Agm recording great. Well done all who attended and contributed. Travelled to Parma last year and Ciaran made life simple by texting where the pub was!! Re Parma experience- we took in match and pubs and also markets-Saturday morning clothes market and farmers market for Parmesan cheese- for those with suitcases as over the Ryanair allowance! that info would be good for those of us who spend a few euro on more than the pints?? From a non-dodgy email!! Also regarding guests vs registered.. I only sign in if I’ve something to say and as I’m more enthusiasm than knowledge so I’m usually only a guest.

And the video is now up on the Clan YouTube channel:



As Shane said, the agenda printout is here, you'll need it to follow along:
docs.google.com/file/d/0B82CnRxMZLTCLVVW...YW8/edit?usp=sharing

It's up now at www.connachtclan.com/about-the-clan/minutes

So, the minutes to the AGM should be available from the link on the toolbar shortly.

Agenda, Financials etc. available here: docs.google.com/file/d/0B82CnRxMZLTCLVVW...YW8/edit?usp=sharing

For those that couldn't attend, an audio version of the AGM is available here: docs.google.com/file/d/0B82CnRxMZLTCXzIz...b1E/edit?usp=sharing

There should be a video of the AGM uploaded relatively shortly, we'll come back to you on that.

Thanks once again to everyone for coming out. For those that couldn't make it, we hope to see you next year.

Absolutely, I am mere hours away from death.

Sol_ie wrote: Minutes should be up either this evening or tomorrow. I've contracted the worst ever case of cold ever recorded by medical science, ever.

But thanks again to all for coming out!

It must be Man Flu, not a cold. :sick:

Minutes should be up either this evening or tomorrow. I've contracted the worst ever case of cold ever recorded by medical science, ever.

But thanks again to all for coming out!

Hey guys,

So the AGM went ahead as planned and there was no real controversy or drama

The entire meeting was recorded and we will get the vid up as soon as possible, so all who could not attend can see the full meeting.

The main news is that we recruited one more active forum member to the committee, overstrander, and the out-going committee was re-elected. The rules of the constitution, which was ratified at the AGM, states that we are only elected to the committee and not to specific positions at the AGM. We will sort out specific responsibilities at our first meeting.

Thanks to all who came along and to the lads who joined us for a quick scoop in O'Cs after as well.

How did this go? Was working myself so could not attend.

Can't attend AGM

Cant make this weekend Declan as I am in Dublin until Sunday.

Talk soon.

We'll certainly bring up these issues at the AGM, cheers. I've added them to the (still draft) agenda, so if anyone wants anything else brought up but can't make it let me know. For those of you who can make it, we'll have the usual AOB.

Sol_ie wrote: Pinky: No formal process, if you wish to nominate someone to the Committee, PM me and (provided there are no objections), we can have it as one of your nominations. If you want anything else raised, let me know and I'll add it to the Agenda.

I had a couple of suggestions:

Create the following posts:

• Webmaster
• Web Content Editor
• Away Travel Co-ordinator

These don't necessarily need to be committee members, nor should they do all the work in the respective areas, just co-ordinate it with other volunteers. For example, Diom is filling the webmaster role at present and hopefully will continue to do so but could probably do with some backup.
I would think someone like FourDogs would fill the Away Travel (or Minister for Foreign Affairs) role admirably, if he would accept the honour. And I would throw my hat in the ring to try pulling together some more web content to try and get a bit more traffic to the site (though we could probably find someone more competent than my good self).
There may be other roles that people feel should be filled too, those are just the ones I thought of.

Also maybe we should consider some adjustment to the committee structure. I think Declan pointed out that there were only four active committee members (from originally nine or ten) as inevitably other stuff comes up and people drop out.
I would say the idea of becoming committee members scares the pants off most people as they're afraid of being roped in to all manner of things.
So if we had something like Associate Committee Members, who wouldn't be committing to a whole season's penal servitude but could attend committee meetings if free and would be generally available to volunteer their help, that might take the pressure off the main committee.

It might also be a good idea to appoint an honorary president (like an ex-player or some other such luminary, if we could find one), who wouldn't necessarily have to do any real work but could lend his/her name/face to some communications, etc and maybe increase the profile.

Pinky: No formal process, if you wish to nominate someone to the Committee, PM me and (provided there are no objections), we can have it as one of your nominations. If you want anything else raised, let me know and I'll add it to the Agenda.

Will hopefully attend but not sure yet.

Is there a process to submit nominations, motions, proxy votes, suggestions and all that craic in advance of the meeting?

AGM has been set for 3pm, Saturday the 31st of August, at the Sportsground.