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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – WEDNESDAY 6PM, 25TH OCTOBER, 2023

NOTICE TO SYN MEMBERS – SAVE THE DATE

Please be advised that in accordance with our constitution, the Annual General Meeting of the Student Youth Network Inc. (No. A0039919B) will be held as follows:

Wednesday 25th October at 6pm both online and in person at Media Collective: RMIT University City Campus, Building 12, Level 3, Room 97. 402 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 and also virtually via Zoom.

If attending via Zoom, After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

To ensure we’ve got your up to date membership details, those attending remotely will receive the Zoom link.

SYN BOARD ELECTION – NOMINATIONS

Ordinary board positions and Board President are open for election onto the SYN Board of Management at the 2023 Annual General Meeting.

There are four board member positions available at the 2023 AGM, including the role of President (must be under 26 years of age on the date of the AGM).

In accordance with SYN’s Constitution, proportional representation with affirmative action will be used to ensure voting members elect three members aged under 26 years at the time of election; and one student enrolled at RMIT University at the time of election.

To be eligible to nominate you must be a paid SYN member, signed up at least 24 hours before the AGM. If you are not a SYN volunteer or contributor but wish to nominate, please sign up as a member via the form below and send it along with your nomination form (found at the bottom of the page).

If you are an existing member and wish to nominate but need to renew your SYN membership, please email Community Manager Laura Green via [email protected] to request SYN’s Bank Account details for Electronic Funds Transfer and confirm your details.

The nomination form can be downloaded below. Nomination forms are due one week before the AGM, all nominations must be received by 6.00pm on Wednesday the 18th of October 2023.

If you have any further questions regarding Board nominations, please contact President Nic Zoumboulis via [email protected].

SYN BOARD ELECTION – VOTING

Proxy votes can be allocated (as per the proxy form) to any member attending the AGM, with the following guidelines:

Proxy votes must be submitted 24 hours prior to the AGM; by Tuesday 24 October, 6.00pm. No more than three proxy votes can be allocated to any one person.

Forms can be downloaded below and submitted to General Manager, Ruby Smith, via [email protected].

To be eligible to vote at the 2023 AGM, you must be a current paid member. Out-of-date SYN memberships must be renewed at least 24 hours prior to the AGM. If you need to renew your SYN membership please email Community Manager Laura Green via [email protected]
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NOMINEES FOR THE SYN BOARD:

Jon King – Ordinary Board Member
Brad Knight – Ordinary Board Member
Xenia Sanut – Ordinary Board Member
Jake Stevens – President
Pranati Narayan Visweswaran – Ordinary Board Member
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The 2022-23 annual report and reviewed financial statements will be published before the meeting date and made available to download at the bottom of this page.