Sri Lankan Society Annual General Meeting
AGENDA OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SRI LANKAN SOCIETY
TO BE HELD OFFICIALLY AT 4:00 pm, on Monday the 2nd of June 2025 ON ZOOM (https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/84412972258) and ABS LEC THEATRE 1060
1. OPENING AND WELCOME
2. APOLOGIES AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE
3. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING & BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
4. ANNUAL REPORTS
a. Annual President’s Report on Society Affairs
b. Annual Financial Report by the Treasurer
5. ELECTION OF EXECUTIVES
a. Appointment of Returning Officer (RO)
b. Nominations will be considered and voted on for the following positions:
- A President
- A Secretary
- A Treasurer
- A Vice-President
- An Events Coordinator
- A Social Media Coordinator
- And up to a further 10 General Executive member(s).
Process of Election
The Election process will be “First Past the Post” or “Standard Transferable Vote” and
ballots will be held on individualised Google Forms. The RO will send out links to all voting
members of the individualised form via Zoom or QR code (in-person) whereby all members
not running for candidacy may vote for the candidates. After the ballots are collected, the
RO will announce
a) which candidate has won the plurality vote (FPP) and then continued for each
candidate until all candidates have been voted upon.
b) which candidate(s) have past the quota and have been elected; or continue
via second preferences for all candidates if quota has not been reached; or if
more seats remain unfilled and there are surplus votes to be distributed
Thereon, the RO shall finalise the voting and officiate all votes.
7. GENERAL BUSINESS
i) Nomination of Bank Signatories
ii) Renewal of C&S Agreement
8. DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
AGM – Next Year (June)
9. CLOSE OF MEETING
5:00 pm, 02/06/25.
