Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women Inc
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Vale
Our Heartfelt Sorrow to family on the sad loss of the lives of:
Lionel Hutchings 19/01/1925 - 7/03/2012
Eddie Nelson 11/10/1923 - 12/03/2012
Olwyn and Norm Young - 24th April and 26th April 2008 respectively
Vern Richards - 22/09/1920 - 05/05/210
Ruth Lannigan 20/5/1924- 2008
John (Jack) Lannigan 7/9/1920 - 17/08/2010 (Life Member)
Alwyn Bryant - 5 January 2011
Raymond Marr - 17 May 2011
"Lest we Forget"
Stan Karasinski
State President
Special General Meeting – To Windup the Legion in West Australia
You are invited to attend a Special General Meeting to vote for the closure of the WA Branch as per the rules in the Constitution of the Legion of Ex-servicemen and women. All members are asked to vote yes to the item on the form Notice to windup (Constitution) below as a download)
Parish Hall - Aranmore College
Franklin and Shakespeare St
Leederville
When: Monday 13th May 2012
13.30HRS Sharp
Yours Sincerely
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Monday 9th November 2009
Parish Hall - Aranmore College
Franklin and Shakespeare St
Leederville
13.30HRS Sharp
State President
All members are urged to attend, to vote on the continuance of the Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women Inc past 2009
Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women
Our Association, the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, WA Branch inc. is required by Rule 5 of its rules to seek the approval of the Attorney General of Western Australia for any changes to its rules. Our Association wishes to amend its rules in the terms of the attached proposal, and accordingly we seek your approval to do so.
At the present, there is a restriction in our ‘objects’ rule preventing the expenditure of any part of our funds except on charitable objects. Our Association is composed of mainly WWII and Korean War Veterans. As such, most of us are getting on in years and many are somewhat infirm to say the least. Our Association would like to remove this stricture relating to charitable objects and replace it with a more general one. Our Association’s idea is to allow us a broader expenditure that is aimed more at the welfare of our members. The type of expenditure we are thinking of is assisting in gatherings between our members and their comrades in other similar organizations, or on individual members or comrades who are in needy circumstances or other assistance aimed at their general welfare and well being. We think that this type of expenditure is more in keeping with our rapidly ageing and infirm veteran membership. It would greatly help us when trying to assist our members or another ex serviceman or woman if we could provide such under the rubric of welfare and well being and not have it refused because they do not need ‘charity’.
The first two amendments in the attached proposal do this, firstly by deleting the stricture relating to ‘Charitable objects’ and then by broadening the scope of paragraph (c) of Rule 3.
There is a further alteration our Association would also like to make, and that is, with our respects to you Sir, to remove the requirement to seek your approval for our rule changes, and to replace it with a requirement that in the future, rules be amended in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act,1987, as amended from time to time. Apart from the requirement to seek your approval for any rule changes, at present there is no other rule that allows us to alter our rules.
Please find enclosed a copy of our rules and the proposed amendments. If such amendments meet with your approval, we propose to register the same and all future amendments will then be made in accordance with the relevant Associations Incorporations Act..
Our Association made the decision to alter the rules of our Association at our general meeting held on 13th August 2007
.Special General Meeting – To Alter a Rule of the Constitution
You are invited to attend a Special General Meeting to vote for changes to alter the Constitution of the Legion of Ex-servicemen and women. All members are asked to vote yes to all items listed on the attached form Notice to Alter the Rules (Constitution) below as a download)
At Venue Zacks Café,
Rear of Dianella Hotel, Alexander Ave, Dianella
Commencing 11.30AM
Monday 8th December 2008
Please advise your attendance
Yours Sincerely
State President
Download
Link to rule change
Meeting Results - Special Resolution
As State President I would like to thank all members, for apologies and proxy votes and those attending the Special General Meeting on the 8th December to change the Rules and Objectives of the Constitution. All three items on the Special Meeting Agenda have been agreed to by unanimous Vote.
The Rule change has been filed with the Department of Consumer Protection and Employment.
Stan Karasinski
State Presiden