CALM Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines will be held in the boardroom of the New Zealand Red Cross at 69 Molesworth Street (corner of Molesworth and Hawkestone streets), at 5.30pm on Wednesday 12 June 2002.

All members and supporters of CALM are welcome. Bring a family member or friend.

Nominations are called for the positions of Convenor, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee members.

The Agenda will include:

• Welcome and Apologies,
  
• Presentation of Annual Reports,
  
• Election of Officers and Committee for 2002-03,
  
• Other Business (including report on meeting with US ambassador earlier that day).

I indicated to the Committee at our March meeting that I intend to stand down from the Convenorship of CALM at this AGM, having held that post for some four years now. The demands of my other obligations, such as the Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR), have expanded, and make it impossible to give full attention to everything! I would like to continue involvement with the Campaign but only on specific tasks which will be arranged with the incoming Committee after the AGM.

Deborah Morris has agreed that she would consider taking up the Convenor role after her return from overseas in about a year's time. (Deborah will also be in Geneva when the 4th Meeting of States Parties (4MSP) takes place.)

The present officers are:
Convenor: Neil Mander. Treasurer: Brian Hayes. Spokesperson: John Head.
Committee: Malcolm Watson, David Zwartz, Deborah Morris, Ian Shearer, John Waldmann, Graham French (Christchurch), Lawrence Carter (Auckland), Richard Davis, and Philip Lyth. The position of Secretary is vacant at present.

The AGM will be followed by a meeting of the incoming Committee under the chairmanship of the new Convenor.

There will be new challenges this year for the Campaign in its task of universalising the landmine ban treaty and in finding a way to extend that to groups outside the reach of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty. To do that, an enthusiastic and active Committee is vital to lead and co-ordinate that work.

Neil Mander
Convenor