AGM 2008
4th October 2008
University of London Union building (ULU), Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
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The AGM will be held in Room 3B (on the 3rd floor - lifts are available)
12.30 Registration, tea & coffee
Members, affiliates and non-members are welcome. Paid-up members may vote.
13.00 RSI Action AGM
1 Welcome & Introduction
2 Chairman’s report
Acceptance of the report by members
3 Financial report for 2007/2008
Acceptance of the report by members
4 Business Plan
Outline of our Business Plan - 3 year funding bid to Dept of Health - other funding options
5 Recent correspondence and meetings with government
HSE - guidance and enforcement
DWP - welfare reform Green paper - social contract
Department of Health - Dazi report - Carol Black report
Provision of treatment for diffuse RSI
6 Open discussion - what information should RSI Action provide
What information would have been most helpful to you when: early symptoms appeared; employment problems; seeking treatment; managing your conditions at work; managing your conditions at home.
We would like to hear from you, to help us build up a comprehensive list of information that would be helpful to RSI sufferers. We will use this information to develop our website, and information leaflets.
7 Election of trustees (maximum 10)
member nominated trustees (maximum 4)
trustee board nominated trustees
16.30 AGM close
Venue: University of London Union (ULU) building Malet Street, London.
Tubes: Goodge Street, Russell Square, Warren Street, Euston Square.
The trustees have been working hard in a number of areas, which we would like to share with you at the AGM. We have developed a business plan which will both shape our future and also enable us to submit funding bids for the project and staff that we need to meet our objects of RSI prevention and support. We have submitted our first major funding bid to the Department of Health, which if successful will mean that we can recruit staff and set up an office in April 2009. We have also had significant correspondence with the Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions, which has already resulted in high-level policy meetings with DWP. These are small steps, but very important steps forward. Your interest and support is crucial to enable this work to be successful.
The first funded work will be to produce a comprehensive range of high-quality information to help RSI sufferers and those managing RSI conditions. This information will be published in paper form and also on our website. We would like to hear from our members and RSI sufferers about their views on what information we should provide. We will include an open discussion on this at the AGM. Please contribute, if you are unable to come to the AGM please write or e-mail us.
One of the most important items in the AGM is voting in the board of trustees. RSI Action currently has no employees and is totally reliant upon the voluntary work of its trustees and others. Good trustees are particularly important at this time, as we shape the future of RSI Action, become employers, and set out our first office.
We hope that you will attend the AGM, and contribute to the future of RSI Action.