[vicsireland] Re: VICS update
- From: "Rahim Nazarali" <rnazarali@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:01:52 +0100
Hi Joanne,
Best of luck to yourself and the new committee, and well done to those who
stepped down.
Kind regards
Rahim
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tony sweeney
Sent: 14 June 2010 22:23
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: VICS update
Joan Ann,
We know that you will do a great job!
Congrats!
Tony Sweeney
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Forde <mailto:bobforde25@xxxxxxxxx>
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: VICS update
Hi Joan ann,
Congratulations on your new role and the very best of luck with it.
Robbie
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Ann Brosnan <mailto:kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
To: VICS <mailto:vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:05 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] VICS update
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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