UNIRAS UK USER GROUP

1. Minutes of the last AGM (4 September 1996)

The minutes were passed with no comment.

2. Matters arising from the previous minutes.

There were no matters arising.

3. UUUG Chairmans Report

The chairman reported on a quiet year with just two events - a technical day in London and the current conference.

The technical day in London, on the then hot topic 6v5a, was well attended and achieved its dual aim of disseminating up to the minute information from Copenhagen and allowing those providing technical support to meet with each other in a compact event.

The present conference is also achieving those aims with a little less compaction. The committee's decision to go Birmingham and hold the conference in a smaller and more intimate venue seems to be working well.

The other major activity of the User Group, the journal, is being "reconsidered". Contributions to its content are increasingly difficult to obtain and with Janet's retirement (a year ago!) it seems probable that major articles will be submitted to Network News for publication and the User Group would just produce a news-sheet as required.

Finally the chairman thanked all his committee for their efforts during the past year. In particular he thanked those who were having to resign due to changes in their work patterns and responsibilities. Janet Searle resigned a year ago but continued to edit the Journal and so is now re-resigning. Colin Bannister and Dafydd Roberts are both resigning after many years service and a conference apiece. Patrick Squires has also had to leave us having provided us with useful input and insight into the considerations of the commercial user.

He thanked everyone for coming to this years conference and I hoped to see them all again (wherever we meet) next year.

4. AVSUG Chairmans Report

Roy Middleton reported that they held one event, an AVS Express Workshop in Manchester. They had 6 paying delegates and 6 others, and made a slight profit.

The finances of the group stand at around £ 2,000. They have not had or asked for subscriptions since inauguration. A loss of around £500 was made on the joint Conference, and the profit on the above workshop was around £ 100. He reported that about £ 1600 would be transferred to the merged User Group bank account.

He then announced that he would be stepping down as Chairman due to pressure of work.

5. Treasurer's Report

GW reported that the User Group is in a very healthy financial position. We have around £ 14,000 on deposit. We ran a small deficit last year of around £ 1500 due to the decision to subsidise the TBD's and the Bangor Workshop.

The Journal costs appear to be higher due to the late arrival of the previous years bills.

6. Merging of the Uniras UK USer Group and the UK AVs User Group.

There were no objections to the new bye-laws as circulated to all members of each User Group in accordance with their respective constitutions.

The new bye-laws were accepted, proposed Malcolm Austen, seconded Steve Larkin.

7. Elections to the UAUUG Executive Committee for 1997-1998.

Due to the fact that a number of people have stepped down from each committee, there were 13 members left. It was proposed that if these members were prepared to stand, then they should be elected, proposed Roy Middleton, seconded Steve Morgan.

Roy Middleton thanked Steve Larkin for stepping in as Chairman of the UK AVS User Group and would continue to serve on the new combined committee.

8. Date of Next meeting

UAUUG Conference, Birmingham University, November 1998

There being no other business. the AGM was then closed.

Dr. R. P. Fletcher
UUUG Secretary