Dear Members,
The Meteorological Society has recently applied to be a charitable entity. This
will save the society and its members considerable money in taxes. In order to
accept our application the charities commission requires a change to be made to
section 18 of the constitution, which considers the disposition of property. At
its last meeting the committee approved the calling of a Special General Meeting
for Wednesday the 18th of March at 2pm. The meeting will be held in Wellington
at NIWA, Greta Point, in the board room.
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Section 18 of the constitution currently states:

In the event of dissolution of the Society the disposition of any assets shall
be decided at the last General Meeting provided that any property whatsoever
shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Society.

It is proposed that these words be replaced by:

If any property remains after winding up or dissolution of the Society and the
settlement of all the Societies debts and liabilities, that property must be
given or transferred to another organisation that is charitable under New
Zealand law or for some other charitable purpose recognised under New Zealand
law. The recipient organisation should be decided at the last General Meeting.
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There will also be two 15 minute seminars at the meeting. Mike Revell is
confirmed to give one of these seminars on "The Meteorology of the recent
Australian bushfires" . Mike was in Melbourne on what is now known as "Black
Saturday" and will describe what it feels like to be in 46.8 degrees with 100 km
an hour winds. I will confirm the second talk soon. There is plenty of free
parking around the Greta Point campus. Please sign in at reception who will
direct any visitors to the main conference room.
Best wishes to you all,
Sam Dean
Secretary of the Meteorological Society of New Zealand