Synopsis of Minutes: General Meeting held on
Thursday 24 April 2014 at the
National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes
GM5/2014
1.0
1.1
Quorum
The Chairman ascertained a quorum; 36 voting members (no proxies) present and advised
there were 192 votes in the room (no proxy votes).
GM6/2014
2.0
Confirmation of the Minutes and Synopsis of Minutes of the General Meeting held on 30
January 2014:
Minutes (Paper GM/01/14/Min):
2.1
The following points were noted:
 The draft minutes (specifically the attendance register) should be amended to reflect
that Gill Bartlett was not in attendance.
Decision
a) Subject to the amendment listed above, with no abstentions or votes against
noted, the minutes of the General Meeting of 30 January 2014 (Paper
GM/01/14/Min) were approved.
GM7/2014
3.0
3.1
Report on the Business of the Board of Directors by the Chairman including reports from
the Chairmen of the Advisory Boards and Standing Committees for the period Jan 2014 –
Mar 2014 (GM/04/14/01):
The information in the report was noted. The Chairman advised that since the report had
been produced, the Board of Directors had not met.
In light of Adrian Christy’s absence a statement about the National Badminton Arena was
shared by the Chairman.
The Chairman shared an update on the Badminton Europe Confederation’s elections:
 Gregory Verpoorten was elected as President;
 Murat Özmekik was elected as Vice President;
 Kevin Scott was re-elected as Director for Marketing;
 Richard Vaughan was elected as Director for Communication;
 Gill Gilks was installed in the hall of fame (only the second person to receive this
accolade);
 Nora Perry was awarded ‘Woman in Sport’.
GM8/2014
4.0
4.1
Notification of Special Resolutions
The notification of the special resolutions to be presented to the 2014 Annual General
Meeting (Paper GM/04/14/02) was noted.
A flag vote took place for all of the proposals, with two (non-voting) individuals appointed
as tellers/counters.
Decisions:
a) Proposal 1 (Independent Directors): Subject to amending clause 19 as outlined, it was
agreed that proposed changes to the Articles of Association would be carried forward
for a decision at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
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Members were asked to vote on taking the item to the 2014 AGM –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
b) Proposal 2 (Director of Finance): It was agreed that the proposed changes to the
Articles of Association would not be carried forward for a decision at the 2014 Annual
General Meeting. Instead, it was agreed that the item should be reconsidered next
year (with more rationale provided).
Members were asked to vote on removing the item from the 2014 AGM agenda –
For: 144 votes. Against: 12 votes. Abstentions: 21. Non-voting: 15.
c) Proposal 3 (Honorary Treasurer):
It was agreed that the proposed changes to the Articles of Association would be
carried forward for a decision at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
Members were asked to vote on taking the item to the 2014 AGM –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
d) Proposal 4 and 5 (Term of Offices) were taken together: It was agreed that the
proposed changes to the Articles of Association would be carried forward for a
decision at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
Members were asked to vote on taking the items to the 2014 AGM –
For: 163 votes. Against: 19 votes. Abstentions: 10.
GM9/2014
5.0
5.1
Variation to Standing Orders
The proposed variation to the Standing Orders (Paper GM/04/14/02) was noted. No
questions/comments were raised.
Decision:
a) The variation to the Standing Order Addendum 14 (Amending the wording to “Proxy
notices, completed as per included instructions, shall be received by the Chief
Executive until at least 48 hours prior to the general meeting.”) was agreed.
Members were asked to vote on accepting the proposed changes –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
There being no further business the Chairman closed the formal General Meeting at 1510.
The General Discussion then commenced. Points were noted as follows:
1
Elections
It was noted that the 2014 election information, including nomination forms and guidance notes, had
been circulated. The deadline for receiving any nominations was noted as 30 April 2014.
2
England Performance Programme
John Quinn, Head of England Performance, was again not available to make the presentation (copy
previously included in the General Meeting papers).
3
3.1
The Summer of Badminton
George Wood, Director of Development, made a presentation for this item.
4
4.1
AOB
Richard Molyneux, Membership Operations Manager, attended the meeting. A briefing was shared.
4.2
One member felt that membership packages should be reviewed again.
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4.3
Congratulations and thanks were expressed for the teams, staff and volunteers out in Malaysia.
4.4
One member stated that BADMINTON England only accepted payment via cheque, which is very
expensive in terms of banking fees.
4.5
Thanks were expressed to the Chairman in achieving finalisation of the licence between the BWF and
the National Badminton Museum which had contributed towards making the BWF’s Virtual Museum
a reality.
Meeting closed at 1700
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Appendix 1- Decisions
Reference
Decision
Item 2.1, Minutes of the
General Meeting of 30
January 2014 (Paper
GM/01/14/Min)
The minutes of the General Meeting of 30 January 2014 Minute
(Paper GM/01/14/Min) were approved.
Secretary
24 April2014
Item 4, Notification of
Proposal 1 (Independent Directors): Subject to
Chairman
Special Resolutions (Paper amending clause 19 as outlined, it was agreed that
GM/04/14/02)
proposed changes to the Articles of Association would
be carried forward for a decision at the 2014 Annual
General Meeting.
Members were asked to vote on taking the item to
the 2014 AGM –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
28 June 2014
Item 5, Variation to
Standing Orders (Paper
GM/04/14/03)
Responsible
Agreed Date
Proposal 2 (Director of Finance): It was agreed that the Board
proposed changes to the Articles of Association would
not be carried forward for a decision at the 2014
Annual General Meeting. Instead, it was agreed that the
item should be reconsidered next year (with more
rationale provided).
Members were asked to vote on removing the item
from the 2014 AGM agenda –
For: 144 votes. Against: 12 votes. Abstentions: 21.
Non-voting: 15.
April 2015
General
Meeting
Chairman
Proposal 3 (Honorary Treasurer):
It was agreed that the proposed changes to the Articles
of Association would be carried forward for a decision
at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
Members were asked to vote on taking the item to
the 2014 AGM –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
28 June 2014
Proposal 4 and 5 (Term of Offices) were taken together: Chairman
It was agreed that the proposed changes to the Articles
of Association would be carried forward for a decision
at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
Members were asked to vote on taking the items to
the 2014 AGM –
For: 163 votes. Against: 19 votes. Abstentions: 10.
28 June 2014
The variation to the Standing Order Addendum 14
Minute Secretary 24 April 2014
(Amending the wording to “Proxy notices, completed as to update
per included instructions, shall be received by the Chief Standing Orders
Executive until at least 48 hours prior to the general
meeting.”) was agreed.
Members were asked to vote on accepting the
proposed changes –
For: 192 votes. Against: 0 votes. Abstentions: 0.
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