Eastern United States Pipe Band Association EUSPBA
The EUSPBA 2021 AGM will be held on Friday, December 3rd. We’ll be using the online platform GoToMeeting with which many of you may be familiar and EUSPBA used for the 2020 AGM. After the success of last year’s AGM, the Executive Committee has decided to hold the AGM on a single evening. At 6:00 EST (5:00 CST), the meeting will be opened by President Dillahey to be followed by reports from all members of the Executive Committee. There will be opportunity to ask questions of each of the presenters. Also at this time, annual awards will be presented and well as the “official” results of the EC elections.
At 8:00 EST (7:00 CST) Branch proposals will be presented. It is the hope of the EC, owing to the virtual format, that the original presenters of proposals at the branch AGM’s will be able to do the same as this time. Here is where things will get interesting. It has been literally decades since EUSPBA has had a quorum at the AGM. Again, because of the virtual format, there is the distinct possibility of that happening this year. Let’s examine the two possible scenarios.
With quorum: the proposals are presented as motions. They can be voted up, voted down, amended, or referred to the Executive Committee and/or Music Board for further action. These last items require additional motions.
Without quorum: the proposals cannot be “killed” by the attending members. Instead, after discussion, proposals are referred to the EC and/or MB for further action with indications of member support or lack of support.
In the coming weeks a registration will be started. You must preregister for this AGM. Only those individuals who register will receive the link to access the AGM. The Executive Secretary will serve as moderator. All participants will be muted. People who wish to ask questions or speak to proposals will virtually “raise their hands.” When they are recognized, their microphone will be unmuted. All others will remain muted. This went so well last year that the EC has no reservations at all about offering a virtual AGM again this year. There will certainly be more information to come so stay tuned to the Friday News Updates.
