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Proportional
Representation Society of Australia
VICTORIAN
BRANCH
Notice of Annual General Meeting &
Making of PRSAV
Regulation No. 1
Members are cordially invited to the 45th
Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Branch of the Proportional
Representation
Society of Australia, which will be held at 8:00 P.M. on Monday 9th
April 1990
at the Anglican Church Hall, on the western corner of North and
Wheatley Roads,
Ormond (Melway Ref. 68D8).
Notice is hereby given that the Council on
13th March 1990 made PRSAV Regulation No. 1 entitled "Prohibition of
Donation of Monies to Political Parties".
The full text
of Regulation No. 1 is
"1. The Branch shall make no donations of monies to any political party
or
parties."
Andrew Gunter, Branch President
AGENDA
1. Apologies.
2. Confirmation of Minutes of 44th Annual
General Meeting.
3. Branch President's Report.
4. Branch Treasurer's Report.
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5. Guest
Speaker:
Hon.
Evan Walker MLC, Leader of the
Government in the Legislative Council of Victoria, has been asked to
speak on
"The Government's Intentions on Further Action to Progress its Aim of
Introducing Proportional Representation for the Legislative Council".
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6.
Motion to Alter the Branch Constitution:
The Council has placed the following motion
on the agenda - "That Section 3 of the Constitution of the Proportional
Representation Society of Australia (Victorian
Branch) be altered so that:
- "consist of (a)" replace
"consist of",
- "year, (b)
of" replace
"year and of",
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"organisation, and (c) persons who have
been appointed Honorary Life
Members of
the organisation by being
nominated by the Council and appointed by a three quarters majority
vote at an
Annual General Meeting of the organisation, provided that a citation in
support
of the nomination has been placed on the agenda of that meeting, and
that the number
of Honorary Life Members in existence does not exceed five."
replace
"organisation".
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7.
Nomination for Appointment as Honorary
Life Member:
The Council has placed the following
motion
on the agenda - "That the nomination by the Council of Sir Ronald East
for
appointment as an Honorary Life Member of the Victorian Branch be noted
and
that he be so appointed."
The Council has supplied the following
citation in support of its nomination:
"Sir
Ronald East has been a long term
member of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia
(Victorian
Branch) and an even longer term supporter of the cause. He was the
mover of a
motion at the 1931 Nationalist Party Conference in Ballarat that that
Party
adopt proportional representation as its policy for elections of
Federal and
State parliaments. Born in 1899, he has had a distinguished career in
service
to the Australian public, in the Australian Flying Corps 1918-19, and
in the State
Rivers
and Water Supply Commission of Victoria beginning in 1922 and
culminating in
his reaching the position of Chairman
of that Commission. He was
knighted in 1966.
An honorary Doctorate of Engineering was conferred on him in 1981."
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8. Discussion
of PRSA Policy on the
"Above and Below the Line Senate Ballot-Paper Format".
9. Report by National President.
10. Announcement of Nominations for Postal
Ballot for PRSAV Council 1990-91.
11. General Business. |
