 So for those of you who are seamal holders and you're coming to collect your certificate We will be calling you up one after the other and your name will be up there And then we will ask you to please join us here on the stage We have about 15 to 20 certified members to congratulate today So you don't have to sit down just stay with us Sheila will congratulate you and then we'll take a big group photo all together And if you want to have an individual picture taken our photographer can do that with you at the end So please do stay up at the front and help us make a really big celebration at the end if By any reason I have forgotten to put you on the list and you are a recent seamold holder There will be a moment at the end where anyone else who feels they would like to be congratulated for their seamold can come up too so Apologize in advance if somehow I've missed you off the list you are welcome and you can come up on the stage Okay, we'll get the AGM underway. So just I'm Martin Weller. I'm the president of all and welcome and thank you for coming Yeah, hi. Good afternoon everybody. I'm Sheila McNeill. I'm the chair of alt So as Martin said welcome everybody just before we get going Making this all happen. So they're all in the room. So I'm not gonna name name them individually You know who you are, but I just want to make a special mention this year to Jane Southgate because she does an awful lot For the conference, so I am gonna name not shame But just like you to come up and can we all just give Jane a bit of a round of applause for all who So before we get going and just want to say a few formal welcomes to Guests that one visitors we have from other organization. We have someone I Haven't seen or heard this man at the conference, but apparently he's here Tom Farley from the Irish Association for learning technology great that we've got Tom here, and he's just the gas decisions have been fantastic We also have Ian Dolpham from the apro foundation. Hi Ian Thank you for being here and also we want to just give a big wave I think they're online to our European colleagues at Euro call if they had a conference last week So hi there and also we just want to say hello to all our members who are attending online as well Just to sort of end this first part. We just want to share a few of the highlights That have happened over the past year. It's been another tremendously successful year for the association So well done to all our members and everything that Martin's just going to go through a few things Yeah, so for those of you here yesterday I talked about the establishment of the old assembly. So this time last year we agreed the assembly and that's been running since February Which has been a fantastic success And we're also developing and now launching this week the new associate and senior female accreditation pathways that's also been a big achievement this year and Also, we mentioned this yesterday We've been celebrating a full network of member group as Martin said we have taken over the whole of the UK green green Definitely is the color and so that's fantastic news and I think and a slightly more serious note We continue to operate as an independent charity who are representing our members and I think particularly in these uncertain times I know that I certainly get a lot of support From this community and that's down to all of you. So let's make that continue. Thank you very much So let's move on to the next part of the agenda. Okay onto the kind of formal business So we'd like to approve the minutes of the last general meeting which was held in Manchester 12th of September 2018 So can I have a proposal to approve those? Thank you, Peter and a seconder Lorna, thank you, and then we'll count the votes to approve those I need to ask for votes for can I have the votes for to approve those If you'd like to raise your is it rate just raise your hands to vote yes, so it's the green card Is that who got cards? Yes, that's a point to tell her We haven't got James claim Can I can I ask for a teller to count the votes, please? Thank you. It's you You're appointed. Thank you. So so so let's do this properly. So can I ask for the those in favor of approving the minutes of last year if you can raise your green card, please 17 and we also have five proxy votes to count Can I ask those and don't approve them to raise their hands and any abstentions? None. Good. Thank you very much Next on to matters arising from the minutes last meeting There are none ready, but just to know that the vote is on a new constitution Last year and that's now in effect. So that was approved last year and is now running So to move on to the next item, which is our annual report and accounts and this is where I'm pleased to hand over to Daniel Thank you So I'm Daniel Clark. I'm the honorary treasurer of alt and it's my duty to present the annual accounts to you I'm not going to go through page by page. You'll be delighted to know and actually in terms of the financial data From my perspective, it's it's not especially exciting which as treasurer is a really good thing If it was exciting, we'd have a bit of problem What I did want to just sort of highlight is that there's a lot happening below the surface of the annual accounts I think about when I became treasurer of all four years ago We were still an organization under the wing of Oxford Brooks based there following their processes there their financial controls and so on And in the time since as you know, we've moved to being independent organization charitable company and that has meant a lot of change and that's meant setting up a load of processes and Controls and making sure that we we can run as an independent organization now deliberately That's not been especially visible to you the members because in the meantime alt keeps on delivering all the things we expect But there has been an awful lot of work below