The call for motions are advertised below. We have our full complement of Board Members so there will be no call out for Board members this year. The AGM legal notice will be sent to each member by email (where we have an email address for you) or by post along with the next issue of MS News. Where we do not have a postal or email address for you, service of notice of the AGM on you will be done by this notice on the MS Ireland website.
The Annual General Meeting of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland, at which Board members are re-elected, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 17thth September 2022 on zoom (time to be confirmed).
The results of the vote for motions, if any, plus the council’s nomination to the board will be announced at the AGM.
The procedures for motions are listed hereunder.
Every registered member is entitled to a vote. For those unable to attend the AGM, proxy papers will be available on our website three weeks prior to the AGM and must be returned to National Office, MS Ireland, 80 Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4 before 4.00 p.m. on Thursday, 15th September 2022.
Rory Mulcahy
Company Secretary
Motions
Any member or branch may forward a motion to the Governance Committee who will decide on their acceptability for putting before the AGM.
Closing date for receipt of motions is 12th August 2022.
Nominations of retiring Board members seeking re-election must be submitted to the Nominations Committee. Other nominations may be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 56 of MS Ireland’s Constitution and MS Ireland’s Bye-Laws, nominations may also be submitted directly to the Registered Office (MS Ireland’s National Office, 80 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4) and marked for the attention of the Company Secretary.
The Nominating Committee will review all nominations, except those submitted to the Company Secretary under Article 56, and will recommend to the Board candidates to go forward for election by the Members at the AGM.
All candidates must be in compliance with the requirements for Directors as set out in the Companies Act 2014, the Charities Act 2009 and MS Ireland’s Constitution and will be asked to sign a declaration to that effect.
All candidates, whether proposed by the Board or nominated pursuant to Article 56, and who have signed the aforementioned declaration will be put before the Members for election at the AGM.
Further details and nomination forms are available on the website.
The closing date for Applications under Article 56 of the Constitution is Friday, 17th June 2022
In an effort to reduce costs and with the passing of our Constitution in 2016, we are now able to send AGM notices to you by email. However, we need your consent that you will access the accompanying financial statements on a website instead of by post. Please fill in the below form if you want to be sent AGM notices by email.