The Virtual only 2022 AGM was held Wednesday, 25 May 2022. I was very concerned how Special Resolution 10 was conducted. I raised two Points of Order which were ignored. I spoke against Special Resolution 10 as I had grave concerns as did other speakers that such a rule would lead to litigation against Dogs Victoria. It was clear that the rule breached the Spent Convictions Act Dec 2021 and Dogs Victoria Management in allowing this Special Resolution to be put to members represented a failure of their positive duty under that act of parliament. Despite Dogs Victoria Management being found to have improperly attempted to retrospectively apply conditions from Rule 2.5.2 on two Management Committee members in late 2021 which demonstrated a lack of basic legal understanding by Dogs Victoria which is further demonstrated by Dogs Victoria applying such a flawed Special Resolution to be put to members this year again. The disqualification from office on the basis of a Charge which may have been unproven or dismissed at anytime in the applicant’s life is an outrageous breach of human rights and unheard of in the corporate world. The conduct of the Chairperson in accepting the two vital votes to pass the Special Resolution 10 outside the official voting platform despite the repeated queries from Vero Voting at best put the Chairperson’s competence in question.
I will do my very best to ensure that the 2023 VCA AGM is a face to face meeting with a virtual option to accommodate members that are unable to travel to KCC Park.