British Computer SocietySouth Wales Branch

AGM24th May 2006

The 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

of the South Wales Branch

1- APOLOGIES

2- MINUTES OF LAST YEARS MEETING

3- CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Branch Committee

BCS News in brief

Branch Awards

Branch Activities

4- TREASURER’S REPORT

5- ELECTION OF COMMITTEE

6- ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Minutes of last years AGM

Current Branch Committee

• Nine committee meetings held since the last AGM. Minutes have been made available via the Branch web site.

• Membership has been as follows:

Who Roles

Paul Bulmer Chairman

Ralph Miller Branch Secretary and Branches Congress

Stephen Harvey Treasurer

Jeremy White Branches Congress

Derek Smith Publicity Officer

Ieuan Johns Web Master

Jason Mullins Membership Sec. and Membership Assessor

Betti Williams Swansea University coordinator and Swansea University Court Member

Alex Gray Cardiff University coordinator

Daniel Cunliffe Glamorgan University coordinator

Stephen Woods Assistant publicity officer

Who Roles

David Richard Edwards

Member and Schools representative

Richard David Member

Nigel Davies Member

John Hall Member

Eric Llewellyn Newport University coordinator

Position vacant Bridend College coordinator

Max Davis YPG Promoter

BCS News in Brief

• Last Year I mentioned that:– It was a time of change for the BCS with new

governance, new membership structures, new products and new services.

– New post-nominal of Chartered IT Professional (CITP)– Membership of over 37 thousand in 2004 and

continuing to rise• This year

– Change continues and membership exceeds 50,000• This has to be the best confirmation that the BCS

is doing the right thing for its membership

BCS News in Brief

• Major BCS events– Annual Dinner– Professional Awards– Turing Lecture– RSI Lecture– Lovelace Lecture– The Roger Needham Lecture– Programming Competition

• Events from over 40 branches and over 50 Specialist Groups

BCS News in Brief

• BCS Membership aims to provide– Recognition– Networking– Career Services– Recruitment Service– Library and Information Services– Publishing– Other Benefits

• Discounts• E Mail address• Etc.

New BCS, New Professionalism in Information Technology

• David Clark stated at the launch of the new BCS on 29 April 2004– The BCS, in leading a new thought leadership programme in IT, is making

important contributions to the key issues that affect society today and more importantly will affect it tomorrow from an IT perspective.

– A key role of BCS is to generate public awareness and appreciation of the social and economic benefits in IT.

– As the leading learned and professional society for IT, the BCS aims to ensure that it is always at the forefront in thought leadership.

– It does this by providing opportunities that allow experts from research and practice to exchange views.

– In a rapidly changing scientific and technologically-driven world, essential in this process is the bringing together of key players from a wide range of disciplines and industrial sectors.

• Today the BCS continues this drive with an ongoing series of events such as:– "Critical National Information Infrastructure“, Date: Wednesday 7 June 2006,

Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London

Branch Activities

Branch Awards

• Student Awards to local Universities in south Wales and the Open University

• Awards in recognition of outstanding achievements or service from BCS members

• Ted Stuart Award for best south Wales Branch Lecture

Web sites

• South Wales Branch site– Branch Events– Links to other sites of relevance to a computer

professional in South Wales– Minutes of meetings– Letters and news articles– What do you wish to see on your branch site?

• Welsh Website

Branch Presentations

• 9 Branch Presentations

• Other joint or supported presentations

Branch Presentations

• Applying the Science of Software Development

• Assessing the Worth of IT

• Conscious Machines:

• What Are They Going to Ask For First?

• Radio Frequency ID (RFID) Tagging

• How Digital Imaging has revolutionised Photography (Joint event with IEE)

• An Uphill Struggle - I.T. in Extreme Environments

• Current Issues in UK VoIP

• Providing inspiration & creativity in website design

Future Branch Presentations• September: Informing Health Care• October: Visit to BT Cardiff• November: The politics of strategic decision-making:• December: Future Interactive Technologies• January: Formula 1 racing• February: Community networking• March: Open source, Sun / MS convergence• April: Computer Forensics• May: Practical Digital Photography• May: AGM plus Identity cards, biometrics, pass ports

and personal freedom• 2008: already working on ideas for presentations

starting in September 2007

Treasurer's Report

BRANCH ACCOUNTSYEAR ENDING 30TH APRIL 2006

SOUTH WALES BRANCH

B/FWD C/FWD01/05/2005 DR CR 30/04/2006

BALANCE B/FWD 4,194.42 5,080.57SURPLUS / DEFICIT 886.15 (1,552.83)TOTAL 5,080.57 3,527.74

FIXED ASSET 0.00CASH IN HAND 0.00CURRENT ACCOUNT 0.00DEPOSIT ACCOUNT 0.00OTHER BANK ACCOUNTS 0.00RESERVES ACCOUNT 4,880.57 856.70 2,209.53 3,527.74DEBTORS 200.00 200.00 0.00CREDITORS 0.00BCS 0.00VAT 0.00TOTAL 5,080.57 856.70 2,409.53 3,527.74

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

INCOMEMSB FUNDING 600.00 600.00BMC HQ ALLOCATION 3,022.00 3,022.00SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.00EVENTS / CONFERENCE INCOME 0.00INTEREST - RESERVES ACCOUNT 206.70 206.70INTEREST - CURRENT ACCOUNT 0.00MEETING INCOME 0.00SPONSORSHIP 450.00 450.00PUBLICATIONS 0.00SUNDRY INCOME 0.00DONATIONS RECEIVED 0.00TOTAL INCOME 0.00 0.00 4,278.70 4,278.70

EXPENDITUREMSB STUDENT PRIZES & MEM 630.00 630.00HQ SERVICES 0.00MEETING EXPENDITURE 713.06 713.06PRINTING & STATIONERY 156.10 156.10POSTAGE / TELEPHONE 33.63 33.63COMMITTEE EXPENDITURE 870.60 870.60DEPRECIATION 1,767.64 1,767.64BANK CHARGES 0.00EVENTS / CONFERENCE 1,348.36 1,348.36SUNDRY EXPENDITURE 312.14 312.14SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.00DONATIONS GIVEN 0.00TOTAL EXPENDITURE 0.00 5,831.53 0.00 5,831.53

SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR YEAR (1,552.83)

MOVEMENT 2005/06

Election of Committee

Any Other Business

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