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Returning Officer’s Report
Doug Brooke		  

8 November, 2003
Secretary
Melbourne PC User Group Inc.
P O Box 283 SOUTH MELBOURNE

Dear Mr Swale

I am setting out hereunder my report of the election of committee members held at the Annual General Meeting of Melbourne PC User Group Incorporated on Wednesday 5 November 2003 at University of Melbourne - Private, Hawthorn Campus, 442 Auburn Road Hawthorn.

Annual Election Results

The breakup of votes cast for the election of committee members was as follows:
 
  Meeting
Proxy
Postal
Invalid
Total votes

115
323
46
5
489

  

There were 10 candidates for the eight vacant committee member positions and the results of the election are:

Successful candidates:

  George Skarbek
Barry Martin
Frank Maher
Diana Allen
William Dair
John Hall
Ray Beatty
Lyn Goodall

476
 469
 466
 465
 461
448
414
378

  

Unsuccessful candidates:

  Maurice Canterbury
Morris Tobias

 158
 138

  

Considering the size of the Melbourne PC User Group membership it is rather disappointing that there were only 489 total votes cast, including a small number of invalid votes.

I believe the Group is able to do much better and encourage a greater proportion of our membership to vote than about 4.9% of members who voted this year. As I indicated in my report last year I am strongly of the view that to ensure continuing good governance of Melb PC, future elections for committee should be
conducted by postal ballot and I strongly recommend that this method should be introduced for the 2004 elections.
 


At the AGM, Doug Brooke (Returning Officer) with John Gilfedder, David Brownbridge, Leon Cohen and Tracy
Swan (Administration Officer) checking off the validity
of proxy votes prior to the voting.

Considering the size of the Melbourne PC User Group membership it is rather disappointing that there were only 489 total votes cast, including a small number of invalid votes.

I believe the Group is able to do much better and encourage a greater proportion of our membership to vote than about 4.9% of members who voted this year. As I indicated in my report last year I am strongly of the view that to ensure continuing good governance of Melb PC, future elections for committee should be
conducted by postal ballot and I strongly recommend that this method should be introduced for the 2004 elections.

Yours sincerely,

D A Brooke
Returning Officer
Honorary Life Member
Melbourne PC User Group.


The 2004 Management Committee. Left to right.  Frank Maher, Bill Dair, George Skarbek, John Hall, Barry Martin,
Diana Allen, John Swale (Secretary), Bill Ford (Treasurer), Ray Beatty, Dave Botherway (President), Lyn Goodall. 
Ash Nallawalla (Vice-President - absent)

Reprinted from the December 2003 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia

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