RCoA 2022 Annual General Meeting
Many thanks to our Members and Fellows who attended the College’s Annual General Meeting on 1 December 2022 to vote on a number of motions, including changes to the College’s governance structures, the rules that set out how we are run.
We are pleased to report that all motions presented were approved and would like to thank our AGM attendees for engaging so positively with us.
We are also immensely grateful for the continued engagement of our members as we developed and refined our governance proposals over the past nine months.
The papers discussed at the meeting can be seen here
Under the governance rules in place at the time of the meeting, voting percentages were calculated from the number of ‘yes’ votes compared to the number of members present, eligible to vote and logged in to the voting platform.
The votes per motion were:
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To receive the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2021 (Paper 1)
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To receive the Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 10 February 2022 (Paper 2)
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To approve the proposed changes to the College’s governing documents. (Paper 3)
To be approved, these motions required a two-thirds majority of those present and eligible to vote.
The number of voting members present varied across the motions; the majority percentage was calculated per motion.
MOTION: THAT, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, the Charter and Ordinances be amended in relation to ‘Compliance matters’ as proposed in Paper 3 of the meeting papers, subject to and with effect from the approval of the Privy Council.
MOTION: THAT, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, the Charter and Ordinances be amended in relation to ‘Efficiency matters’ as proposed in Paper 3 of the meeting papers, subject to and with effect from the approval of the Privy Council.
MOTION: THAT, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, the Charter and Ordinances be amended in relation to ‘Other clarifications’ as proposed in Paper 3 of the meeting papers, subject to and with effect from the approval of the Privy Council.
ADVISORY MOTION: THAT the Ordinances should be amended in relation to the composition of the Board of Trustees as proposed in Appendix 4 and Appendix 5 of Paper 3 of the meeting papers.
In this advisory motion, 90% of members voted for a change to the composition of the Board of Trustees. Option A received the largest number of votes, especially when adding the votes of those members who wanted change and were willing to support either option. Therefore, Option A was put to the following motion:
MOTION: THAT, in accordance with the preference expressed by the membership in the previous vote, the Ordinances be amended in relation to ‘Board of Trustees’ Composition’ as per Option A as shown in Appendix 4 of Paper 3 of the meeting papers, subject to and with effect from the approval of the Privy Council.
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To approve the rates of subscriptions for the College, the Faculty of Pain Medicine and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (Paper 4)
A simple majority of those present and eligible to vote was required for this motion to pass.
MOTION: That the resolution made by the Board of Trustees determining the rates of annual subscription from April 2023, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance 4 be approved
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Motions submitted to the Chief Executive Officer in advance of the meeting, by the notified deadline of 9 November 2022 None were submitted |
RCoA President