Adaptation Funding Instruments
(a) Minutes of the previous Meeting
(b) Correspondence
(c) Chairperson’s report on the business of the Society
(d) Treasurer’s report on the Society’s finances and the Statement of Accounts
(e) Any Annual Plan (none)
(f) Election of Committee Members which will consist of between 4 and 14 members.
(g) Election of Officers (Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Spokesperson and any other that the meeting decides)
(h) Fixing the annual subscription/donations (if any) for the ensuing year
(i) Confirming patron(s)
(j) Motions
(k) General business and programme for 2017/18
- Regional Policy Statement mediation under Environment Court
- Climate Consensus Coalition Aotearoa and submission to GLOBE NZ – additional membership from CCCA website
- LGNZ Climate Change programme and the Compact of Mayors
- Elections and local public meeting with Sustainable Dunedin City
- Submission to Productivity Commission on achieving a Low Carbon Economy
- Other?
Panel on the New Zealand Election
Note also that the AGM is timed to coincide with a Panel on the New Zealand Election. Panellists are Prof. Jonathan Boston (Victoria University of Wellington), Prof. Hugh Campbell (Dept. of Sociology, Gender and Social Work), Prof. Janine Hayward (Dept. of Politics). Thursday 24th August, 12.00 – 12.50pm, Burns 7 Seminar Room, University of Otago