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2007 Annual General Meeting

Time & date: 3pm, Saturday 26 May 2007

Place: St Andrews Presbyterian Church
Cnr Mariposa and Hinemoa Streets, Birkenhead, Auckland

Main items on the agenda

2006 Accounts
2006 Annual Report
Remit
Acceptance of nomination of National Council member
Campaign Update
OANZ Update

All members welcome to attend. Afternoon tea will be served at 2.30pm.
An RSVP would be appreciated for catering purposes
Phone 09 419 4536
Email info@organicnz.org

Member voting and remit notice

All members of the Soil & Health Association (including all subscribers to Organic NZ) are entitled to attend and vote at our Annual General Meeting. A ‘Single’ membership is eligible to have one vote, a ‘Family’ membership is eligible to have 2 votes.

If you would like to have the remit voting paper posted, emailed or faxed to you, please contact our National Office.

Postal address: PO Box 36170, Birkenhead, Auckland
Phone: 09 419 4536
Fax: 09 419 4556
Email: info@organicnz.org

If you have any queries regarding your membership please do contact us.

2007 AGM - Remit 1

That the date prescribed for the Soil & Health Association AGM to be held, be moved out to a date later in the year.

View full details and voting paper

National Council Nomination

Six of the seven National Council members are continuing their election period of two years. There has been one nomination for the seventh National Council member, so a vote is not required.

Information about nomination:

Nomination: Elvira Dommisse PhD, BSc(Hons), Mus B, LTCL, AIRMTNZ
Nominated by: Steffan Browning
Seconded by: Holger Kahl

Elvira grew up in a family of growers. Her father was a gardener by trade (foreman of Parks and Reserves in Gore) and a grower in his spare time. He grew many different cultivars of apples, pears and other fruits, including heirloom ones. He also provided the family with vegetables all year round, using essentially organic methods. As a consequence Elvira, her mother and four sisters are still are very keen organic home gardeners.

Elvira's interest in growing lead to her doing an honours degree in botany at Otago University. Following the botany degree she was employed by DSIR/Crop & Food Research from 1985-1993 and during part of this time she completed her PhD in the genetic engineering (GE) of onions. However, Elvira found the GE work unrewarding and could not see it being the answer to plant breeder's problems. She also had concerns about the lack of research on biosafety. Now a music teacher/musician based in Christchurch, Elvira is involved in raising awareness of the risks and problems of GE crops in NZ and worldwide.

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