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ALIA 2005 General Meeting

The General Meeting of the Australian Library and Information Association will be held at 5:30pm on Friday 25 November 2005 at ALIA House, 9-11 Napier Close, Deakin ACT, followed by drinks.

Agenda

1. Notice of convening meeting

2. Apologies

3. Special resolution: Motion

That the constitution of ALIA be amended by making the following changes:

Location	Delete	Add
Clause 13.3 (a) (ii)		; and
Clause 13.3 (a) (iii)	two directors elected by members;	five directors elected by members.
Clause 13.3 (a) (iv)	one director elected by institutional members; and
Clause 13.3 (a) (v)	two directors elected by the National Advisory Congress.
Clause 13.5 (b)	and institutional members The National Advisory Congress will elect two directors for terms which provide for the normal election cycle
Clause 13.6 (a) (i)		annually;
Clause 13.6 (a) (ii)	one of the two	Three directors elected by members, biennially, for a two-year term from 2006; and
Clause 13.6 (a) (iii)	one of the two directors elected by the National Advisory Congress members.	Two directors elected by members, biennially, for a two-year term from 2007.
Clause 13.6 (b)	The director to be elected by the institutional members will be elected in alternate years.

Moved:
Gillian Hallam, ALIA president

Seconded
Dagmar Schmidmaier, AM, ALIA vice-president

4. General business

Rules of meeting

The only items that may be raised under general business are those of an informal nature, or those that are within the scope of the business already laid down. Motions of a substantial nature relating to items not covered in the notice of the meeting will not be allowed.
If any item of urgency arises which is not within the business of the meeting, the chairperson has the power to accept it without notice or rule that due notice must be given.
All motions additional to those on the printed agenda and in accordance with rule 2, and amendments, shall be in writing, signed by the movers (forms will be provided), and delivered to the chair.
When addressing the chair, the person desiring recognition will properly identify themselves, giving his or her name and affiliation. Only ALIA members may speak.
Debate shall be limited to three minutes for each speaker, no speaker may have the floor twice on the same question until all who wish to speak have spoken.
Proxies. To be valid, proxies must be in the form set out in Constitution - item 8.2 and be in the hands of the ALIA executive director, ALIA, PO Box 6335 Kingston 2604, enquiry@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address), by 6:00pm on 23 November 2005. Proxy forms must not specify how the holder of the proxy is to vote on specific areas. A proxy must also be a member.
By general consent, if there be no objection, or by a two-thirds vote, any rule governing the debate may be suspended.
The chairperson's rulings on procedural matters may not be debated. The reference for rules and their interpretation by the parliamentarian will be Joske's The law and procedure at meetings in Australia, 8th ed, 1994. A parliamentarian will be appointed to advise the chairperson on procedures and to assist in determining the results of a poll of members present if necessary.

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