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Annual General Meeting - 2019

Meeting details (Sydney time)

9:00am Wednesday 13 November 2019

Agenda

  1. Election of a chair for the meeting
  2. Confirmation of previous minutes
    1. Annual General Meeting on 28/11/2018
  3. Annual financial report
    1. 2017-18
    2. 2018-19
    3. Auditor’s report—Members decided not to appoint an auditor
  4. Report from the Board of Directors
  5. Election of Office Bearers
    1. Directors
    2. Councillors
  6. Appointment of an auditor for 2019-20
  7. Strategic plan

No further items can be considered at the AGM.

Meeting chair

Dalene Wray

Minutes

Accepted 09/12/2020

Election of a meeting chair

Motion

Motion proposed

Dalene Wray

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton

Previous minutes

Annual General Meeting - 2018
Motion

Motion proposed

Dalene Wray

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton

Annual financial report

2017-18 financial statements

Final annual financial statements for 2017-18 were not presented to last year's AGM, as full access to bank accounts and invoices had not been transferred to the Company Secretary from the previous association office holders. Nevertheless, preliminary financial statements were presented.

The differences between the final financial statements for 2017-18 (presented at this AGM) and the preliminary financial statements (presented at last year's AGM) are related to the Love Organic Symposium in February 2018:

  • workshop expenses have been revised down by $1,903.40 (from $20,939.81 to $19,033.91)
  • ticket sales have been revised down by $79.26 (from $9,800 to $9,720.74)
  • sponsorship has been revised down by $318.18 (from $14,681.82 to 14,363.64)

Consequently, the profit (and net equity) for 2017-18 was $5,089 compared with the preliminary estimate of $3,583.04.

2018-19 financial statements

Highlights from the 2018-19 financial statements are:

  • income was $7,460.57, comprising almost all membership fees
  • 95% of membership fees was derived from foundation memberships
  • total expense was $1,797.05, mostly comprising:
    • $658 for website hosting
    • $582 for fees, mostly related to company registration
    • $500 for a Board meeting (most meetings are by teleconference)
  • profit was $5,663.52
  • cash on hand was $10,292.11
  • member equity was $10,752.52

Auditor's report

As the company is not legally required to appoint an auditor and the company's revenues were considered not sufficiently large to warrant the expense, members decided not to appoint an auditor for 2018-19.

Membership

At 30 June 2019, there were 74 members comprised:

  Foundation Ordinary
Full Members 24 27
Associates 6 17

At 8 November 2019, there were 106 members comprised:

  Foundation Ordinary
Full Members 32 36
Associates 9 29
Attachments
Attachment Size
OIA Ltd Income Statement 2017-18 and 2018-19.pdf (30.26 KB) 30.26 KB
OIA Ltd Balance Sheet 2017-18 and 2018-19.pdf (30.33 KB) 30.33 KB
Motion

Motion proposed

Dalene Wray

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton

Report from Board of Directors

Election of Directors

Nomination of directors

Nominations formally closed on 23 October. As insufficient valid nominations were received to at least fill at least the known vacancies for directors, and it was understood several nominations were still being prepared, further nominations were accepted until COB on Wednesday 6 November.

Nominations must be made and seconded by a financial full member of OIA Ltd—that is, they must be a certified organic operator and not have any membership fees outstanding. Directors do not need to be certified organic operators.

The candidates

Eight nominations for director were received by the Company Secretary.

Nomination Profile Proposed Seconded
Brock Billing Candidate information Rosnay Organic Wines Bellamy's Organic
Mark Gower Mark Gower Chalk Hill Viticulture Rosnay Organic Wines
Lynton Greenwood Lynton Greenwood Biodynamic Marketing Rural Organics
Andrew Liesfield Andrew Liesfield Lieton Park Partnership Rural Organics
Howard Rubin Howard Rubin Rosnay Organic Wines Bellamy's Organic
Pennie Scott Pennie Scott Rosnay Organic Wines Rural Organics
Carolyn Suggate Carolyn Suggate Norco Bellamy's Organic
Carissa Wolfe Carissa Wolfe Obe Organic Norco
The procedure for the election of directors

The AGM will first decide how many directors to appoint. The minimum is 7 and the maximum is 11.

There are currently 4 continuing directors. The remaining director positions will be declared vacant. No candidates will be accepted from the floor of the meeting.

If the number of candidates is less than or equal to the number of vacancies, then all candidates are duly elected as director.

If there are more candidates than the number of vacancies, the Chair will conduct a preferences based secret ballot, assisted by two scrutineers.

Direct voting

Full members are entitled to lodge a direct vote if they cannot attend the meeting, and those members who attend by teleconference cannot participate in a secret ballet.

The Company Secretary distributed ballot papers to all Full members on 8 November with instructions that these be returned by email to secretary@organicindustries.com.au by no later than 8pm on 12 November.

Motion

Motion proposed

Carlo Liefert

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton
Motion

Motion proposed

Dalene Wray

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton

Election of Councillors

Appointment of auditor

Motion

Motion proposed

Carissa Wolfe

Motion carried

Motion seconded

Sue Shelton

Strategic plan

Attended - Full members

Representative Full Member
Dalene Wray Obe Organic
Sue Shelton Bellamy's Organic
Janie McClure Rural Organics
Sam Statham Rosnay Organic Wines
Lynton Greenwood Greenwood Orchards
Andrew Leisfield Lieton Park Partnership
Howard Rubin Koala Tree Organics
Carissa Wolfe Benmar Farm

Attended - Associate members

Representative Associate Member
Tim Marshall  
Sarah Wheeler University of Adelaide
Else Wynan  
Carolyn Suggate ORIcoop
Carlo Liefert Southern Cross University
Penny Scott  

Attended - Others

Representative Reason for attending
Brock Billing Candidate for Director
Mark Gower Candidate for Director

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