Science for Peace Annual General Meeting June 24, 2017, from 2-5 pm
Croft Chapter House, University College 183 15 King’s College Circle
Agenda
Approval of Agenda
Business arising
President’s Report (Metta Spencer)
Treasurer’s Report (Bill Browett)
Overall picture
Budget for 2017 for approval
Reports of Committees:
Blumenfeld Committee (Eryl Court) — see attached report
Communications Committee (Bill Browett) — see attached report
Publications Committee (Martin Klein) — see attached report
Report of Endorsement Committee (Judy Deutsch) — see attached report
Report of Nominations and Election Committee (Paul Hamel)
Proposal to create new committees:
Digital Communications
Financial management
Fundraising
Internships
Membership
Election of Board members
Appointment of new Nominations and Election Committee
Reports of Working Groups:
Cold War II? (Leon Kosals)
Community Sustainability WG (Lloyd Helferty) — see attached report
Cyber Security (Jack Gemmell) — see attached report
Drones (Michel Duguay) — see attached report
Freedom for Research (Chandler Davis) — see attached report
Global Governance (Helmut Burkhardt) — see attached report
Militarism (Judith Deutsch) — see attached report
Non-violence (Ellie Kirzner) — see attached report
Nuclear Weapons (Rob Acheson) — see attached report
Ocean Frontiers (Venilla Rajaguru) — see attached report
Report of WG Coordinator (Martin Muldoon) — see attached report
Reports of Reps:
UN Rep (Walter Dorn) — see attached report
CNANW Reps (Rob Acheson) — see attached report
Other business
Discussion of SfP stance towards NATO
Summary of results of NATO survey (Bill Browett)
Open discussion (Creighton/Browett paper re NATO)
Science for Peace action re increased military spending
Other business
There will be a party for everyone after the meeting.
The new board will have a short board meeting right after the AGM.