AGM NOTICE
The BCSV: Bus and Coach Society of Victoria Annual General Meeting is to be held on Sunday 15th September at the Hawthorn Tram depot / Melbourne Tram Museum at 3pm.

Hawthorn Tram Depot is located at 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn, near the corner of Power Street and Riversdale Road. Tram Routes 70 & 75 stop outside, with Hawthorn Station a 10 minute walk away.

Elections for the Committee will be conducted at the AGM along with the presentation of the annual and financial reports.

Vacant positions include:

Executive Positions:
* President
* Deputy President
* Secretary
* Treasurer

Officers:
* Assistant Secretary
* Tours Organiser
* Historical Research (Heritage/Archive)
* Membership
* Restoration
* Safety
* Publications Editor
* Social Media Officer
* Website & Virtual Museum Content Officer

We’d also welcome those who wish to join us as general committee members.

As always members are encouraged to put themselves forward if they believe they can make a contribution to the Society, particularly helping us organise tours.

NOMINATION FORMS
Nomination forms have been emailed to members and can also be downloaded from our website:

PDF – https://bcsv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Notice-of-2019-BCSV-AGM.pdf

DOC – https://bcsv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Notice-of-2019-BCSV-AGM.doc

Nominations are welcome via post or email (secretary@bcsv.org.au) by Wednesday 11th September or otherwise can be made in person at the AGM.

PROXY FORMS
Members who are unable to attend the AGM may nominate a proxy by way of a form which clearly identifies the name of the member’s proxy and is signed by the member.

To assist members, an example proxy form has been created but the use of the form is not a requirement.

PDF – https://bcsv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Proxy-Form-BCSV-AGM-2019.pdf

WORD – https://bcsv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Proxy-Form-2019-BCSV-AGM.doc

Proxy forms should be declared by your nominated proxy at the commencement of the AGM.

They can also be forwarded to The Secretary, Bus & Coach Society of Victoria, PO Box 33, Caulfield East, 3145 to arrive by Wednesday 11th September. Digital copies accepted at secretary@bcsv.org.au up to 24 hours before the scheduled start of the meeting.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
For those yet to renew their membership, see https://bcsv.org.au/membership/

AGM LOCATION
Our bi-monthly Sunday social meetings are held at Hawthorn Tram Depot / Melbourne Tram Museum, 8 Wallen Rd, near the corner of Power St.

Alight Tram Routes 70 & 75 at Riversdale Junction. Alternatively, Hawthorn Station on the Belgrave/Lilydale line is a short 10 min walk away.

Each meeting concludes with a short afternoon tea and chatter on the latest industry gossip.

Both members and guests are welcome, free admission.

MODEL RULES
A copy of the BCSV model rules can be found on our website – https://bcsv.org.au/about/model-rules/

We encourage all members planning to nominate to familiarise themselves with the model rules ahead of the AGM.

COS SITA UPDATE
We had planned to have Cos Sita as our special guest speaker at our May Meeting, along with Pino Gattellaro (Sunshine Tours)

However, in the lead up Cos’ mother sadly passed away so we postponed the guest speaker appearance until September, on Cos’ wishes.

Recently, the committee made contact with Cos to reconfirm his attendance. Unfortunately, after a change to his travel plans, Cos will be in transit back from Italy on this day, so we will unfortunately have to postpone it till another time.

In his place, Geoff Foster will present “Buses of Eastern Europe” featuring dozens of highlights from his recent overseas trip.