AGM 2024

RSGB 2024 AGM

13 April 2024

The RSGB 2024 AGM was held online to ensure as many members as possible could watch and take part. You can watch the recording of the livestream on our YouTube channel.

You can also read the proceedings from the meeting.

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Calling Notice

Notice is hereby given that the 97th Annual General Meeting of the Radio Society of Great Britain will be held on Saturday, 13 April 2024 online via the RSGB website at rsgb.org/agm and commencing at 10am for the transaction of the undermentioned business:

1. Resolution 1

To receive and, if approved, confirm the Minutes of the 96th Annual General Meeting held on 15 April 2023 and circulated to Members in the April 2024 RadCom.

2. Accounts

To receive and consider the accounts for the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, and the reports of the Board and the Auditor which are available below.

3. Resolution 2

To appoint Peters, Elworthy and Moore as auditors and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

4. Resolution 3

To endorse three Nominated Directors—the candidates are Ben Lloyd, GW4BML; Nathan Joseph Nuttall, 2M0OCC and Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX as Directors of the RSGB to serve on the Board.

Explanatory notes

Explanatory Note 1 (Resolution 3)
The Articles require that Nominated Directors are endorsed by the Membership in a secret ballot on or before the AGM [Article 33c]. Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX was recommended to the Board as a Nominated Director by the Nominations Committee on 17 May 2023. This was to fill the Nominated Director vacancy left by the resignation of Richard Horton, G4AOJ. The date of Mr Horton’s resignation meant that it was not possible to run a NomCom process prior to the 2023 AGM. The Board accepted the recommendation at its meeting of 27 May 2023. Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX is therefore offered for endorsement in accordance with the Articles. Because Dr Bryant had been co-opted as a Director for more than six months prior to the 2024 AGM to ensure compliance with Article 32 (term limits) if endorsed in the ballot he will serve until the 2026 AGM.

Explanatory Note 2 (Resolution 3)
Ben Lloyd, GW4BML and Nathan Joseph Nuttall, 2M0OCC were recommended to the Board as Nominated Directors by the Nominations Committee at its meeting on 18 January 2024. The Board accepted the recommendations at its meeting on 27 January 2024. Ben Lloyd, GW4BML and Nathan Joseph Nuttall, 2M0OCC are therefore offered for endorsement in accordance with the Articles. Because Mr Lloyd had been co-opted as a Director for more than six months prior to the 2024 AGM to ensure compliance with Article 32 (term limits) if endorsed in the ballot he will serve until the 2026 AGM. Nathan Nuttall, 2M0OCC will serve, if endorsed, a full three-year term until the 2027 AGM as his co-option was for less than six months.

Explanatory Note 3 (Resolution 3)
In addition to the vacancies for Nominated Directors one vacancy for Elected Director was due to be filled at the 2024 AGM. A request for candidates was set out in the January 2024 RadCom and online. At the closing date for nominations on 31 January 2024 only one candidate, Mark Jones, G0MGX, was duly nominated. There is no provision in the Articles for a member vote in these circumstances. Mark Jones, G0MGX has therefore been declared duly elected and will serve as an elected Director until the 2027 AGM. Five Regional Representatives were also elected unopposed and details of them can be found at www.rsgb.org/agm No valid nominations were received for three Regions and these posts can be filled via co-option.

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RSGB Annual Report and Financial Statements

The RSGB Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available. As usual, the accounts were audited and will be filed on public record at Companies House.

By order of the Board
Stephen Purser, GW4SHF – Company Secretary

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AGM agenda

  • Formal AGM business including related questions submitted before the AGM
  • Presidential review of 2023
  • Presentation of trophies and awards
  • Construction competition results
  • Board Q&A session

Ofcom licence consultation – recorded message from Ofcom Group Director, Spectrum, David Willis, followed by Ofcom video on the new licensing framework

This was followed by a live Q&A on the new licence conditions, with four senior RSGB representatives answering questions: President, John McCullagh, GI4BWM; Board Chair, Stewart Bryant, G3YSX; General Manager, Steve Thomas, M1ACB; and Spectrum Forum Chair, Murray Niman, G6JYB