The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7347 p532
30 April 2005

Annual general meeting

Notice is hereby given that the 164th annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society will take place in the Assembly Hall, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1, on Tuesday 24 May 2005, at 7.30pm.

The following business will be conducted:

1. Presentation of the annual review of the Council for 2004.

2. Presentation of the financial statements for 2004.

3. Report of revisions to the Code of Ethics and Council Statements issued since the 2004 annual general meeting.

4. Adoption of rules of procedure for debate of motions (Byelaws, Section VI, Paragraph 3): “A member may raise any matter or move any motion at any annual general meeting of which he has given the Secretary notice in writing not later than the 20th day of April in the year in which the said meeting is to be held. The Rules of Procedure for debating such motions shall be proposed by the Council and presented for adoption at each annual general meeting at which such a motion is to be moved.” The proposed rules will be circulated at the meeting.

5. Consideration of any matters raised or motions moved by members of which notice has been given in writing no later than as stated in the Byelaws:

(i) The following motion will be moved by John Gentle:

“This meeting requests that the RPSGB Council sets up a Communications Committee to ensure that all communications, both within and without the profession, are better able to influence events, and to improve communications between the Society and the members.”

(ii) The following motion will be moved by Andrew McCoig:

“This meeting requests the formation of a membership committee to ensure that the branches, the regions and the wider membership receive the necessary support and resources to meet their needs both now and for the future.”

(iii) The following motion will be moved by Christine Glover:

“All the non-reserved places for pharmacists on the Council have now been filled by people affiliated to the organisation called Save Our Society (SOS), which originally claimed that its aims were solely connected with the new Royal Charter and now, as the President declared in his resignation statement, all its stated objectives have been achieved. This meeting requires to know how SOS is constituted, how it is funded and what are its aims and objectives. The profession has the right to know what agenda these members of the Council intend to pursue.”

(iv) The following motion will be moved by John E. Balmford and Ian M. Caldwell:

“This meeting urges the incoming Council to establish, preferably by election, a small group of members to consider the activities of the Society and to publish an annual report thereon.”

Ann Lewis
Secretary and Registrar

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