NZIF AGM and annual conference (9-11 July 2018)

Authors: Chris Goulding
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2018, Issue N.Z.J.For. 63(3) 2018, pp 7-9, Nov 2018
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Abstract: AGM A quorum of voting members attended the 90th AGM of the NZIF on 9 July 2018 in Nelson. The annual report and the budget for 2018-2019 were presented and approved. Three amendments to NZIF Rules were passed at the AGM. One was to remove the restriction that the Chairperson of the Registration Board must be an elected member of the NZIF Council. The second was to further amend a number of Rules to meet the requirements of the Real Estate Agents (Exemptions) Regulations 2017, as requested by officials during the final sign off on the amendments approved at last year’s AGM. The third provided a definition of eminence as guidance when a member is proposed for election as an NZIF Fellow. A motion to alter the composition of the NZIF Council, including reducing the number of elected persons, was debated at length but failed to pass.

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