AGM 2021
Headset review
The 2021 AGM of the LAA LTD…
D
ue to the Covid 19 restrictions, last year the Annual General Meeting of the Light Aircraft Association Limited took the form of a Zoom virtual meeting. This year we are delighted to be back at Sywell in the Hangar 2 Conference Centre for a hybrid meeting, face-to-face for those who wish to attend, and a Zoom facility for those who wish to ‘attend’ remotely. The AGM is scheduled to commence at 11am on Sunday 24 October.
Logging into the Zoom meeting
The link to the meeting will be https://tinyurl. com/4ah3fa7k Meeting ID: 836 5020 4097. A passcode will be required to join the meeting. If this has not been sent to you directly in a member e-mail, please contact office@laa.uk.com before the AGM. Please log in from 10.45 to avoid a delayed start.
Flying in
Any LAA Members wishing to fly in to the AGM must obtain PPR from Sywell Aerodrome, via their website https:// tinyurl.com/4uj86ykx. Any aircraft pre-booked as attending for the AGM will have their landing fees covered by the LAA. The programme for the day will be: 1000. Tea/coffee. 1015. Welcome from Tim Hardy, LAA Chairman. 1030. Presentation of LAA Service Awards and LAA Rally Awards 1100. AGM
AGM agenda
■ Apologies for Absence ■ Minutes of the previous meeting for approval ■ Chairman’s Report ■ Motion 1 ■ Motion 2 ■ Treasurer’s Report and Adoption of 2020 Statutory Accounts ■ Election of Just Audit and Assurance Ltd., as Auditors of the Company. ■ Election and Re-Election of the Directors of the Company ■ CEO Overview For re-election: Marcus de Ferranti, David Millin, Eryl Smith For election: Paul Bird, John Brady, Brian Davies, Christopher Holliday, Ian Sweetland NB: There are eight candidates for the seven available directors’ posts so you should only vote for up to seven of the candidates. 1230. Members Forum. An opportunity for members to discuss issues and ideas with the Board. 1330. Thanks and closure of the meeting.
AGM documentation
The Minutes from the 2020 AGM, the Annual Report, the 2020 accounts, the Treasurer’s Report, the Chairman’s Report as well as the agenda and Motions contained herein, will be available on the LAA website (www.laa.uk.com) at least one week prior to the meeting.
Voting
To vote at the AGM you must be a beneficial shareholder of the LAA – unless you have specifically opted out, you will be a beneficial shareholder by default if you are a current member. Only those beneficial shareholders whose names appear on the register at 1400 on 22 October 2021 shall be entitled to vote at the meeting.
How to vote
Voting is available either: ■ At the meeting in person. ■ Via the Zoom facility. ■ Using the proxy form that came on the reverse of the address sheet of this issue of Light Aviation. You can only vote once, if you vote by proxy and then vote again at the meeting or on Zoom, both votes will be nullified.
Proxy Voting. David Mole, LAA Company Secretary
■ You may only appoint one proxy. ■ In the case of joint holdings, the vote of the senior beneficial shareholder who tenders a vote shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the other beneficial shareholder. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which names stand in the register of beneficial shareholders. ■ If this form is returned without any indication as to how the Chairman shall vote, he may exercise his discretion as to how he votes, or whether he abstains from voting. ■ The proxy form must be signed and must show a membership number. ‘Signed’ must mean signed by hand and not signed electronically, bearing in mind that all proxy forms will be checked at the LAA office. ■ We will accept an emailed legible scan of a properly signed and numbered proxy form. However, it has been noticed that scans emailed at low resolution can be almost illegible when they are received in the LAA office, so the wisest course may be to post the paper form. ■ Your proxy form must be received at HQ not later than 21 October 2021.
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