the surface on that and actually this year When our auditor started looking at the accounts the first thing she did was come in part way through the year to have a look at Those processes and see, you know, whether they were running. Okay. I just to slightly put my audit geek hat on That's not the main job of the auditor their job is to To give an opinion on the financial statements But as part of that they will look at the process and can they be relied on and anything that comes up as a That work they will flag to us the trustees Now I'm pleased to say that I mean there were some minor things but but fundamentally She was very happy with with the process we had made some recommendations. We've taken that on board and At risk of embarrassing her and she's wandering around there I particularly like to thank Jane for putting a colossal amount of work into Setting all this up and making it run smoothly. Those of you who know Jane will know She's a very shy retiring type of person who doesn't like the limelight and so on but but just for this point I would like to to thank her very much for the work that's gone into that. It's been very impressive. Thank you So in terms of the actual financial results themselves, you'll see that we've got a small surplus this year Which is great. I mean we're a charity We're not aiming to make a surplus, but it's kind of nice when we do because that means we can build up our reserves a little bit We have total reserves as shown in the chat in the accounts of 227,000 pounds of which as we talked about last year 160,000 the trustees have put aside to represent six months of our operating expenditure So that if there was a sort of major emergency, we could sort of keep functioning in the short term in terms of charities of our size That's not huge You know, it's not it's not a particularly large level, but you know, we feel it's adequate to ensure our functioning and As as has been mentioned a couple of times already, you know, these are uncertain times You know who knows what's going to happen with the political climate So the really important thing from our perspective is that we have a sustainable funding model But most of our funding now comes from member fees and events and things that we think are reasonably We're reasonably confident are going to recur rather than things like grants from government Which you know are subject to to political changes So I think we as trustees feel confident that we're we're established on a on a sound financial footing So that was that was what I was going to sort of draw your attention to are there any questions To do the accounts I would like to ask or financial policy Okay Okay In that case I will need a I'm gonna We need to approve formally approve the annual report and accounts as the AGM. So I'll need a proposer and a seconder For that motion, so if I can have someone to propose that we met Matt and if I could have a seconder to Thank you, okay, and then we put that to the vote so those in favor of accepting the annual accounts Okay, and So any votes against Okay, and abstentions, okay, thank you so mentions carrot Thank you, and I'd like to offer a thanks to Daniel again for another excellent year acting as a financial advisor on the board So moving on to the award of honorary life membership, I'd like to invite trustee I Skip Okay, sorry So we do need to agree to appoint the auditors for the 2019-2020 accounts And these will be again David cat wilder and co And so I'd like a Proposer that I'm gonna ask for a teller because we weren't very good at counting us. I'm sorry Who is the second of that? Yeah, can I have a teller for this as well who likes counting You're gonna count again. Okay Okay, you're gonna count in yes Okay, good. Thank you. So all those in favor of the reappointment of the auditors 29 with five proxy votes all those against Zero and abstentions So that's approved. Thank you. So now I move on to the next part that I should have done before The award of honorary life membership I'm gonna invite our trustee launa Campbell up to present this this year's award Who's made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of all same. So long Thank You Martin It's a real pleasure to be invited to present this award this year and all two words on real life membership to individuals nominated by members who have made an outstanding and sustained Contribution to the advancement of alts aims for the development of learning technology in a regional national or international context through research practice policy development leadership or a combination of all of these and The person that we're going to be awarding On real life membership to today is somebody who really embodies alts core values of participation openness Collaboration and independence and that is Francis Bell. I'd just like sell a little bit about Francis contribution to alts And so Francis has been active in promoting research and open education and alts Acting as an editor of research and learning technology and a tireless peer reviewer for both research publications and conferences And I personally owe a huge debt of gratitude to Francis for overseeing The peer review of the papers for the OER 16 conference Which Melissa and I had the honor of chairing here in Edinburgh a number of years ago Now Francis nomination was actually put forward by Catherine Cronin. You can't be here today So I'd just like to read a few words from Catherine What a joy to see Francis Bell who exemplifies active engaged and generous scholarship Combined with an ethic of care being recognized with this honorary life membership awarded by alts As evidence in her lifetime of work Francis has combined her disciplinary expertise in information systems with historical and social justice Perspectives to unflinchingly consider issues of equity in both higher education and the wider society Uniquely Francis sustains connections