AGM 2012 - Results

The FC United Annual General Meeting was held at The Longfield Suite, Prestwich on Thursday 8th November 2012. The members heard presentations on the club’s current financial position.

The board thanked all the volunteers who helped out on Thursday and Sunday who contributed to the smooth running of the AGM. The board work like to thank independent scrutineer Liz Hindley.

Minutes of the meeting will shortly be available on the secure members’ area of the website.

Board Elections

There were six vacancies for the board and the votes cast were as follows:

Des Lynch 88%
Mike Sherrard 87%
Alan Hargrave 92%
RON 33%
Pete Burke 79%
Adam Brown 99%
Alison Watt 80%

Congratulations to new board members Des Lynch and Pete Burke.

Resolutions

The results of the resolutions are:

Resolution 1

To review rule 15 and consider rewording it to allow membership to those under 16 years of age. On the ballot paper you will be asked to vote for only one of the following options:

a) Change to give full membership at any age – i.e. the rule will be changed to read “The Club Board shall have power to offer a class of junior membership with or without payment to minors under the age of 16 but any person of any age shall be entitled to a share in the club and be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Club.???

b) Change to give full membership to those age 12 and over – i.e. the rule will be changed to read “The Club Board shall have power to offer a class of junior membership with or without payment to minors under the age of 16 but no person under the age of 12 shall be entitled to a share in the club or be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Club.???

c) No change – i.e. the rule will continue to read “The Club Board shall have power to offer a class of junior membership with or without payment to minors under the age of 16 but no person under the age of 16 shall be entitled to a share in the club or be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Club.???

A 13%
B 18%
C 69%

Therefore there will be no change to the current age of membership.

Resolution 2

It is proposed that with effect from the close of this meeting all votes taken at quorate FCUM Board meetings that do not meet with a unanimous response from those board members present shall require a full voting list to be recorded and appear in the relevant minute.

The voting list will name all board members alongside their individual votes

For 82%
Against 18%

Resolution 2 is passed.

Resolution 3

THAT Tenon, Chartered Accountants, be re-appointed as the auditors of the Club for the period up to the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Club, and that the Board be and they are hereby authorised to fix their remuneration.

For 97%
Against 3%

Resolution 3 is passed.

Resolution 4

That rule 16 of the club IPS constitution should be changed from:

“No person under the age of 18 may be an officer of the Club???

to:

“No person under the age of 16 may be an officer of the Club???

For 95%
Against 5%

Resolution 4 is passed

Resolution 5

That FC United of Manchester funds are not used to pay for Sky TV, or other subscription / pay-per-view based television channels.

For 77%
Against 23%

Resolution 5 is passed.

Resolution 6

That whenever it is anticipated that a vote of members will be taken at a members meeting which will have a financial impact upon the future of the Club then the Board shall produce at that meeting in writing (and prior to any vote being taken) documentation as to the finances of the club including:-

(a) The last audited accounts of the Club
(b) A statement as to the current financial position of the Club and how it compares to the
budget for the current financial year and
(c) A detailed budget for the next financial year.

For 80%
Against 20%

Resolution 6 is passed.

Resolution 7

That Board minutes should be published on the club website and accessible for public consumption.

For 16%
Against 84%

Resolution 7 is not passed.

Members’ Vote

The club should launch a new home kit in time for the start of the season 2013-14.

Should the membership vote in favour of this resolution the club will generate a short list of no more than 4 potential shirt designs and circulate the designs amongst the membership as part of the advance notice of the spring general meeting.

At the spring general meeting a members vote shall then be held to determine which of the 4 circulated designs the club should proceed with. This vote should be held using the “alternative vote??? system and each member should be given the opportunity to rank the designs in order of preference.

Should the membership vote against this resolution the club will not seek to launch a new home kit for the 2013-14 season.

For 61%
Against 39%

Members vote is passed.