British Computer Society
Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence

Annual General Meeting

Thursday December 15th 2016 at Peterhouse College, Cambridge

MINUTES

Members Present

Nadia Abouayoub, Max Bramer, Carl James-Reynolds, Andrew Lea, Gilbert Owusu, Miltos Petridis, Sid Shakya, Frederic Stahl

The Chair welcomed all members present.

1. Minutes of the Last Meeting

The minutes were approved unanimously (proposer: F. Stahl, seconder C. James-Reynolds).

2. Chairman's Report

The Chairman's report was presented to the meeting. A proposal to approve the report was carried unanimously (proposer: A. Lea, seconder C. James-Reynolds).

3. Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer's report was unavailable owing to the ilness of the Treasurer, Ms. Rosemary Gilligan.

4. Election of Committee Members

The term of office of three committee members, Mr. Andrew Lea, Dr. Sid Shakya and Dr. Frederic Stahl will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2016 AGM. In addition Professor Thomas Roth-Berghofer resigned from the committee during the year for personal reasons. There were thus four vacancies to fill.

By the close of nominations on Wednesday December 7th, the following nominations had been received.

Name Affiliation Proposer/Seconder
Ms. Nadia Abouayoub

Mizuho International

Dr. Gilbert Owusu
Dr. Frederic Stahl

Mr. Andrew Lea Primary Key Associates Prof. Max Bramer
Ms. Rosemary Gilligan
Dr. Sid Shakya BT Labs Prof. Miltos Petridis
Prof. Max Bramer
Dr. Frederic Stahl University of Reading Ms. Rosemary Gilligan
Prof. Miltos Petridis

As there were four candidates for four vacancies no election was necessary and the Chair declared that the candidates elected for 3 years beginning at the close of the 2016 AGM were Ms. Nadia Abouayoub, Mr. Andrew Lea, Dr. Sid Shakya and Dr. Frederic Stahl.