with people across higher education Local communities and creative networks in ways which help to bridge differences without ignoring them and thus enabling understanding Within and beyond all we have much to thank her for so please join me now in congratulating Francis for this award So I'm really honored to receive this award from alts. It's an organization that I greatly respect So work and part of the reason that I got the award I think was working with Femmed Tech and even if it wasn't I'm going to promote it here for you, so So working with Femmed Tech is a genuine pleasure. I See the recognition that I've received a shared with the Femmed Tech curators and all participants And I'd recommend That you find out more about it just go to Femmed Tech.net and Talk to any of us who might be wearing a badge and we can tell you all about it but another point I'd like to make is that I I'd recommend that any of you who haven't already done so to consider participating in alts awards, so that could be You know the learning technology of the year awards the nominations for honorary life memberships Seam alts because I think there's something really special about the way that alts conducts these awards So if you haven't participated as a nominator an applicant or a supporter I really would encourage you to do so and What I feel about these processes to do with the alts awards is that they are generative Processes they're not just pinning a label on somebody. They really make a difference and if you want to Ask me more about that later. I can explain it in further detail. Okay. Thank you so the next part of the agenda is the Announcement and results of the trustee elections new appointments and thanks to trustees who are departing and come to the end of their term So first off I'm going to announce the results of the elections And but just before I do that I just want to say that we have two trustees who continue continuing with their term of service That's Lorna Campbell and Bella Abrams. So we're delighted that they're staying on as trustees And now to the results of the elections. We were delighted by the interest this year in the elections It was really strong. We had eight candidates who stood Which was fantastic to see that and to see the international Interest in our community as well, but I am delighted that I can announce that our two new trustees Who are in the room today are Sharon Flynn and Natalie Lafferty. So maybe you could stand up and say hello to everyone Thank you. So welcome on board and we also have an appointment of a new vice cheer And I'm delighted again person is in the room and that is professor Keith Smith. So Keith Do you want to stand up and say hello? That's great And a board of trustees have approved that we went again. We went through a new process this year We had a very high level of interest and we had a very positive Recruitment process for that and we're delighted that we've got Keith for that and I'll pass over to Martin Thank you. So I want to give thanks to those trustees who have ended their term who are Nicola Whitton and Sarah Sherman, and I think Sarah's watching online. So wish more of the cameras. Thank you, Sarah We appreciate your work So I think that as as all we've done the official business now haven't we Maron So now we get on to another fun bit or you know Just a recognition of hard work for the many members in the community who have gained their seamal this year So we're going to have our seamal ceremony and now I think we've got some Certificates, we've got people so we're going Maron's going to read people's names out and I'm going to give you your certificate Obviously, you can tell this has been really well planned and I've forgotten everything that I was told to do But we'll just get certificates and then we'll and if you are going to get your seamal if you meet Hopefully you're all quite new in front anyway So yeah, do please come up and First up is Naomi Beckett Next up we're welcoming Nijaz Fahad, who please come to the stage as well if you're here We're going to move right on and I think UHI's very own Andy Blackhall. Andy are you here and Next comes Ian Blacklock Ian. Are you in the room? Please come to the front and then also I think one of our presenters from today earlier John Brindle John and Next up Alex Burford Alex welcome to the stage Also senior seamal holder Matt corner Matt, please come forward Richard is up next Richard. Are you here with us? Are you coming forward? possibly In his absence still congratulating and Craig Dooley I think in his absence we're going to send Craig his certificate to one of his colleagues who is here to pick it up But I'm hoping Amy I might be in the room Now a very special award and I think the only associate seamal holder who is joining us for the ceremony today is Rachel Hearts horn so Rachel welcome and then a very special announcement for us to make Martin Hawksy and also within the past year this conference co-chair and one of the first senior seamal holders Melissa Now I hope that this name is going to be forgiving to me I did not practice that so I'm going to go for show she I hope you're in the room if you're with us We might send you congratulations virtually and instead go to Danielle Johnstone Daniela's here with us fantastic and also unshool now unshool Earlier, I think we've all seen Blaniff McSherry. So Blaniff welcome back to the stage Rochelle is she with us? No, in that case we're going to hopefully move on to Diana Stevanescu Welcome and especially included as we missed out last year Sam Taylor everyone and I think the bearer of many seamal certificates that are going back to our land Claire Thompson So everybody this is this year's newest conference attending certified members if you could all come into the middle of the stage We will give you a very warm congratulations on your achievements. These are our certified members 2019