Post by billw on Feb 25, 2008 14:58:10 GMT
For the record and for those who didn't make it along the SAG AGM on Saturday 23rd Feb 2008 was a very brief affair.
The only motion was the one I circulated on the society list I have.
This was "The Scottish Astronomers Group be re-constituted as an occasional observers group without official positions and no financial, or other, liabilities. Participation is at the individuals own risk."
This motion was carried by unanimously by 19 to 0.
So what does this now mean for the group. Well basically the SAG is dead, Long live the SAG!
Over the coming year or so the available funds will be run down and the bank account closed and the "Officials" will cease to exist. The SAG Mag editor has agreed to continue producing it until such time's that it becomes impractical. Future newsletters will be distributed electronically.
In the meantime the Group will have a steering committee made up of the existing members until such time as a new statement of intent, rather than a constitution, is drawn up (The "participation at own risk" bit.) Going down this route I feel frees us from much bureaucracy
Hopefully this will re-invigorate the group as there now should be no issues of the SAG being a society and trying to do all the things that societies do and not doing them terribly well.
The SAG exists purely as a forum for observers no matter what other society, if any, they may be in. In fact this was the reason I found the SAG attractive when I first discovered its existence. At the time I didn't know of any local society and the SAG was a route to meet those who actually got out under the skies.
This must be it's primary goal once more. It's aim is to be a meeting place for anyone interested in getting together with fellow observers. This, along with occasional, day time meetings was the original goal before things began to change for the worse.
It is my hope that we will once again have the 100+ people affiliated and prepared to share their work.
Any suggestions of events, "barby's", star parties or more serious programmes are all welcome. The simple proviso is that it should be open to all, trans society. So to all the hundreds of "reads" counted, come on board!
cheers,
Bill.
The only motion was the one I circulated on the society list I have.
This was "The Scottish Astronomers Group be re-constituted as an occasional observers group without official positions and no financial, or other, liabilities. Participation is at the individuals own risk."
This motion was carried by unanimously by 19 to 0.
So what does this now mean for the group. Well basically the SAG is dead, Long live the SAG!
Over the coming year or so the available funds will be run down and the bank account closed and the "Officials" will cease to exist. The SAG Mag editor has agreed to continue producing it until such time's that it becomes impractical. Future newsletters will be distributed electronically.
In the meantime the Group will have a steering committee made up of the existing members until such time as a new statement of intent, rather than a constitution, is drawn up (The "participation at own risk" bit.) Going down this route I feel frees us from much bureaucracy
Hopefully this will re-invigorate the group as there now should be no issues of the SAG being a society and trying to do all the things that societies do and not doing them terribly well.
The SAG exists purely as a forum for observers no matter what other society, if any, they may be in. In fact this was the reason I found the SAG attractive when I first discovered its existence. At the time I didn't know of any local society and the SAG was a route to meet those who actually got out under the skies.
This must be it's primary goal once more. It's aim is to be a meeting place for anyone interested in getting together with fellow observers. This, along with occasional, day time meetings was the original goal before things began to change for the worse.
It is my hope that we will once again have the 100+ people affiliated and prepared to share their work.
Any suggestions of events, "barby's", star parties or more serious programmes are all welcome. The simple proviso is that it should be open to all, trans society. So to all the hundreds of "reads" counted, come on board!
cheers,
Bill.