Britsh APL Association Announcement
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At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 19 January 2008 at the
BCS headquarters in London the result of the vote on the resolution to
end our affiliation to the British Computer Society was announced. The
votes were cast 184 in favour, and 1 against. The resolution was
therefore passed.
The Annual General Meeting that followed was held under the amended
regulations which will be posted in Vector 23.4.
In accordance with the resolution:
1) I shall write to BCS notifying them of the change and thanking them
for their administrative help over the years.
2) Our Treasurer will open a new bank account for BAA and request
repayment of our funds from BCS.
You might be aware BCS claims ownership of our funds. I am pleased to
say Richard Nabavi is assisting me in negotiating their return. Your
committee has fair hopes of success; it also has plans for carrying on
without them.
While we would be glad to recover the money, our future does not
depend on it. Please be assured BAA will continue to function as
before, dedicated to furthering APL. Production of Vector will
continue. In addition it was decided that our fee structure will
remain unchanged for the year 2008-9
Vector 23.3 has been printed and will be posted in the next few days
with this notice. We expect to distribute Vector 23.4 before the end
of September. When we do, the Treasurer will ask for your subscription
for the year beginning 1 May 2008. If you are happy to pay your
subscription now, please simply send your cheque to the Treasurer.
We expect to recommend further changes to our structure, roles,
responsibilities and regulations but think it best to change, right
now, only what we must. We thank you for your support during this
change, and hope to continue to receive it.
Your committee is confident this move will provide new opportunities,
and will invigorate and free us to inject a new dynamism into the APL
community.
Further announcements will be made as we progress.
Paul Grosvenor
Chairman BAA
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Sorry for any confusion but the date should be 19th June not 19th
January as posted