{"id":14912,"date":"2005-09-23T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T09:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaisan.com\/blogs\/?p=14912"},"modified":"2005-09-23T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2005-09-23T09:57:53","slug":"first-draft-of-minutes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaisan.com\/blogs\/?p=14912","title":{"rendered":"First draft of minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C02D.A7C16D60<br \/>\nContent-Type: text\/plain;<br \/>\n\tcharset=&#8221;US-ASCII&#8221;<br \/>\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<\/p>\n<p>Hi all,<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the first draft of minutes from the last meeting 26\/08\/2005.<br \/>\nMy apologies for any inaccuracies or oversights. <\/p>\n<p>Sincerest regards, <\/p>\n<p>   &#8230;shane<\/p>\n<p>\/\/=============================<br \/>\n\/\/ Shane Dempsey<br \/>\n\/\/ Technical Director,<br \/>\n\/\/ Gaisan Technologies Ltd.<br \/>\n\/\/ e: sdempsey@gaisan.com<br \/>\n\/\/ u: http:\/\/www.gaisan.com<br \/>\n\/\/ t: +353 (0)86 1722436<br \/>\n\/\/=============================<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C02D.A7C16D60<br \/>\nContent-Type: text\/plain;<br \/>\n\tname=&#8221;minutes20050826.txt.txt&#8221;<br \/>\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br \/>\nContent-Disposition: attachment;<br \/>\n\tfilename=&#8221;minutes20050826.txt.txt&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gaisan Shareholders meeting<\/p>\n<p>Willie Hayes is referred to as WH<br \/>\nMichael Dempsey is referred to as MD<br \/>\nShane Dempsey is  referred to as SD.=20<\/p>\n<p>AGENDA &#8211; Shareholders Meeting<br \/>\nTIME: 14:15<br \/>\nDESCRIPTION: Extraordinary General Meeting of Gaisan Technologies=20<br \/>\nShareholders following the change of company status to elect a new =<br \/>\nboard.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; Nomination of representative directors by majority shareholders and=20<br \/>\nthe constitution of a new board of directors in accordance with the new=20<br \/>\nShareholders Agreement for Gaisan Technologies.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; AOB<\/p>\n<p>AGENDA &#8211; Directors Meeting<br \/>\n&#8211; Company status report &#8211; previous company secretary (SD)<br \/>\n&#8211; Review of Current business strategy (SD, WH)<br \/>\n&#8211; Pursuit of corporate alliance with Evros (WH)<br \/>\n&#8211; Advertising Strategies<br \/>\n&#8211; Review of progress with business mentors (SD, WH)<br \/>\n&#8211; Director&#8217;s loans (ALL)<br \/>\n&#8211; Salaries &amp; fees for proprietor directors (ALL)<br \/>\n&#8211; Hiring policy within 12 months (SD)<br \/>\n&#8211; Company overdraft &amp; credit cards (ALL)<br \/>\n&#8211; Annual Accounts<br \/>\n&#8211; AOB.=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-=<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nShareholders&#8217;s meeting.=20<br \/>\nQuorum present: SD, MD, WH.=20<br \/>\nminute taker: Shane Dempsey<\/p>\n<p>Nomination of directors:<br \/>\n&#8211; Each shareholder nominated themselves as board members.=20<br \/>\nMD, WH &amp; SD.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD to continue as company secretary<br \/>\n&#8211; MD suggested a revolving chairperson for each meeting.=20<br \/>\nWH &amp; SD concurred. MD pointed out that a chairperson would have=20<br \/>\nno special powers as the SA covers director\/shareholder voting.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; MD requested that a draft of these minutes be circulated within a =<br \/>\nreasonable<br \/>\ntimeframe to ensure an accurate record of events.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; the quesiton of the need for a managing director arose. All agreed =<br \/>\nthat there<br \/>\nis no legal obligation but we.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD to become managing director, WH is director of internet solutions, =<br \/>\nrole of technical<br \/>\ndirector is temporarily dropped.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; MD stated that he cannot have an executive director role in the =<br \/>\ncompany so<br \/>\nhis status will remain unchanged.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; On this point SD stated that we had constituted a board for Gaisan =<br \/>\nTechnologies Ltd.=20<br \/>\nas a quorum was present for a directors meeting we could proceed to that =<br \/>\nforthwith.=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-=<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nDirectors&#8217; Meeting<br \/>\nQuorum present: SD, MD, WH.=20<br \/>\nminute taker: SHane Dempsey<br \/>\n&#8211; SD apologised for the late availability of the AGENDA for the meeting. =<br \/>\nMD<br \/>\nstated that any additional information should be presented in good time =<br \/>\nto enable review.