The AGM will be held at UMIST, Manchester on 5th July at 8.00 pm.

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence.

2. Minutes of the previous meeting held at the Stakis Hotel, Bristol on the 19th May 2000.

3. Matters arising from the minutes.

4. To receive the Annual Report of Council, including the audited financial statements of the Honorary Treasurer, for the year ending 31 December 2000.

5. Installation of the President for 2001, Anne Partridge, by the outgoing President, by the retiring President, Liz Jolly.

6. To elect two Honorary Auditors, who in accordance will rule 5(b), may not be members of Council.

7. To extend the term of office of the Career Development Group Honorary Officers and Representatives on Library Association Council for 2001 to March 31 2002.

8. To establish the new Honorary Officer post of Web Coordinator.

9. Any other business. Any motion that is received by the Honorary Secretary in accordance with rule 7(a) will be considered after item 8 above.

Rule 7(a)

"There shall be an Annual General Meeting fixed to take place before 15 July in each year. Preliminary notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be sent to all members not less that six weeks before the date fixed. Notices of motions for this meeting must be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary of the Organisation within fourteen days of the publication of the notice."

Copies of the General Rules of the Organisation may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary.
Joanna Ball, Honorary Secretary, Trinity College Library, Cambridge CB2 1TQ.

Minutes of the 105th Annual General Meeting of the Career Development Group held at the Stakis Hotel, Bristol, on Friday 19th May 2000.

The President for 1999, Jean Bennett, took the Chair with 33 members being present.

1. Apologies for absence were received from Veronica Fraser, Andrew Fripp, Ayub Khan, Pete Lowenstein and Anne Partridge.

2. The minutes of the previous meeting held at the Hilton National Hotel, Leeds on Friday 14th May 1999 were accepted as a true and accurate record.

3. Matters arising. There were no matters arising.

4. The President for 1999 and the Honorary Treasurer presented the Annual Report of Council, including the audited Financial Statement for the year 1999. Jean Bennett began by explaining that 1999 had been another busy and successful year for the Career Development Group. The Divisions continued to run low-cost, high quality courses which enabled individuals who had to finance their own training to attend. Divisional activity at a local level ensured that the Organisation remained vibrant. Social, as well as training, events had been held to allow members to network with each other.

The 1999 National Conference Elucidate was organised by Yorkshire and Humberside Division, and had been very successful, attracting high profile speakers and a good number of delegates. The Career Development Group also held five session at Umbrella 5, some in collaboration with the Personnel, Training and Education Group. 1999 had also seen the first one-day Student Conference, held in London and organised by the Student Committee and North and South Thames Divisions. It attracted 70 delegates from all over the UK and feedback had been very positive. The Registration Liaison Officers continued to play a vital role in divisional activity, and provided invaluable assistance in preparing candidates for Chartership.

International affairs continued to play an important role: a new book project in the Maldives was launched, and the Group continued to support its VSO Librarian in Belize, Lisa Krolak, who had sent regular updates on her project for inclusion in Impact.

Publications remained an important source of income for the Group. Two new titles were published in 1999, and a successful training day for divisional publications officers had been held. Jean Bennett thanked a number of people who had supported the Group throughout 1999, including Kate Wood, Remploy Library Services and Philippa Levy, Director of Studies for National Conference. Tracy Long presented the Statement of Accounts for 1999. The main sources of income continued to be publication sales and the capitation received from the Library Association. She noted that the Group had decided to close its Benevolent Fund and to transfer monies to the Library Association's Benevolent Fund. The year showed an overall deficit for the Group, due to decreased income from publications, and investment in the Web site. Tracy thanked the auditors, Nicola Thomas and Sue Lawrence, and Martin Wright and Kate Wood at the LA for their help. The Annual Report (proposed Tom Relph, seconded Jon Scown) and Accounts (proposed Janine Bryant, seconded Jenny Bartlett) were approved.

5. The President for 2000, Liz Jolly, was installed by outgoing President, Jean Bennett.

6. The Honorary Treasurer proposed Nicola Thomas and Joanne Hand to act as auditors for 2000. The proposal was seconded by Vicki Fielding. The auditors were elected by the meeting.

7. Any other business. The Honorary Secretary reported that no motions had been received. There being no other questions the meeting closed at 6.45 pm.