Meeting-Number: 24 Meeting-Type: AGM Meeting-Start-Date: Monday 9 March 1998 Minutes-Entry-Date: Tuesday 10 March 1998 Entered-By: jsm28 Meeting-Place: Hopkinson Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site Present: jsm28 (Joseph Myers), pm215 (Peter Maydell), rjd27 (Richard Davies), sgf22 (Simon Frankau), three other members Meeting-Time: 22:09:15 to 22:11:40 1) Apologies for absence. Alan Bain had given his apologies for being absent because of the TMS annual dinner. 2) Minutes of the previous meeting. There were no objections to these. 4) Amendment to the Constitution. The old committee had proposed that at the end of Section 2 (Membership), there should be added: 5. Associate membership is open to any person approved by the Committee who is not a member of the University, on payment of a membership fee, which shall be determined by the Committee. Associate members are not entitled to vote at General Meetings, or to stand for election to Committee posts, but are entitled to all the other benefits of membership for life. This was approved by 7 votes to 0, with no abstentions. 3) Election of officers. No advance nominations had been received by the Secretary. Nominations were taken at the meeting, and for each post exactly one person was nominated and so was appointed unopposed: jsm28 was nominated for President by ard12 and seconded by pm215. rjd27 was nominated for Secretary by jsm28 and seconded by ard12. sgf22 was nominated for Junior Treasurer by ard12 and seconded by jsm28. afrb2 was nominated for Publicity Officer by ard12 and seconded by jsm28. 5) Any Other Business. There was none.