=20<br \/>\nHe also stated his wish that we should have monthly management review =<br \/>\nmeetings as good<br \/>\npractice. Both WH &amp; MD agreed. SD proposed meetings for the last friday<br \/>\nof every month with 5 business days notice preferred before a =<br \/>\ncancellation. MD &amp; WH concurred. =20<\/p>\n<p>ACTION: SD to arrange a meeting for this time next month. =20<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; SD explained company status. trading since 1st January. He stated that =<br \/>\nhe was preparing accounts and would<br \/>\nprovide Aidan McAvinue (our company accountant) with up to date =<br \/>\nfinancials by mid september. MD &amp; WH agreed.=20<\/p>\n<p>ACTION: SD to prepare basic accounts and to circulate by end of =<br \/>\nSeptember<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; MD would like a description of future business, past work\/sales and =<br \/>\ncash. ALL agreed.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD outlined concerned about the amount of business from WIT.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; WH suggests setting up SugarCRM internally. ALL agreed.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; review of current business strategy by SD. several strands.  Web =<br \/>\ndesign, eCommerce, hardware sales, tech support,<br \/>\ndataarchival service, VoIP. MD expressed a concern that we had many =<br \/>\ndifferent businesses and needed to focus. SD outlined<br \/>\nthe potential of the hardware sales business as providing an excellent =<br \/>\nfinancial return for time invested.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD suggested a strategic linkup with copmulearn.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; MD suggested a effort\/return analysis over a 1\/2 day for the business =<br \/>\nareas we&#8217;re working in. =20<br \/>\n&#8211; ALL agreed we should join Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\n&#8211; SD suggested a series of press resleases in the News &amp; Star. ALL =<br \/>\nagreed.=20<\/p>\n<p>ACTION: SD, WH to prepare monthly forecasts.=20<br \/>\nACTION: MD to identify someone in ISME to progress this service further. =<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; MD identified Datapac as a potential business ally.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD explained about our 2 business mentors.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; Donnagh Kiernan seems like a good prospect. Meeting next thursday<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; ALL agreed that we should ask any business mentor about any =<br \/>\nconflicting involvements,=20<br \/>\nassociations or activities.=20<\/p>\n<p>ACTION: Ensure that the NDA is signed by Siobhan Dwyer.=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; SD explained that he had discussed director&#8217;s loans accounts with =<br \/>\nAidan McAvinue. MD was<br \/>\nvery concerned that this was treated correctly avoiding 2 major risks: =<br \/>\npreferrential treatment<br \/>\nof creditors &amp; income tax evasion.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; ALL agreed that we need directors agreement before a directors loan is =<br \/>\nrepaid to ensure<br \/>\nthat=20<br \/>\n&#8211; MD suggests that we should agree that we could pay ourselves a certain =<br \/>\namount every month over an<br \/>\nx month period.=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; MD suggests the following order of director payment: 1) external =<br \/>\ncreditors  2) director expenses 3) director  salaries<br \/>\n&#8211; SD discussed obtaining another PC for the office to be used as a =<br \/>\nFileServer.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD highlighted the need for a contract worker. ALL agreed<\/p>\n<p>ACTION: SD, WH to formulate a description of skills required. ALL to try =<br \/>\nand identify such a person.=20<br \/>\n&#8211; SD to buy a cost-effective server machine.=20<\/p>\n<p>AOB:=20<br \/>\n&#8211; WH said that we should agree holidays.  SD pointed out that the =<br \/>\n&#8220;Organisation of Working Time Act 1997&#8221; allows=20<br \/>\nfor a minimum holidays per year of 4 weeks. Gaisan will adopt this for =<br \/>\nit&#8217;s directors.=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C02D.A7C16D60&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. &#8212;&#8212;=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C02D.A7C16D60 Content-Type: text\/plain; charset=&#8221;US-ASCII&#8221; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Here&#8217;s the first draft of minutes from the last meeting 26\/08\/2005. My apologies for any inaccuracies or oversights. 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