Every tenant (with their name on a tenancy agreement) at Lister is also a member of the Co-operative, which owns and runs Lister. The AGM is the one meeting we ask all tenants to try to attend.
2022 AGM and SGM
The 2022 AGM was held on Wednesday 21 September 2022 in Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, EH3 9DJ. The AGM was preceded by a short Special General Meeting (SGM) at the same venue. Both the SGM and the AGM were quorate (i.e. enough members were present or had given a proxy for the meeting to be legally valid).
AGM 2022
At the AGM There was no vote for Committee members as there were fewer candidates (five) than vacant places (eight). The 5 candidates who were elected were all re-standing Management Committee members: Lucy Bald, Susan Baxter, Carol Goodwin, Maureen Midgley and Angus McDonald. See the webpage About Us/Management Committee for the full list of current committee members.
If you wish to stand for the Management Committee there will be another opportunity at the 2023 AGM. If you need any advice or further information just ask the Lister Office.
Below are the papers considered at the 2022 AGM:
Here is the agenda for the meeting: AGM agenda 2022
The draft minutes of the 2021 AGM and SGM are here: Draft Minutes AGM 2021, Draft Minutes SGM 2021
A summary report in relation to the annual accounts can be found here: AGM Fin Note 21-22
The annual accounts which include the auditor’s report are here: Lister Financial Statements 2021-22
SGM 2022
At the SGM updated Model Rules for Lister were approved by those members in attendance. Although approved at the SGM, the new rules will not take effect until they are also approved by the Financial Conduct Authority. Below are the papers considered at the 2022 SGM:
The agenda can be found here: SGM Agenda Sep 22
Here is a summary of the Rule changes: Summary Main Changes to Rules- 2022 SGM
Here are the proposed new Rules to be adopted: Lister Proposed New Rules 2022
And here are the same new rules showing ‘tracked changes’: Lister Proposed New Rules 2022 Tracked Changes
For ease of reference, here are our current rules which were approved via SGM in 2014: Lister Rules 2014
2021 AGM
The 2021 AGM took place on WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2021 at Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, EH3 9DJ. There was also a Special General Meeting (SGM) immediately following the AGM. Below are the papers considered at the 2021 AGM:
Lister Financial Statements 2020-21 (web)
Lister finances 20-21 summary note
The list of candidates for the Management Committee were: Re-standing Committee members – Louise Alexander and Jacqui Leith. New candidate: Joanna Dydak. As there were fewer candidates (3) than places available (6), all three were elected.
Below are the papers considered at the 2021 SGM:
Lister SGM 2021 summary rule changes
Lister proposed new rules 2021
Lister proposed rules 2021 tracked
2020 AGM
The 2020 AGM took place on Tuesday 29 September 2020. It was an on-line virtual meeting held using Google Meet. The meeting was quorate (i.e. enough members were present or have given a proxy for the meeting to be legally valid). There was no vote for Committee members as there were fewer candidates (four) than vacant places (six). Below are the papers considered at the Sept 2020 AGM:
(The full accounts [Financial Statements] for 2019-20 are available here: Lister HC accounts 2019-20)
The four candidates were retiring Committee members, Colleen Littlewood, Jennifer McCuaig, Jean-Luc Addams and Jennie Renton. All four were re-elected.
