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Subject: AGM this year 今年會員大會將於十月廿一日舉行 [Print This Page]
Author: HFCheung    Time: 9/09/2008 16:11     Subject: AGM this year 今年會員大會將於十月廿一日舉行

香港觀鳥會會員會周年大會 Annual General Meeting of HKBWS

日期： 2008年10月21日(星期二)
時間： 晚上七時
地點： 九龍柯士甸道香港童軍中心1030室

Date : 21 Oct 2008 (Tuesday)
Time： 7:00 pm
Venue： Room 1030, Scout Asso. of HK, Austin Road, Kowloon

This year HKBWS AGM will be held on 22 Oct.  Please mark your diary.

HF Cheung



抱歉，正確日期應為十月廿一日（星期二）晚上七時．地點為香港童軍中心．

香港觀鳥會辦公室

Sorry, the correct date should be 21 Oct 2008 (Tuesday). The venue is Scout Association of Hong Kong.

HKBWS Office

[ Last edited by HKBWS Project at 20/10/2008 19:42 ]
Author: HKBWS WY    Time: 20/09/2008 11:33

抱歉，正確日期應為十月廿一日（星期二）晚上七時，地點為九龍柯士甸道香港童軍中心1030室。

香港觀鳥會辦公室

Sorry, the correct date should be 21 Oct 2008 (Tuesday), The venue is Room 1030, Scout Association of Hong Kong, Austin road, Kowloon.

HKBWS Office

[ Last edited by HKBWS Project at 16/10/2008 17:05 ]
Author: HKBWS WY    Time: 20/10/2008 19:40

Please be reminded that the venue for the AGM on 21/10(Tue) is:

Room, 1030, Scout Association of HK, Austin Road, Kowloon (not the HK Observatory)


請注意明天(21/10星期二)會員周年大會的地點是：

香港童軍中心1030室（九龍柯士甸道）（並非天文台）
Author: HFCheung    Time: 22/10/2008 12:02

On the AGM last night, other than elect the same BoD, the other major resolutions are:
1. Increase individual membership fee from HK$250 to $270.  This is a mild increase in line with inflation in the last two years.
2. Agree to join Birdlife International as partner.  Right now, we are affiliate member.

There is also a worry about having a sronge deficit next year because we have to cover the China Programme during this time.  To help to improve the situation, one suggestion is that we should start charging non-members on society outings.  In the past, we have few members.  Therefore the free outing service can help to get more new people to know birdwatching.  Now birdwatching is quite well-known.  The society has also reach a good critical mass.  So reducing the free service can actually help us get more membership subscription.  I hope members would support this idea.

HF Cheung
Author: HKBWS WY    Time: 22/10/2008 17:06

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Author: gary    Time: 27/10/2008 22:30

Quote:
Original posted by HFCheung at 22/10/2008 12:02
On the AGM last night, other than elect the same BoD, the other major resolutions are:
1. Increase individual membership fee from HK$250 to $270.  This is a mild increase in line with inflation in th ...
It sounds to me 2 different issues although I’m neutral to the decision.  If we encounter the problem of over-crowded in outing, the Society should increase the frequency of outing to serve more birdwatchers. I think charging of non-member or limit the participations of non-member is a policy of the Society rather than a method for raising money.  Setting limitation to non-member is a way to control over-crowding problem but I think it’s not a very good choice. Let me think of this way.  If we charge $20 for each non-member for each outing.  And let’s says we have 15 non-member each time. Then we would generate $20x15 = $300 each outing. Three outings per month x 12 months, the society can raise $10,800 each year which is equal to 40 membership fees. Recruiting more member or keeping old member renew is the best choice for increasing income.
Of course, increasing member number means higher demand on membership activities.  It has been a long problem of lacking man power to participate in volunteer job for the Society and it has not been a easy task to motivate people to do volunteer job either.
Facing the economic downturn, I think the Society should outlook for the near future.  The volunteer power had been the most valuable assets of the Society but fading in recent years. I always think the first priority task of the Society is to recruit more members, organizing more membership activities to strengthen “centre-society” force among members which in turn building up the Society.
Author: HFCheung    Time: 28/10/2008 19:27

I think the fee for non-members is a way to increase members.  Reducing free services to non-members will make people more willing to pay membership fee.  We have been charging non-members higher fees for services like indoor meeting, bird-watching class, and Mai Po outing.  The effect is very satisfactory.  I think we should also do something similar for the bird line.  Restricting key information to members only would make members more willing to share information.

HF Cheung



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