[vicsireland] VICS update
- From: "Joan Ann Brosnan" <kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "VICS" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:05:37 +0100
Hi all
VICS held its AGM on Saturday at the training centre of NCBI. We had a very
good turn out from VICS members and, we would like to thank you all for coming.
It was an interesting meeting and, it was a great opportunity for the VICS
committee to find out what the views of its members are.
The VICS committee for the coming year are:
Chairperson: Joan Ann Brosnan
Deputy chair person: Ciaran Ferry
Secretary: Esmond Walshe
Public relations Officer: Nicky Kealy
Treasurer: Jamie Regan
Committee member: Kerie Doyle
Committee member: Dónal Fitzpatrick
We will have contact e-mail addresses for committee members on the VICS website
in the next few days. The website is
www.vicsireland.org
The committee put forward 3 proposals of changes that we wish to make to the
constitution and, they were voted in by members. The full text of the
constitution is available on the VICS website for anyone interested in reading
it.
The First proposal was made by Nicky Kealy:
Membership will be open to:
1. All people who have an interest, or who would like to have a genuine
interest in VICS.
2. Honorary Membership, which may be bestowed
by members at an Annual General Meeting, on people who have contributed to VICS
in some significant way.
3. Special Interest Membership, which will be open to
sighted people with an interest in the use of computer Technology for visually
impaired people and who can also offer valuable advice to VICS. Special
Interest Members may
not vote at the AGM, or on any occasion when a vote is required and no fee is
required from these members. It is the decision of the committee to approve
a Special Interest Member and to allow them be involved in any working group
which VICS may have set up in order to benefit from their expertise.
The second proposal was made by Ciaran Ferry:
the membership fee for any lifetime members joining
after today (June 12th 2010 - or after this amendment comes into
force) is increased from ?100 to ?200.
The third proposal was made by Ciaran Ferry:
the method of voting at all VICS meetings should no
longer be restricted to the "show of hands" method. Instead, the
committee will decide on the most workable system, be that electronic
or otherwise.
We had an interesting discussion about InfoVICS and, it was decided that, it
will now come in the format of short informative podcasts.
Joshue O'Connor from CFIT gave a talk on the development of a real-time travel
information system by Dublin Bus. It was very interesting and would be a huge
step forward for blind and visually impaired bus users. CFIT are assisting
with this project and will be looking for feedback from VICS members in the
form of a survey. I will post details of this when they become available.
We have an interview from Tim Walsh about Point the way GPS navigation which,
we will make available as a podcast for members to have a listen to. I will
post details of how this can be accessed.
Again, we would like to thank members for the high attendance at this year's
AGM. It was great to meet so many of you.
The committee are looking forward to working with its members in the coming
year. We welcome suggestions and feedback.
That's all for now
Joan Ann Brosnan
Chairperson.
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