Book Collectors’ Society Of Australia (Sydney Branch) 2006 Annual General MeetingSaturday, 2 September 2006MinutesPresentJanet Robinson, Gordon Robinson, Mark Ferson, Richard Blair, JohnNewland, Brian Taylor, Helen Kenny, Darel Hughes, Richard Hoskin, DougMcKenzie.ApologiesNeil Radford, Norman & Margaret Hetherington, Shirley McGlynn.Confirmation of Minutes of 2005 AGM Confirmed.Matters ArisingSociety brochureDoug McKenzie had drafted something which was finalised by JohnNewland and Neil Radford. They were handed out at the UNSW BookFair in April and seem to have resulted in some enquiries and new members.Volunteers are needed to hand out the flyer at upcoming Sydney UniversityBookfest – Graham Stone, Richard Blair and Gordon Robinson put forwardtheir names for this task.Biblionews indexDiscussed at the Committee meeting and agreed that the possibility of acumulative index would be reviewed at a later date; that Brian Taylor wouldapproach Neil Radford to continue to compile annual indexes.President’s ReportThe President read out her report for the year (published separately).Secretary/Treasurer’s ReportFinancial positionThe financial report for 2005/06 was tabled. A small income of $942.86was hugely offset by expenditure of $8,966.88 largely related to 6 issues ofBiblionews with some colour pages. This led to an operating loss of$8,024.02. At the end of June, there was $12,926.46 in the bank. In 2005/06the cost of Biblionews with some colour issues was approximately $5.20per issue per member.Reinstitution of membership subscriptionsThe Secretary/Treasurer has been sending out subscription notices for 2006over recent months to Australian institutional ($30) and individual members($20). It was agreed to set the membership fee at $30 for 2007 and that theSecretary/Treasurer would send out notices in June 2007. It is envisagedthat resuming subscriptions would lead to loss of some members. Nextyear’s report will include information on the number of members.Biblionews Acting Editor’s ReportThis was tabled at the Committee, which resolved to publish 4 issues ofBiblionews in 2007. Neil Radford was thanked for his sterling efforts in2006 as the Acting Editor, including bringing publication back on schedule.It was agreed to set the price of back issues of Biblionews at $5 plus postage.Mark Ferson to provide list of available back issues to Brian Taylor forpublicising in Biblionews.Election of Office Bearers 2007President – Brian Taylor. (Acting)Secretary – Mark Ferson.Treasurer – Mark Ferson.Editor Biblionews – Brian Taylor.Committee – Richard Blair, John Newland, Janet Robinson, GordonRobinson.General BusinessOutgoing presidentJanet Robinson was thanked heartily for her contributions to the Societywhilst serving as President in 2006.Committee meetingsIt was agreed that the Committee would meet separately from the AGM soas not to draw out the duration of the September meetings and to givegreater flexibility to the Committee’s deliberations.Meetings for 2007The Secretary/Treasurer proposed the Royal Australasian College ofPhysicians, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney as the venue for meetings in2007. Although there is a cost of $36 per hour for door attendance/securityfor each meeting, this venue has the distinct advantages of a central location.There is a small number of complimentary parking spaces. The dates ofmeetings for 2007 will be 3 March, 2 June, 1 September and 1 December.The meeting was followed by a fascinating talk by John Newland on ‘Somerailway books in my collection.’
