Proxies
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19th July 2011 – PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR PROXIES: PMcGrane@PoetrySociety.Org.UK
17th July 2011 – The DEADLINE for proxy forms to reach the Poetry Society office is 2:00pm on Wednesday. Those arriving later than this time will be discounted. Please make sure yours arrives on time!
Proxies – if you STILL haven’t done so, you may arrange your proxy by e-mail, so long as you use the e-mail address the Poetry Society has on file from when you joined. Send it to Paul McGrane at PMcGrane@PoetrySociety.Org.UK (NOTE: change of e-mail address)
However, please do not duplicate the correspondence if you’ve already sent your proxy in. It will be a nightmare for the staff to deal with doubled-up proxies!
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Members who have generously offered to be proxies for those who won’t be able to attend the meeting should post a reply to this comment, offering their services. Proxies should tick the ‘inform me by email’ button.
If you’d like to take advantage of the offer, please respond by replying to the comment of your chosen proxy (ie, not to me in this first comment. Hard to explain but, I hope, easy to do…).
Remember that your proxy form needs to reach The Poetry Society not less than 48 hours before the meeting at 2:00pm on the 22nd July. The address is on the form, which you can download by clicking here or cutting and pasting the text below. Kate has also sent out a list of proxies to choose from.
PLEASE WRITE PROXY VOTE ON THE FRONT OF THE ENVELOPE to make sure that it reaches the right person at the PoSoc office.
THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE MEETING MUST BRING THEIR MEMBERSHIP CARD – or proof of ID!
Please note: It has been suggested that we may be planning to get all the requisitioners to give their vote to a proxy in order to force a vote of no confidence, dismiss the Board and take over the Society. This is not the case. The people who organised the requisition and who have set up this website are ordinary members who started all this because we want to know what’s going on in our Society.
We urge you to attend or to choose a proxy who reflects your own views. We have no intention of harvesting your proxies for our own secret and dastardly schemes. Vote the way you want, or get a proxy who will do it for you.
Thanks!
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Proxy Form:
The Poetry Society 22 Betterton Street London WC2H 9BX I, [name] ___________________________________________ [address] ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ [Membership no.] ___________________________________________ being a member of the above named Society, hereby appoint the member: [name of member] ___________________________________________ as my proxy to vote in my name and on my behalf at the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Friday 22 July 2011, and at any adjournment thereof. Signed this ________ day of ______________ 2011 [Signature] ___________________________________________
I sent it to the address you gave Martin and they replied saying to send it to Paul McGrane pmcgrane@poetrysociety.org.uk
Whoops – sorry. I’ll change it. Thanks!
What’s the correct email address at the Poetry Society to send the Proxy form too?
Dear Adele – send it to Paul McGrane here: PMcGrane@poetrysociety.org.uk
I want to send my form by email does anyone know the right email address to send it to?
Julia
Dear Julia – send it to Paul McGrane here: PMcGrane@poetrysociety.org.uk
The Dastardly Proxy Harvest? Umm… No.
It has been suggested that we may be planning to get all the requisitioners to give their vote to a proxy in order to force a vote of no confidence, dismiss the Board and take over the Society. This is not the case.
The people who organised the requisition and who have set up this website are ordinary members who started all this because we want to know what’s going on in our Society.
We urge you to attend or to choose a proxy who reflects your own views. We have no intention of harvesting your proxies for our own secret and dastardly schemes. Vote the way you want, or get a proxy who will do it for you.
Lydia
just to let you know – since I’ve not seen confirmation from you re acting as my proxy, and with the deadline approaching to get the form to Po Soc – felt I better ask someone else, and George Szirtes has agreed to.
All best,
Andre
I’ll be on holiday but I’ve sent my proxy form off to the PS. I’ve asked Jules M to be mine.
Yes, I will be there and am happy to act as proxy. Send to georgeszirtes@gmail.com
George, I have emailed you with my form and I hope you will agree to be my proxy. I know you and trust you fully. It’s my dear brother’s funeral that day and I was his nearest and dearest. .
I’m on Kate’s list, but just for good measure: I’m at katy.evansbush at gmail dot com.
