First OCS AGM and Social Event
Wednesday 30th August 2006
CSIRO Marine Laboratories Auditorium
Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania
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1000-1300: 1st OCS Annual General Meeting
Agenda items (initials of convener following):
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Notification of the new Executive Council (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary) and election of council officers (no less than 3) (SI)
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Membership and Treasury report (PK/CD)
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Newsletter report (including election of a Newsletter Editor) (MT)
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Website report (CA)
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Inaugural conference 2007 (including election of conference officer and formation of conference organising subcommittee)
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Funding opportunities
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Future OCS administered grants and funds
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Other business
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AGM Minutes
1300-1400: Lunch (provided by OCS in the CSIRO cafeteria for those attending the AGM only)
1400-1700: Informal Meeting of the OCS
TO PUT IN A TABLE;
1400
Welcome and the vision of the OCS
Sarah Irvine
1415
New President’s welcome
1430
Presentation 1
John Stevens
Australasian chondrichthyans: what have we learnt in 350 years?
1500
Presentation 2
Malcolm Francis
Chondrichthyan research and management in New Zealand
1530
Presentation 3
Terry Walker
Chondrichthyan research and management in the Pacific
1600
Guest speaker
Michelle Heupel
The secret lives of sharks: What they’re doing when we’re not looking
1630
General discussion on the direction of the OCS
1700
Meeting close
END TABLE
1730: Post meeting drinks. Venue: Bar Celona, Salamaca Square
1900: OCS Social dinner (link) and evening. Venue: Blue Skies (link) restaurant in Hobart, Tasmania.