I shall be pleased and honoured to be the proxy of anyone who wishes it. Communicate with me on adrianbrown2000@hotmail.com
Adrian Brown
I am a member of the North London stanza, am proxy for one person and will be happy to represent anyone else. Email me at lthmarlborough at gmail dot com.
I’m going to the meeting and happy to be a proxy.
Hello, I’m looking for a proxy. I’m in France and won’t be able to be at the meeting. I am concerned about the question of why the editor was removed from the chain of command to not answer to the director, and also feel that the society should be spreading out to the whole country and encouraging more new writers and enthusiasts to be involved. So those are the two main points for me. I have visited your blog and wondered if you could vote for me?
You can email me at jimbarron at walkauvergne.co.uk if this is OK and I’ll send you my details.
Thanks
Jim Barron
I am the Stanza Rep for the South Leicestershire Stanza and am going to the meeting, so I’m happy to be a proxy. Please contact me at cnlauder at googlemail dot com.
I am the Stanza Rep for the South Leicestershire Stanza and am going to the meeting, so I’m more than happy to be a proxy. Please contact me at cnlauder dot googlemail dot com
Can one person be proxy for more than one member?
Yes!
Yes. A proxy can vote for any number of members.
Martin – do you know what proxies have to do, please, in order to be able to vote on behalf of other members?
Is it enough just to have a list of the names of the members we are acting as proxies for, or do we need to ensure we have copies of their proxy forms?
And is there anything else?
Many thanks
Hi Fiona – Yes, a list certainly, and you probably should have a copy of each of the proxy forms, just to be sure. The PoSoc officials at the meeting will have the originals, and I imagine that when you go up to vote they’ll have a list of members at the ready for each proxy and attach that list to your vote.
See Lydia’s comment below – don’t worry if you don’t have an exact copy of each proxy form.
Paul McGrane is in charge of all this, and I’m sure he’ll make it run smoothly. Don’t forget your membership card, though!
I’m planning to go to the meeting and am willing to be a proxy. Please contact me at fionamoore at aetos dot freeserve dot co dot uk.
Does the proxy form have to be printed out twice, signed in ink & sent by Royal Mail to the Poetry Society and the proxy?
You definitely do need to sign and send by post the copy to the Po Soc. I think ideally you should do the same with your proxy, but you can also fill in the form electronically and email it, or fill it in by hand and scan it, or send your proxy an email with the wording of the form in the body of the email.
Hi Lydia
Martin and I sent off our proxy forms to the PoSoc a week or so ago. Thank you very much for agreeing to do it x
Hi Nancy,
I’d appreciate you being my proxy at the P Soc meeting.
Anthony Fisher
Hi Anthony,
I won’t be at the meeting but Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch will be my proxy.
Nancy
Contact me on donutchops@yahoo.co.uk if you’d like me to be your proxy.
Andy,
Are you able to be my proxy? I live in Spain. Won’t be at the meeting.
Neil mac Neil
Hi, Neil, Yes, no problem. Can you email me a copy of yr form? I hope you can get a signed copy into the Society by next Wed? Your envelope should be marked ‘proxy’.
Neil, it seems you can email your proxy form – copy above – to the Membership Secretary of the Poetry sociey, and email me a copy to: donutchops@yahoo.co.uk
The deadline is this coming Wednesday, before 2pm. Cheers!
I am planning to attend and happy to be a proxy. Please contact me by email mdhutchinson at compuserve dot com
I am happy to be a proxy. My e-mail is alanjbuckley at hotmail dot com. Alan Buckley
Hi Alan. I’ve nominated you as my proxy. Sorry I can’t be at the meeting, but it’s a long way from Dunbar.
I am happy to be a proxy. Feel free to contact me at toddswift at clara dot co dot uk. Todd Swift
Yes, I am also available.
Norbert
I am happy to be a proxy – Lydia Macpherson
Hi Lydia – please could you act as my proxy? Will post the form off to Po-Soc asap if you’re happy to.
All best,
Andre Mangeot
Hi Lydia, please would you be my proxy?
all best
Valerie